Throughout the 1980s, Ric Flair was the biggest name in professional wrestling.
With monumental runs in Jim Crockett Promotions (which would become World Championship Wrestling), World Class Championship Wrestling, the American Wrestling Association, and other promotions that were part of the National Wrestling Alliance (not to mention his work in various Japanese promotions), Flair was the face of wrestling during the height of the territory days.
So, just imagine how big of a moment it was when Flair made his on-screen WWF debut in the early 1990s.