8 Wrestlers You Didn't Know HATE Each Other For Real

6. Scott Steiner & Ric Flair

Scott Steiner Ric Flair
WWE Network

There may never be a more cutting insult uttered in the history of professional wrestling than the one Scott Steiner brutally hurled at Ric Flair during a February 2000 edition of WCW Nitro.

Raging about everything and everyone in sight as the company careered off the rails, Steiner - in between actively putting over WWE and Stone Cold Steve Austin as better than anything the show viewers were watching had to offer - he landed a blow so devastating that it may or may not have contributed to Flair spending the last days of his time in Atlanta working in a shirt.

The soon-to-be World Champion, fresh off a paid suspension leave, said; "I watched a 53-year-old man - who has more loose skin than a Shar Pei puppy - come out here and say he's still the man...In this wrestling business, there's never been a bigger ass-kisser - and you belong where you're at in WCW, because WCW sucks!"

It kind of/sort of played into on-screen stories at the time (Steiner called Flair a "jealous old b*stard" and would eventually be part of Vince Russo and Eric Bischoff's New Blood in opposition of Flair et al in the Millionaire's Club), but everything kind of/sort of played into on-screen stories in the never-ending paradox that was the last full year of the organisation's life. What this really did was illuminate the longstanding dislike between the pair that remains to this day.

Arn Anderson revealed on his ARN podcast that the issues between the two performers started in 1991, with Steiner believing that Flair "tanked" a match because he didn't want to put him over. After that, Steiner had no time or patience for Flair, and that hadn't changed as recently as Flair's last match in 2022. Appearing on the Highspots Sign-It-Live stream, Steiner was informed about his "old friend" lacing up the boots once more. 'The Big Bad Booty Daddy' bit back, saying; "He ain't no old friend of mine. I would kill him. I'd destroy him. Yeah, everybody wants to see him get beat up" 

Holler if you hear that.

Contributor
Contributor

Michael is a writer, editor, podcaster and presenter for WhatCulture Wrestling, and has been with the organisation over 8 years. He primarily produces written, audio and video content on WWE and AEW, but also provides knowledge and insights on all aspects of the wrestling industry thanks to a passion for it dating back over 35 years. As one third of "The Dadley Boyz" Michael has contributed to the huge rise in popularity of the WhatCulture Wrestling Podcast and its accompanying YouTube channel, earning it top spot in the UK's wrestling podcast charts with well over 62,000,000 total downloads. Within the podcasting space, he also co-hosts Benno & Hamflett, In Your House! and Podcast Horseman: The BoJack Horseman Podcast. He has been featured as a wrestling analyst for the Tampa Bay Times, Fightful, POST Wrestling, GRAPPL, GCP, Poisonrana and Sports Guys Talking Wrestling, and has covered milestone events in New York, Dallas, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, London and Cardiff. Michael's background in media stretches beyond wrestling coverage, with a degree in Journalism from the University Of Sunderland (2:1) and a series of published articles in sports, music and culture magazines The Crack, A Love Supreme and Pilot. When not offering his voice up for daily wrestling podcasts, he can be found losing it singing far too loud watching his favourite bands play live. Follow him on X/Twitter - @MichaelHamflett