The feud had planted it's roots earlier in the year when Greg Valentine had turned on the Nature Boy
during a Mid Atlantic area match with the Iranian and Jimmy Snuka (w/mgr Gene Anderson).

Flair had been beaten bloody and suffered a legit broken nose when Valentine hit him with Anderson's cane.
Flair had previously earned the fans respect (if not actual cheers) during his feud with Ricky Steamboat and had become
a popular fan-favorite while gaining revenge against Valentine at MLG.

The Great Hossein The Arab- as he was known here, was into his second reign with the Canadian Title.
This run, much like his previous with the title would be remembered for constant manager interference and cheating
his way to victory. Hossein actually held the M-A title at the same time but lost it to Ricky Steamboat the night before this card

The two would go after each other before the bell was rung and at one point the hated Arab had Flair
in his dreaded camel-clutch hold. Flair fought back and managed to break the hold and went on the offensive.

The future World Champ would batter Hossein with his trademark chops and elbow smashes and looked to be
on the verge of winning the title as the match wore on. He would earn revenge but not the title after the Arab retreated
to the safety of the dressing room and was counted out.

Hossein would only manage one more defense before losing the belt back to Angelo Mosca at the end of the year.

A few years later, the Iron Sheik as he was then known was the bridge between the Backlund and the Hogan years in the WWF.
He would also make an impact in Toronto post 1984 along with Nicolai Volkoff as the WWF Tag Team champions.

Flair meanwhile would begin the climb to the NWA World Title with a challenge to Harley Race on the next MLG card.
Race would eventually lose the belt to Dusty Rhodes in turn losing to Flair who would
make a triumphant return on the 50th Anniversary show in Nov 1981.

Other Bouts

Gene Anderson's other charges Ray Stevens & Jimmy Snuka defended their NWA Tag belts against
The (Masked) Superstar & Paul Jones in a match that ended in a draw.

New M-A TV Champ Roddy Piper beat veteran Frankie Laine
Former Canadian Champion Dewey Robertson beat Ben Alexander
The Destroyer beat John Bonello
Tony Parisi beat Bob Marcus in the opener

Pic of Flair courtesy G. Henderson coll

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