What happened during Ricky Steamboat’s return to the ring on November 27th 2022
At Sunday night’s Big Time Wrestling event in Raleigh, North Carolina, 69-year-old WWE Hall of Famer Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat made his in-ring return. Steamboat teamed with FTR against Black Machismo Jay Lethal, Brock Anderson (with Arn Anderson), and Nick Aldis.
Steamboat did some of his trademark moves including the arm drag. Steamboat cleaned house at one point and Arn even took a bump for Steamboat. Steamboat and FTR won the match via submission when they applied stereo figure four leglocks to their opponents.
Dax Harwood of FTR wrote the following regarding the match…
“I watched from the apron in amazement tonight. It had nothing to do with his moves or his athleticism. I was in awe of the little things he did. Things that made millions fall in absolute love with Ricky. They all reacted to the man; not the moves. I felt inferior tonight.”
Here are the video highlights…
I now live in a world where I can say I saw Ricky Steamboat with FTR live. What a time pic.twitter.com/8EMnSNVmSU
— Dylan 🎄 (@MrDtt001) November 28, 2022
RETURN OF THE DRAGON
Ricky Steamboat returned to ring action yesterday in a 6 man tag match. The event took place in Raleigh, NC with Steamboat's team (FTR) the victors. pic.twitter.com/wyqhtOZ9C5— Gary Michael Cappetta (@GaryCappetta) November 28, 2022
#RickySteamboat wins his return match! #returnofthedragon #bigtimewrestling pic.twitter.com/6HEidCbtes
— Timothy Floyd (@InfamousTim) November 28, 2022