7. Ric Flair's Feud With Eric Bischoff Gets Personal
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycgNEC86q0w It was a live Nitro on September 14, 1998 in Greenville, South Carolina as the Four Horsemen stood in the ring for a reunion of sorts. It was time to get back together as their leader Ric Flair returned to WCW. In April of 1998, Flair missed a WCW Thunder taping because he attended a wrestling event for his son Reid, who was 10 years old at the time. You might recall that Reid passed away last year. Former WCW President Eric Bischoff ended up suing Flair for missing the taping and it was a big deal because people thought that might be the end of Flair in WCW. It took five month for him to return. When Flair faced the crowd in Greenville, he started crying while the fans in attendance gave him a standing ovation. Flair delivered a fired up promo ripping on Eric Bischoff for trying to disband the Horsemen. Flair called Bischoff an "overbearing assh**e" and didnt seem to care about it. He also kept yelling "abuse of power" at Bischoff. Then Flair started ranting about how he couldn't be fired because he already was. He really wasn't, but it felt that way since he was gone for so long. They ended up feuding for the rest of 1998 with Bischoff actually beating Flair thanks to an assist from Curt Hennig. That match should have ended with Flair getting the win, but that's another example of WCW not knowing how to really book things the right way. It was still a really good storyline. Give them credit for taking a real life situation and turning it into an entertaining angle.
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