“I always knew he (Flair) was a piece of garbage. Flair never drew when I was in the NWA and WCW. Flair had all of his friends booking him on top and we were not drawing."
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Looks like all is not well between Ric Flair and Scott Steiner. Recently, rumours started swirling around that Ric Flair was planning to make an in-ring comeback at the age of 73. While that seems to be a ridiculous thing to do at such an age, there are strong rumours that Flair will indeed make a comeback. One person who is not so thrilled about is Scott Steiner. During a live signing with Highspots Superstore which featured WWE Hall of Famers The Steiner Brothers, Rick and Scott, things got heated when someone asked Scott about Ric Flair.
Scott exploded and said, “Ric Flair ain’t no friend of mine. I would kill him. I would destroy him. Yeah, everybody wants to see him get beat up.” He said this in reference to Flair’s upcoming retirement match and was brought up with a suggestion for Scott to be his opponent. There were rumours that the opponent would either be Ricky “The Dragon” Steamboat or Hulk Hogan but those reports turned out to be false.
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The reason why Steiner hates Ric Flair so much was well explained by former wrestler Arn Anderson. It dates all the way back to their days in WCW when both men were top stars. Arn said, “I think Ric had a match with Scotty on a big show, Clash of Champions, maybe, and it had some time involved, and apparently, Scotty didn’t like the match and he felt like Ric held back, or tanked, or something. I never had the conversation with either guy but there was like a conspiracy, and in somebody’s mind, one way or the other, I don’t know how it went down but the match was not what either one of them wanted it to be. And I think they carried that.”
Steiner in 2008 revealed how much he disliked Ric Flair. In an interview with the newspaper, The Baltimore Sun, he said, “I always knew he (Flair) was a piece of garbage. Flair never drew when I was in the NWA and WCW. Flair had all of his friends booking him on top and we were not drawing. I can say for a fact that Flair, at that time, did not draw a dime. And they say he was the greatest? If you want an honest opinion, you ask somebody who they would rather be on the card with, Hulk Hogan or Ric Flair? If they don’t say, Hulk Hogan, they’re out of their minds.”
