10 of WCW's dirtiest scandals.

How in the world could then-WCW President Jim Herd let the WCW World Championship wind up on WWE television?
How in the world could then-WCW President Jim Herd let the WCW World Championship wind up on WWE television?

Scandal #4: The Arn Anderson/Sid Vicious Scissors fight.

Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson were teammates in the Four Horsemen, but got into a scary real life altercation.
Sid Vicious and Arn Anderson were teammates in the Four Horsemen, but got into a scary real life altercation.

While the Paul Orndorff/Vader incident was certainly ugly, at least no one was seriously hurt. That was NOT the case with our next WCW scandal: The brutal scissors fight between Arn Anderson and Sid Vicious.

One of the things that seems to repeat itself in the pro wrestling industry is a veteran feeling that a new up-and-coming star doesn't have the proper respect for the business. That was certainly the case with Arn Anderson and Sid Vicious. Arn Anderson had been trying to teach the relatively green Vicious the rules of the business, but Sid's stardom had gone to his head.

Tensions boiled over during a road trip at a posh hotel. Sid Vicious confronted Arn Anderson in his room, and from that point on things got murky. Both men accuse the other of being the one to start the fight, but one thing is clear: Sid at one point grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed Arn five times. Then, Arn got the scissors away from Sid and stabbed him anywhere from a dozen to twenty times. Anderson ended up with a punctured lung, both men needed stitches, and WCW had another scandal on their hands.

Since Arn was the longest tenured man in the company, Sid Vicious was fired and ended up in WWE as Sid Justice and Sycho Sid. For years WCW refused to consider hiring Vicious out of respect for Arn, however late in the promotion's life the two buried the hatchet and Arn agreed to allow Sid back into the company.

This moment ranges from audacious to downright shocking. There are different versions of this incident that is now a part of popular WCW folklore.

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