Booze, Drugs, and Smackdowns.

One of professional wrestling’s greatest behind-the-scenes stories is the infamous “plane ride from hell” that took place on May 5, 2002. Over the course of a seven-hour flight from London to New York, following the group’s European tour, a 747 charter plane full of wrestlers, management staff, and television crew found themselves getting loaded on drinks from an in-flight open bar and GHB (aka liquid ecstasy), leading to violence, sexual assault, and a hefty lawsuit for the WWE (formerly the WWF).

Things started out innocently enough, with notorious prankster Curt Hennig and bad boy Scott Hall running throughout the cabin spraying people with shaving cream. This somehow led to Hennig and Brock Lesnar arguing over who was a better grappler, and they proceeded... Read More