10 Times WWE Actually Worked With Other Companies
2. TNA - The Ric Flair/Christian Cage Talent Trade
TNA faded fast as a relevant wrestling force after the 2010 arrival of Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff, despite the original intentions of their arrival being the exact opposite.
Calling the company the North American Number Two had mostly only ever been accurate as a colloquialism, but the days of them massaging a perception as WWE's chief competition collapsed when Hogan's presence not only failed to bring them much closer to Vince McMahon but seemed to widen the gap.
It was perhaps why the two sides came to such amicable agreements on the use of Ric Flair and Christian Cage on each other's shows in 2012.
WWE wanted 'The Nature Boy' for their Hall Of Fame again, having elected to put The Four Horsemen in and give Flair (by then taking bumps and talking sh*t in TNA) his second ring four years after his first. As per an agreement with Dixie Carter, Christian (Cage) cut a nice promo about his time in TNA at their Slammiversary pay-per-view in response. Hogan himself 'Captain Charisma' to the buzzing audience.
That he was even allowed to do it tragically spoke to how little WWE cared.