10 Wrestlers Who Hated Working For WCW

9. Ric Flair

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"FIRE ME! I'M ALREADY FIRED" Ric Flair famously yelled, as Eric Bischoff interrupted an emotional Four Horsemen reunion during the September 14th 1998 edition of Nitro.

It wasn't the first time 'The Nature Boy' was only too happy to bid farewell to his WCW legacy.

Back in 1991, Flair was so insulted with boss Jim Herd's plan for him and the company at large that he took his business and his belt elsewhere. An underrated WWE run ended well for both sides, but Flair's 1993 ended up more tumultuous than his original stint.

An increasingly poor working relationship with Bischoff by 1997 resulted in the pair going to court in 1998 when Flair elected to watch his son's amateur wrestling match rather than working an edition of Thunder. The case was eventually dropped, allowing for the aforementioned Horsemen reunion and 'The Nature Boy's return to television until the company's closure in 2001. He had little good to say about the organisation from those dying days, with a total loss in confidence carrying over to his WWE matches following a 2002 in-ring return.

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