4: Ric Flair goes to the mental hospital
Ric Flair is one of the greatest pro wrestlers of all time. The 16-time World Champion has won titles everywhere he’s wrestled, but he was held in particular reverence by WCW fans, although the promotion themselves didn’t always know how important Flair was to them. This can be demonstrated with Jim Herd’s attempt to repackage Flair as ‘Spartacus’.
Flair didn’t always get the best storylines in WCW, especially during the Bischoff Era. While Ric Flair was serving as on-screen WCW President in 1999, he took part in a ridiculous storyline that saw him get locked up in a Florida mental institution. As part of the angle, we got Flair walking around the institution in boxers and his dress robe while bad mockeries of the disabled people roamed the halls around him.
During one occasion, we also saw Scott Hall in the mental asylum with Flair. Hall hadn’t been on WCW TV for months at this time and his appearance wasn’t ever explained.
