1 00:00:05,005 --> 00:00:07,650 [Cheering] 2 00:00:07,674 --> 00:00:09,903 [narrator] After a sellout European tour, 3 00:00:09,927 --> 00:00:12,488 the World Wrestling Federation's top stars and 4 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:15,909 management boarded a private 757 jet in London 5 00:00:15,933 --> 00:00:17,785 to return home. 6 00:00:17,809 --> 00:00:20,872 Every seat on the plane was a first class seat. 7 00:00:20,896 --> 00:00:23,833 It cost us a lot of money, but it made it more 8 00:00:23,857 --> 00:00:27,545 convenient for the talent to travel. 9 00:00:27,569 --> 00:00:30,048 What was supposed to be a triumphant flight in 10 00:00:30,072 --> 00:00:35,094 decadence, descended into a nightmare at 30,000 feet. 11 00:00:35,118 --> 00:00:37,347 The party starts when you get on them flights and 12 00:00:37,371 --> 00:00:39,724 you just start drinking. 13 00:00:39,748 --> 00:00:43,228 But, that night, it was, it was too much. 14 00:00:43,252 --> 00:00:46,022 When you have an open bar... 15 00:00:46,046 --> 00:00:47,774 and you're sitting there for 7 hours, 16 00:00:47,798 --> 00:00:49,901 of course, these things are gonna happen. 17 00:00:49,925 --> 00:00:52,111 Naked men with robes. 18 00:00:52,135 --> 00:00:55,490 Guys passing out, drinking, busting each other open. 19 00:00:55,514 --> 00:01:00,578 Cutting pony tails off. Sounds like hell to me. 20 00:01:00,602 --> 00:01:02,789 Like, I just knew, okay, the boys are being boys and 21 00:01:02,813 --> 00:01:04,958 I'm not going back there at all. 22 00:01:04,982 --> 00:01:08,795 I remember thinking, like, is somebody 23 00:01:08,819 --> 00:01:12,048 gonna say that this has gone too far? 24 00:01:12,072 --> 00:01:13,800 The talent was just crazy. 25 00:01:13,824 --> 00:01:14,842 I mean, they were great guys, 26 00:01:14,866 --> 00:01:16,094 don't get me wrong. 27 00:01:16,118 --> 00:01:18,054 They acted like asses... 28 00:01:18,078 --> 00:01:19,764 children. 29 00:01:19,788 --> 00:01:23,268 The midair collision between intoxicated wrestlers and 30 00:01:23,292 --> 00:01:26,646 a flight crew determined to prevent an all-out disaster 31 00:01:26,670 --> 00:01:28,690 would erupt into one of wrestling's most 32 00:01:28,714 --> 00:01:30,608 infamous scandals. 33 00:01:30,632 --> 00:01:35,238 I think people have no idea what really goes on sometimes, 34 00:01:35,262 --> 00:01:37,448 especially back then in pro wrestling. 35 00:01:37,472 --> 00:01:39,784 And this is just like a capsule of what 36 00:01:39,808 --> 00:01:42,704 pro wrestling was like in that era. 37 00:01:42,728 --> 00:01:45,373 It was just a normal occurrence for 38 00:01:45,397 --> 00:01:47,667 a crazy bunch of wrestlers on a plane. 39 00:01:47,691 --> 00:01:51,921 It seems like a crazy story to probably everyone who is 40 00:01:51,945 --> 00:01:56,426 watching this, outside of professional wrestlers. 41 00:01:56,450 --> 00:01:59,053 If I never talked about that fucking Plane Ride From Hell 42 00:01:59,077 --> 00:02:01,848 again in my life, I would be very happy. 43 00:02:01,872 --> 00:02:07,312 ♪ 44 00:02:07,336 --> 00:02:08,313 [Cheering] 45 00:02:08,337 --> 00:02:11,858 The deal is finalized with WCW. 46 00:02:11,882 --> 00:02:16,446 However, the contract reads, "Shane McMahon". 47 00:02:16,470 --> 00:02:17,822 Oh, my god! 48 00:02:17,846 --> 00:02:19,282 By the early 2000s, 49 00:02:19,306 --> 00:02:23,202 the WWF is riding a wave of unprecedented success, 50 00:02:23,226 --> 00:02:25,163 with a roster of breakout stars 51 00:02:25,187 --> 00:02:27,332 and sellout crowds across the world. 52 00:02:27,356 --> 00:02:30,418 Business was going really well for the WWE. 53 00:02:30,442 --> 00:02:32,795 Selling tickets, Pay Per View buy rates... 