On this date in WCW history: Scott Steiner shoots on Ric Flair and says 'WCW sucks'

by Jesse Holland on Feb 7, 2012 10:00 AM EST in History

On the February 7, 2000, edition of World Championship Wrestling's (WCW) Monday Nitro, Scott Steiner decided he'd had just about enough of Ric Flair and that it was time to get a few things off his chest.

Even at the expense of his own employer.

Here's an excerpt:

"When you walked down that aisle last week, I know I wasn't alone, because the people at home, all they did was grab their remote, change the channel to the WWF and watch Stone Cold (Steve Austin), a person you and your old friends got fired from here because you're a jealous, old bastard. So Ric Flair, remember this, in this wrestling business, there's never been a bigger ass-kissing, butt-******* bastard in this business. But also in life, you're the biggest ass kissing, back-stabbing, butt-******* bastard and you belong where you're at, in WCW, because WCW sucks!"

Full video of his unscripted shoot, which earned him a two-week suspension (with pay -- lolz), after the jump.

Anyone think this was somehow, someway, an elaborate work?

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a little harsh

but mostly true.
It’s funny that what Steiner did was essentially the same thing as Punk’s breakthrough promo on Raw last year, just with more anger and steroids. Steiner seemed like a bully, while Punk comes off as a realist.

by thejasten on Feb 7, 2012 10:29 AM EST reply actions

Punk got prior approval

Steiner did not.

by hfl2013 on Feb 7, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions

12 years later -- Ric Flair is still in the business and they're still working together.

by KDidz on Feb 7, 2012 10:33 AM EST reply actions

i love the punishment. You are suspended with pay.

Hmmm in my mind. Wooo hooo. Vacation, Vegas here I come

I've got something to say; it better to burn out than to fade away!!!
I'm still waiting for my CM Punk WWE Ice Cream Bar.
Go Chargers (oh yeah I said that)
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions

by dandeman on Feb 7, 2012 11:15 AM EST via mobile reply actions

the real humor

to this promo, is the fact Flair is the greatest of all time, and steiner is pathetic, and now that Flair is getting a huge check for the energy drink deal he can finally leave TNA which is a joke anyway, and go back to WWE. Scott Steiner makes me laugh because he was a World Champion when nobody cared about WCW….Hmmmmm let’s see Ric Flair 16 time World Champion, wrestled around the world, carried the NWA in the 80’s/90’s, won the rumble and WWE Title twice, got a great retirement……Scott Steiner carries a bag of roids into any indie shit promotion that still finds him entertaining…….Ric Flair 1XBillion Steiner 0

by Michael IceBone Sisemore on Feb 7, 2012 1:19 PM EST reply actions

I don’t think anyone would argue that Steiner was better than Flair. But politics played a huge role in why the gap is so big between them (and many others), hence Steiner shooting.

by thejasten on Feb 7, 2012 1:41 PM EST up reply actions

politics always play a role in wrestling

but its not like Steiner never had a shot. The difference between the 2 is that Ric Flair is one of the greatest of all time on the mic and Steiner does nothing more than yell and shout obscenities into a mic.

by hfl2013 on Feb 7, 2012 2:07 PM EST up reply actions

Unfortunately, Flair doesn’t really have much financial stability. And even if he’s getting a great pay day from this energy drink thing you speak of, he will surely blow it to continue the Nature Boy gimmick he is living out.

If you haven’t yet, read this site’s writeups on Flair’s financial past. It’s quite impressive how a legend can avoid learning how to save a buck.

by 8bitDan on Feb 7, 2012 1:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

Judging by his post, I recommend he doesn't read any of that stuff

If you haven’t yet, read this site’s writeups on Flair’s financial past. It’s quite impressive how a legend can avoid learning how to save a buck.

I wish I didn’t.

by King Oskar on Feb 7, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions

Yup Flair spends 5 bucks for every 1 dollar he earns.

I'm still waiting for my CM Punk WWE Ice Cream Bar.
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by Luke Thomas on Jan 5, 2012 1:40 PM PST up reply actions

by dandeman on Feb 7, 2012 3:07 PM EST up reply actions

Steiner is awesome

"Cruelty, It’s not giving another person what they want. That’s our mindset on defense, to go out and play with everything we have and not give the other team anything." -Patrick Willis

by 49erLou on Feb 7, 2012 2:28 PM EST reply actions

Steiner's general idiocy notwithstanding

He pretty much summed up the time that turned the WWF from ‘in control’ of the Monday Night Wars to ‘dominating while WCW falls apart’ with that Stone Cold crack. Great bit of wrestling nostalgia here…from the beginning of the end of an era with two majors.

by George Washington Eagleclaw on Feb 7, 2012 2:34 PM EST reply actions