4 Wrestlers Who HATED Each Other IN REAL LIFE!

The world of professional wrestling is filled with feuds and hatred. Steve Austin hated
his boss Mr. McMahon, Jinder Mahal hates America, the NWO hated WCW, Vince Russo hates logic.
But sometimes those feuds can spill into real-life, causing friction and issues backstage - like
Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart’s infamous backstage rivalry during their time on top
in WWF and Scott Steiner reportedly threatening to KILL Hulk Hogan, getting himself banned
from WWE’s Hall of Fame in the process.
I am Luke Owen, and in this video we’re going to explore some of the other real-life
heat and hate between wrestlers. Here are four wrestlers who hated each other in real-life...volume
1.
Sin Cara v ADR
Sin Cara – the original one that is – came to WWE with a lot of hype behind him in 2011.
After all this was the famous Mistico, one of the most popular stars in Mexican wrestling.
Fellow Mexican star Alberto Del Rio also had a lot of fanfare when he arrived in WWE the
year previous, but the two had legitimate hatred for each other outside the ring. In
2012, Konnan revealed on MLWRadio that the heat between them in Mexico was so visceral,
Mistico once pulled a gun on Alberto. Del Rio said in a YouShoot that it was one of
Mistico’s posse that actually pulled a gun, and the two buried that hatchet in WWE.
“He apologised, he was like, ‘that happened and I’m sorry. I was a little bit tipsy’”
– Alberto El Patron, YouShoot, 2015 Later on in their career, Del Rio got into
an in-ring altercation with Sin Cara during a match they had on the August 19th edition
of Monday Night Raw. The very first move of the match saw Del Rio kick Sin Cara and he
dislocated his finger. Cara then did a suicide dive which made the injury worse, and he asked
for the ref to stop the match. Del Rio was visibly mad about this, and starting hitting
Sin Cara for real.
“There was super, super heat. I cannot express how much heat there is on Sin Cara because
of the feeling that (with) dislocated fingers you don't quit.” – Dave Meltzer, Wrestling
Observer Radio, August 19th, 2013.
“I got mad because he broke his finger doing a dive and he told the ref to stop the match.
And I was like, ‘Vince isn’t here and… you lazy bastard stopped the match because
you broke one of your fingers’. I got really mad. I threw him into the ring and kicked
him for real.” Alberto El Patron, YouShoot, 2015
John Morrison and Trish Stratus
During John Morrison’s near 10 year stint in WWE, he only had one WrestleMania match
of any significant note: WrestleMania 27, where Morrison teamed with a retired Trish
Stratus and Jersey Shore star Snooki to take on Dolph Ziggler and LayCool. The match was
centred around Trish and Snooki, which made sense as Jersey Shore was a huge cultural
TV show at the time, and Trish was a coach on that season of WWE’s Tough Enough. However
Morrison didn’t feel that was fair.
Morrison was upset because he felt his real-life girlfriend Melina should have been in the
match along with Kelly Kelly, who was replaced with Snooki. The original plan for that year’s
Mania was a multi-woman match featuring all the regular performers, but due to time constraints
it was cut and the trios match only featured two active women on the roster: Michelle McCool
and Layla. Morrison reportedly wouldn’t work with Stratus backstage, and shot down
everything she suggested.
“When they were laying out the match, Stratus was pushing hard to get her spots in and there
was resentment that she was trying to be the “star” of the match.” – Dave Meltzer,
Wrestling Observer, April 13th 2011
The real key to the match was right at the end. After the good guys won, Trish went to
raise Morrison’s arm in victory – and he walked away. In what has since been called
“the cold shoulder moment”, Morrison shunned Trish and Snooki as a sign of solidarity with
Melina.
“I just said to him, ‘Hey, your career is made up of moments, so now you've taken
a moment from the fans, really.’ Because they don't care about backstage politics,
they don't care if you think your girlfriend should be in that spot or whatever it was.
So he just denied the fans and himself and that's that.” – Trish Stratus, George
Stroumboulopoulos Tonight, March 2012.
Konnan v Curtis Axel
The Twitter beef between Konnan and Curtis Axel dates back to 2013 when Axel was a part
of the forgettable tag team RybAxel following a failed singles push. In a series of tweets,
Konnan explained that he would remove Axel from TV if he was in charge of WWE, calling
him boring, with no charisma and the personification of Wonderbread.