54 00:02:32,819 --> 00:02:34,130 everybody was making money. 55 00:02:34,154 --> 00:02:36,924 Madison Square Garden is sold out! 56 00:02:36,948 --> 00:02:38,009 The crowds were there. 57 00:02:38,033 --> 00:02:39,385 Every night, you're selling out. 58 00:02:39,409 --> 00:02:41,721 Everywhere you go - Europe, in the States, 59 00:02:41,745 --> 00:02:43,389 Canada, and everything. 60 00:02:43,413 --> 00:02:45,183 I mean, our show was booming. 61 00:02:45,207 --> 00:02:47,185 During this surge in popularity, 62 00:02:47,209 --> 00:02:50,271 CEO, Vince McMahon, acquires his competitors, 63 00:02:50,295 --> 00:02:55,109 WCW and ECW, consolidating the industry's biggest players 64 00:02:55,133 --> 00:02:58,154 into an undisputed monopoly of the wrestling world. 65 00:02:58,178 --> 00:03:02,909 I, Vince McMahon, bought my competition. 66 00:03:02,933 --> 00:03:04,035 The bubble had burst in wrestling. 67 00:03:04,059 --> 00:03:05,870 There was literally the WWE, nothing else. 68 00:03:05,894 --> 00:03:07,747 If you want to make a full-time living in 69 00:03:07,771 --> 00:03:11,292 professional wrestling, it was the only place to be. 70 00:03:11,316 --> 00:03:13,961 My name is Tommy Dreamer, and I'm known as the 71 00:03:13,985 --> 00:03:16,047 Innovator of Violence. 72 00:03:16,071 --> 00:03:17,340 It was a much different time. 73 00:03:17,364 --> 00:03:21,636 There was holdovers from ECW and WCW. 74 00:03:21,660 --> 00:03:24,764 And we're all just trying to find our way in the WWE. 75 00:03:24,788 --> 00:03:26,933 - [Match bell ringing] - [indistinct commentary] 76 00:03:26,957 --> 00:03:30,686 ...Dreamer, a former ECW guy! 77 00:03:30,710 --> 00:03:33,272 You gotta wonder how long he'd been planning 78 00:03:33,296 --> 00:03:39,445 this ECW assault on the WWF. 79 00:03:39,469 --> 00:03:41,364 I'm Jim Ross, and I was the 80 00:03:41,388 --> 00:03:43,908 Vice President of Talent Relations. 81 00:03:43,932 --> 00:03:47,662 My job, in a nutshell, was the overall management 82 00:03:47,686 --> 00:03:52,875 of the talents that appeared on television. 83 00:03:52,899 --> 00:03:57,004 The WWF's roster exploded in size and stature 84 00:03:57,028 --> 00:03:59,799 by securing talent from their former rivals, 85 00:03:59,823 --> 00:04:02,427 while also welcoming back returning legends. 86 00:04:02,451 --> 00:04:05,555 What? There's the Nature Boy! 87 00:04:05,579 --> 00:04:06,973 We're partners! 88 00:04:06,997 --> 00:04:09,517 Flair and McMahon are partners! Yeah! 89 00:04:09,541 --> 00:04:11,227 Ric Flair is a legend. 90 00:04:11,251 --> 00:04:15,690 So many of our younger guys grew up watching him. 91 00:04:15,714 --> 00:04:18,776 Idolizing him, and trying to take things from 92 00:04:18,800 --> 00:04:21,487 Ric's game and add to theirs. 93 00:04:21,511 --> 00:04:23,281 So, yeah, having Ric in the locker room 94 00:04:23,305 --> 00:04:24,991 was a positive thing. 95 00:04:25,015 --> 00:04:26,409 I loved my job. 96 00:04:26,433 --> 00:04:29,579 I loved helping build that talent roster. 97 00:04:29,603 --> 00:04:32,707 Because I think that having those talents was a 98 00:04:32,731 --> 00:04:36,085 great reason, perhaps we can say the only reason, 99 00:04:36,109 --> 00:04:40,381 that the business went crazy and blew up. 100 00:04:40,405 --> 00:04:41,757 Everything was getting better. 101 00:04:41,781 --> 00:04:44,093 Millions upon millions of dollars. 102 00:04:44,117 --> 00:04:47,597 Thanks to the men and the women that came 103 00:04:47,621 --> 00:04:51,017 to work for us on that team. 104 00:04:51,041 --> 00:04:53,895 As the momentum in the States grew, 105 00:04:53,919 --> 00:04:58,107 so did the momentum in the UK grow. 106 00:04:58,131 --> 00:05:01,486 In May 2002, the company travels to Europe for a 107 00:05:01,510 --> 00:05:03,905 4-day tour concluding with a sold out 108 00:05:03,929 --> 00:05:06,199 Pay Per View event in London. 