3. Jim Cornette and Vince Russo
With a very different approach to the wrestling business, Jim Cornette and Vince Russo instantly become longtime enemies. Russo was named head writer of WWE as the company was going in a more edgy style with the Attitude Era and Cornette was demoted with his traditional mindset not gelling well with it. The two were forced to work together again in TNA and it worked out just as poorly. Cornette was fired after emailing a fellow co-worker about wanting to murder Russo. While likely not speaking in literal terms, the company did not take a death threat lightly. Cornette has been running down Russo for years since calling him one of the dumbest minds in the industry. Russo doesn’t respond as bluntly but he makes it clear he doesn’t respect Cornette either.
2. Hulk Hogan and Scott Steiner
The most interesting thing to come from Hulk Hogan’s time in TNA was how pissed off it made Scott Steiner. After leaving TNA, Steiner went on Twitter and delivered some absolutely vicious insults to Hogan, Hogan’s family, Eric Bischoff and a few others he felt were bringing the company down. Steiner was sued by TNA on behalf of Hogan and Bischoff, which stopped the tweets for the time being. At an airport during this year’s WrestleMania weekend, Steiner had words with Hogan’s wife at an airport and she claimed he threatened her, leading to police reports and Steiner getting banned from attending WWE’s Hall of Fame. During a more recent twitter tirade, Steiner claimed security footage showed he didn’t threaten Hogan’s wife and it was a ploy by Hulk to get back at him.
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