Axel - the son of Mr. Perfect and grandson of Larry The Axe Hennig - didn’t respond
at first, but eventually fired back with: “Well what do ya know! Looks like @Konnan5150
is trying to gain social media popularity by talking about a REAL Superstar!”
Konnan replied with: “dont give a f*** about social media popularity..i dont know u and
have nothing against u dude, u just have zero charisma..”
Their Twitter war resurfaced in 2015 when Axel started his Hulk Hogan parody gimmick
with Damien Sandow’s Macho Man. Set yourself in folks, this is a lot of Twitter back and
forth which kicked off with a fan saying:
@RealCurtisAxel you put me to sleep @Konnan5150 was right about you #nocharisma
i was haha! Marks!
coming from a guy dressing like Hulk and still can't get over..#Brother
haha! Not even gonna bother... I have a wife, kids and a happy life! I'm having fun and
things will work out! #Mark good, get yours while u can..much respect
for Curt and Larry Thanks, but no thanks! Ill be "getting mine"!
Don't talk of my family like ur a friend... Follow me and we can squash.
like i said i respect them not you jaybrone.keep talking someday u will saysomething intelligent.#WhackAsF***
#JoJoStarbucks I always listen to someone's criticisms! But
not if they were a blown up fatty, lazy worker! Some washed up dude my dad hated putting over,
I won't put over either! #Mark
Mick Foley v Ric Flair
In a day and age where every wrestler has a podcast that details backstage shenanigans,
and anyone else has an autobiography, it’s important to remember the significance of
Mick Foley’s first book Have a Nice Day, released in 1999. It was the first book that
took many young fans behind the curtains, which was a revelation to those not oh fey
with Dave Meltzer’s Wrestling Observer. But that book also kickstarted a long-running
real-life feud with Foley and the Nature Boy Ric Flair.
When talking about his time in WCW as Cactus Jack, Foley wrote: “Ric Flair was every
bit as bad on the booking side of things as he was great on the wrestling side of it.”
– Mick Foley, Have a Nice Day, 1999
From all accounts, Flair wasn’t too bothered by the comments at the time. But in his 2004
autobiography To Be The Man, he certainly fired back.
“Foley has a cult following because of his contributions to hardcore wrestling. But hardcore
is such a small part of the history of the business. When I was training, falling off
a ladder was not a prerequisite to making it as a professional wrestler. Being fundamentally
sound was. I don’t care how many thumbtacks Mick Foley has fallen on, how many ladders
he’s fallen off of, how many continents he’s supposedly bled on, he’ll always
be known as a glorified stuntman.” – Ric Flair, To Be The Man, 2004
He went on to compare Foley to Brutus Beefcake and The Ultimate Warrior, two wrestlers not
known for their in-ring prowess, and noted that the likes of Foley and The Sandman aren’t
real wrestlers.
At a Ring of Honor show in October 2004, Foley began a feud with Ricky The Dragon Steamboat
about the merits of traditional wrestling versus hardcore wrestling, where he decided
to use his mic time to shoot on Flair’s comments. “I’m no Ric Flair because I’ve
never carried Batista’s bags. I’m no Ric Flair because every once in a while I actually
say something different. I’m no Ric Flair because I actually put my body on the line.
I don’t do stupid things like [The Flair Flop]. I am no Ric Flair, and thank God for
that.” – Mick Foley, October, 2004
This led to an infamous moment backstage at a Raw taping in December 2004, where Foley
walked up to Flair with a copy of his book and asked Ric to sign it. When Ric offered
a handshake, Foley refused. So Ric stood up and got physical. “I wanted to embarrass
Ric in front of the boys, so I walked up to him with a copy of the book and asked him
to sign it for me. I had envisioned a lot of scenarios, but I didn't picture one where
Ric got up and punched me.” - Mick Foley, Wooooooo! Nation with Ric Flair, June 2015
The two had to be pulled apart, with Flair challenging Foley to walk down to the ring
and wrestle for real before the show. Instead they hashed out their differences in Head
of Talent Relations John Lauranitis’ office, where Foley asked Ric to apologise and admit
he was a good worker. When Flair refused, Foley asked out of the two of them who drew
more money, and Flair conceded. They eventually talked out their differences on a plane ride,
and had two big feuds that stemmed from these altercations in WWE in 2005 and TNA in 2010.

4 Wrestlers Who HATED Each Other IN REAL LIFE!

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