10 Pairs of wrestling Superstars who have a real-life dislike for each other

#3 Ric Flair and Jim Herd

Ric Flair with Bobby Heenan

Former WCW President--and Pizza Hut manager--Jim Herd.

For those of you who aren't aware, St. Louis Missouri is HUGE in the pro wrestling world. Numerous schools, independent federations, training camps, and events take place in the St. Louis Metropolitan area. In fact, during the 1980s most of the biggest stars in wrestling appeared on a show called Wrestling at the Chase. The show was wildly successful considering it only appeared on one network, KPLR channel 11.

When Ted Turner bought out Jim Crockett productions and turned it into WCW, he hired Jim Herd as the Vice President of WCW. Herd had zero experience in the wrestling business other than the fact he was the former president of the KPLR station.

Once Crockett got on board, he started making decisions that had everyone scratching their heads. He insisted that wrestlers not come off the top rope, removed the protective pads from ringside, and tried to aim the wrestling product at children. One of his ideas involved a tag team called the Ding Dongs. Google it if you dare.

Another somewhat foolish thing Herd did was make an enemy of Ric Flair. Flair was, without a doubt, the biggest star under contract with WCW at the time. His name was a license to print money. But Herd didn't think Flair was all that impressive, preferring more chiselled and younger athletes like Lex Luger and Sting.

Eventually, the two reached a breaking point, and Herd fired Flair. One problem; Flair owned the WCW heavyweight championship belt. Herd demanded Flair hand over the belt, but didn't want to pay Flair's asking price of 10,000 dollars--the same price Flair had paid for the title belt.

So, within weeks Flair showed up on WWE television--with the WCW championship belt. Flair went on to win the world title about ten more times, while Herd retired from wrestling in disgrace.