In July 1991 WCW fired Ric Flair two weeks before The Great American Bash while he was still the NWA World Heavyweight Champion. WCW executive Jim Herd refused to return Flair’s $25,000 deposit that every NWA champion was required to put up as a guarantee they would not leave with the belt. Flair called Vince McMahon and told him he was coming to the WWF and bringing the belt with him. WCW was so unprepared for the fallout that at The Great American Bash they had to use a spare belt owned by Dusty Rhodes with a gold plate taped over it. The Baltimore Arena crowd chanted “We Want Flair” throughout the entire night. Two months later Bobby Heenan walked onto WWF television cradling the real NWA World Heavyweight Championship. #NWA #WCW #RicFlair #Wrestling #DidYouKnow