Wrestling Feuds
For a lot of wrestlers, the fighting didn’t just happen in the ring. There were quite a few backstage fights as well.
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Dynamite Kid vs. Jacques Rougeau
Dynamite Kid and Jacques Rougeau had a fight backstage. The fight was so bad that it made the Dynamite Kid want to leave the WWE. I wonder what the fight was about to make him want to quit.
Macho Man vs. Hulk Hogan
Even though Macho Man and Hulk were in a storyline where they were friends, they did not get along in real life. I figured they didn’t get along because there was too much bad blood between them. Macho Man also did a song on his cd dissing Hulk Hogan.
Booker T vs. Batista
Booker T and Batista got into a real-life fist fight in 2005. They fought because Batista thought he was better than the other wrestlers. Batista allegedly provoked the fight between him and Booker T. It didn’t occur to me that these two would have a real-life feud.
Ricky Steamboat vs. Vince McMahon
After Ricky won the Intercontinental championship belt, he asked Vince McMahon for time off to spend time with his family. This didn’t sit well with the powers-that-be and Ricky ended up losing his belt to the Honky Tonk Man. The WWE also didn’t give him any more meaningful matches so he ended up leaving. It’s a shame that Ricky wanting to spend time cost him his belt and he was never able to get it back again.
Ric Flair vs. Bret Hart
Ric Flair was in an off screen rivalry with Bret Hart. Ric criticized Bret for exploiting the death of his brother Owen. I never thought that Bret exploited his brother’s death. Maybe Ric used that as a reason to justify his dislike of Bret. Ric also had feuds with Shane Douglas and Mick Foley.
Bret Hart vs. Shawn Michaels
This feud was pretty much legendary, but for those of you who don’t know, Bret did not like Shawn. Bret thought that Shawn was a showoff. Shawn thought that Bret was jealous of his growing popularity. This feud was hard for me because I like both wrestlers. I guess their feud explained why their fights in the ring looked so real. I watched the infamous “screwjob” at Survivor Series “97 when Shawn beat Bret in Montreal. I”m sure Bret really hated Shawn then since he was in on Vince’s plan to take the belt from him.
Honky Tonk Man vs. many wrestlers
Honky Tonk Man didn’t seem to like too many wrestlers during his time in the federation. He had real-life feuds with Hulk Hogan, Dynamite Kid, Bret Hart, Ric Flair, Kevin Nash, Ted Dibiase, and Ricky Steamboat. I was surprised that he had problems with Hulk since Hulk was credited as the one who brought Honky Tonk Man to the federation. I was also surprised that he had problems with Bret Hart. I remember when they used to wrestle together sometimes while they were still managed by Jimmy Hart.
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I guess that not getting along in real life makes it easier to wrestle each other in a show. It would be maybe more aggressive,real, and entertaining.
You could be right, Morgana. That does explain why their fights were so good.
I haven’t followed this for a long time.The best wrestling for me was the late 80’s to mid 80’s,before it got so watered down,I pretty much quit watching after that.Some of those names go way back though.
I liked the mid to late 80s wrestling too. My father got me into watching them when I was a kid. I don’t watch it the way I used to.
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