ric flair went back to wcw because he was a hero.
ric flair went back to wcw because he was a hero.
why did ric flair go back to wcw?
a hero
flair triumphantly returned to wcw as a hero in february 1993, as a result of a "no-compete" clause he was unable to wrestle, so he hosted a short-lived talk show in wcw called "a flair for the gold". arn anderson usually appeared at the bar on the show's set, and flair's maid fifi cleaned or bore gifts. once he returned to action, flair briefly held the nwa world heavyweight championship for a tenth time after defeating barry windham at beach blast before wcw finally left the nwa in september 1993. at fall brawl, flair lost the title, now rebranded the wcw international world heavyweight championship, to "ravishing rick" rude. at starrcade in 1993, flair defeated vader to win the wcw world heavyweight title for the second time. in the spring of 1994, flair began a tweener turn and started another feud with longtime rival ricky steamboat and challenged steamboat to a match at spring stampede which ended in a no contest from a double pin, causing the title to be held up. flair then defeated steamboat in a rematch to reclaim the held-up title on an episode of wcw saturday night. the wwe does not count this victory as a new title win. flair then challenged col. robert parker to wrestle one of his men at slamboree, which turned out to be barry windham, whom flair defeated, afterwards he quietly turned heel and took sherri martel as his manager. he would also wrestle lord steven regal in a five-match series under marquess of queensberry rules, which aired on wcw worldwide between april 30 and may 28, in which flair won the series, with 2 wins, 1 loss, and 2 draws.
ric flair
after recovering from his knee injury sting received his championship match against ric flair at the 1990 great american bash where sting won the nwa world heavyweight championship for the first time. sting, luger, el gigante and others continued the feud with the four horsemen over the next year, ending in 1991 when the four horsemen disbanded as ric flair (at the time the first wcw world heavyweight champion) and sid vicious left wcw.. ric flair left due to a contract dispute with jim herd (booker at the time), along with the fact that herd wanted flair to cut his hair, wear a diamond earring, and call himself spartacus. this was the reason when flair showed up in the wwf shortly thereafter he had short hair. ric flair also took the wcw world championship with him to the wwf, proclaiming himself the “real world heavyweight champion”. the reason he did this was when a champion held a title belt, they had to put a cash deposit down on the belt while champion, and when jim herd didn’t renew flair’s contract, he never repaid him the deposit flair put down on the wcw world championship. therefore, since flair never received his deposit back, he technically owned the belt, and took it with him to the wwf in the fall of 1991. because of this, jim herd declared the wcw world championship vacant, and held a match at the great american bash between the two top contenders for the now vacant world title between the current united states heavyweight champion lex luger and barry windham, resulting in a double turn where luger won the wcw world championship under nefarious means, becoming a heel in the process, while barry windham became a babyface.
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