Following a fallout with Jim Herd, Ric Flair left WCW in 1991 and made his way to the WWF. Vince McMahon must have been pleased, because Flair was one of the biggest stars in the rival company, not to mention one of the best in-ring performers in the world. At the time, those who held the NWA World Title had to pay a $25,000 bond upon winning the belt. It would be returned to them when they lost it. Given that Flair had been fired by Herd and hadn't received his money, he felt he owned the belt and had every right to do what he wanted with it. For the WWF, this was fantastic, because it meant they could run with the idea of the NWA Champion invading the company. Flair brought the title with him, which flabbergasted officials in WCW and the NWA. Eventually, the WWF were forced to stop showing the NWA Title on their programming. Crude graphics were pasted over the title, and Flair then started simply carrying a WWF belt with him to ringside. Later, McMahon would cry foul when WCW had Alundra Blayze drop the WWF Women's Title in the trash on Nitro. It was pretty ironic that they were complaining about the same thing they had tried to do.
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