The card built around Ric Flair's Last Match is one of the biggest supercards flying under the radar heading into WWE SummerSlam weekend. Put together under the banner of Jim Crockett Promotions, the event is available on Fite TV with an advertised start of 6:05 ET on Sunday, July 31. As well as the titular main event, the show brings together talent from all over the wrestling world.
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On top of the significance of the event hosting the final match of one of the most decorated world champions in wrestling history, the card is littered with interesting match-ups and crossovers that only a big, one-off event like this could host without getting muddied by inter-promotional politics. The biggest example of this is WWE's current Senior Vice President of Live Events, Jeff Jarrett, having a spot in the main event featuring two AEW stars in Andrade El Idolo and Jay Lethal, an extremely rare example of a WWE-contracted performer allowed to take on an outside booking, and the first-ever AEW/WWE in-ring interaction.
Along with the history-making main event and other throwback bouts, the card features talent from other promotions from around the world. NJPW wrestlers will be featured on a card alongside stars from Mexico's AAA promotion, despite friction between the two stemming from New Japan's relationship with rival lucha libre company, CMLL. The event also sees numerous wrestlers from MLW competing, having had prickly relations with other promotions and individual talent in the past, as well as having an ongoing lawsuit with the WWE, making Jeff Jarrett's involvement even more surprising.
Full Card For Ric Flair's Last Match
Here is the full match card for Ric Flair's last match.
- Ric Flair and Andrade El Idolo vs. Jeff Jarrett and Jay Lethal.
- IMPACT World Championship: Josh Alexander vs. Jacob Fatu.
- IMPACT Knockouts Championship: Jordynne Grace vs. Rachael Ellering vs. Deonna Purrazzo.
- Jonathan Gresham vs. Nick Wayne vs. Alan Angels vs. Konosuke Takeshita.
- The Wolves vs. The Motor City Machine Guns.
- Ricky Morton and Kerry Morton vs. Brian Pillman Jr. and Brock Anderson.
- Rey Fenix vs. Bandido vs. Laredo Kid vs. Taurus.
- The Von Erichs vs. The Briscoes.
- Ren Narita vs. Yuya Uemura.
- Killer Kross vs. Davey Boy Smith, Jr.
- Bunkhouse Battle Royal.
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