On This Day in Wrestling History.....

April 17th, 1998 - WCW filed suit in Fulton County Superior Court against Ric Flair for breech of contract

From Slam.canoe.ca:

"After missing a Nitro show to attend his son's amateur wrestling event, Flair was held in breach of contract and kept off WCW Television until September 1998"

Note: This pic is FANTASTIC!