3.The plane ride from hell
‘The Plane ride from Hell’ that occurred on a trip back from the UK pretty much summed up how the WWE had transitioned itself from the old school days.
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In the eighties and nineties, the wrestlers used to really unwind in between shows and ribbing and fights were commonplace, but when it came to 2002 – things had definitely changed.
It did not stop industry veterans like Curt Hennig and Sean Waltman from wreaking havoc on that plane ride, though. It all began with another veteran Bradshaw knocking out an irritable Michael Hayes and Waltman proceeded to chop off Hayes’ ponytail while he was out.
Scott Hall was doing what he does best – getting drunk and acting like a fool, but the biggest folly was committed by WWE legend Mr.Perfect aka Curt Hennig. Hennig challenged a still green Brock Lesnar to an amateur wrestling match on the plane.
Lesnar initially ignored the challenge, but decided to take Hennig up on the challenge after Paul Heyman told him that the locker room wouldn’t take kindly to him getting punked out by Hennig.
Lesnar and Hennig proceeded to fight throughout the plane and almost knocked each other out through the plane door, putting the lives of passengers at risk.
Needless to say, Hennig, Waltman and Hall were all fired from the WWE in no time.
