The world of professional wrestling from the 1990s to the early 2000s was very different behind the scenes, perhaps a “Plane Ride from Hell.” the most infamous incident that highlighted the culture of the time. Lots of wrestlers It caused very serious problems for the flight crew and each other, and WWE Hall of Famer John Bradshaw Layfield recently talked about the jump on an episode of “”.Something for wrestling“.
JBL said that he once got his drink spiked at a bar in New Orleans, which led to what was then common for other wrestlers to spike each other’s drinks, which he jokingly referred to as the “cheat” drink. He said it happened on the infamous plane and said it happened at the hands of “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig.
“I’ve seen it, yes. Yes, absolutely, flying a plane from hell,” he said. “(Hennig) cheated on (Jim Ross) and he cheated on (Gerald) Briscoe. JR had passed out a lot during the flight because Kurt had put a drink in his drink. Then, Gerry Briscoe, he also took Briscoe… It was just a matter of the guys would go nuts and you just do drugs. it’s good, but the boys acted like that.
He said, unfortunately, the behavior was par for the course. JBL said the reason many stars of his generation didn’t live on may have been due in part to the pills and partying of the era.
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