10 Times Wrestlers Shot Themselves Into A Work

A pair of legends with very different approaches to the business, Foley and Flair wound up butting heads and then some after the release of Foley's first memoir. Burying Naitch's booking capabilities, the former Mankind incited a whole lot of rage from Flair in his own memoir, where he dismissed Foley as a glorified stuntman.

Foley then cut a hilariously mean promo on Flair for a Ring of Honour show in October 2004 where he accused Flair of carrying Batista's bag and mocked his approach to bumping. When the pair met backstage that December, Flair offered a handshake which Foley refused. Beyond insulted (and maybe still riding a little high from that time he decked Eric Bischoff a year prior), the Nature Boy punched the Hardcore Legend square in the face.

Big news on the dirtsheets of its day, WWE attempted to get an angle going between the two for WrestleMania 21, but neither had simmered down enough yet. By 2006, interest in making money had again surpassed personal grievances and the long-awaited feud kicked off. Booked by Foley himself, viewers may well have wondered if the Long Island favourite secretly agreed with Flair's assessment of him. Beaten from pillar to post, Foley didn't get a single win in their feud, with only a bloody DQ loss serving to make him look like any semblance of a threat. Going together like oil and water, this was one shoot that ultimately did not work.