109 00:05:06,223 --> 00:05:08,493 It's probably one of the best crowds when we go 110 00:05:08,517 --> 00:05:10,369 overseas so, we're always amped up, 111 00:05:10,393 --> 00:05:11,871 we're always looking forward to it. 112 00:05:11,895 --> 00:05:13,831 And to be honest, the pay's pretty good when 113 00:05:13,855 --> 00:05:16,501 we go overseas 'cause the crowds are so big, so... 114 00:05:16,525 --> 00:05:18,878 yeah, I'd say the morale was high and we were, 115 00:05:18,902 --> 00:05:21,380 we were stoked to have some good times. 116 00:05:21,404 --> 00:05:24,008 My name is PJ Polaco and you may know me as the 117 00:05:24,032 --> 00:05:27,220 hardcore icon Justin Credible. 118 00:05:27,244 --> 00:05:29,388 Some of the big names on that trip were certainly 119 00:05:29,412 --> 00:05:31,015 Stone Cold Steve Austin. 120 00:05:31,039 --> 00:05:32,642 The Undertaker was on the flight. 121 00:05:32,666 --> 00:05:34,977 Scott Hall, Kevin Nash... 122 00:05:35,001 --> 00:05:36,687 Brock Lesner was on the flight. 123 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:38,856 Ric Flair was on the flight, and many others, 124 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:40,650 so it was stacked. 125 00:05:40,674 --> 00:05:45,738 It's a long flight, and we thought that by chartering a 126 00:05:45,762 --> 00:05:49,951 customized jet that we were being 127 00:05:49,975 --> 00:05:53,496 as talent friendly as we could. 128 00:05:53,520 --> 00:05:57,458 Unfortunately, it, it didn't... 129 00:05:57,482 --> 00:05:59,418 it didn't work out well. 130 00:05:59,442 --> 00:06:01,837 ♪ 131 00:06:01,861 --> 00:06:04,257 My name is Heidi Doyle, and in 2002, 132 00:06:04,281 --> 00:06:09,262 I was a flight attendant on the European charter for the WWE. 133 00:06:09,286 --> 00:06:11,639 I worked for a company called Sports Jet. 134 00:06:11,663 --> 00:06:13,641 It was a private airline that flew many of the 135 00:06:13,665 --> 00:06:16,185 different sports teams out of the Phoenix area, 136 00:06:16,209 --> 00:06:18,854 the Phoenix Suns and the Phoenix Coyotes. 137 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:21,649 We also flew the Utah Jazz and the Mariners. 138 00:06:21,673 --> 00:06:25,319 A normal commercial Boeing 757 would have 190 seats. 139 00:06:25,343 --> 00:06:27,196 And our flight had 50 leather seats. 140 00:06:27,220 --> 00:06:29,490 Bigger carpet than I've ever had in my own house. 141 00:06:29,514 --> 00:06:31,284 There's couches and lounge areas. 142 00:06:31,308 --> 00:06:33,744 It's just not a very bad way to travel. 143 00:06:33,768 --> 00:06:35,788 It costs a lot to do it privately, 144 00:06:35,812 --> 00:06:36,956 but you also get many benefits. 145 00:06:36,980 --> 00:06:37,957 You get to order your own food, 146 00:06:37,981 --> 00:06:39,125 you know what you're gonna eat. 147 00:06:39,149 --> 00:06:40,710 You know you're all gonna be comfortable. 148 00:06:40,734 --> 00:06:42,295 You know that you don't have to deal with anybody 149 00:06:42,319 --> 00:06:44,839 of the general public on the air plane. 150 00:06:44,863 --> 00:06:48,301 You're just amongst the group that's your people. 151 00:06:48,325 --> 00:06:49,719 It's just nice to know that 152 00:06:49,743 --> 00:06:51,679 we're not going to offend anyone. 153 00:06:51,703 --> 00:06:53,639 Like, sometimes when the boys are on flights, 154 00:06:53,663 --> 00:06:56,142 and they're a bit obnoxious, it's kind of like you go, 155 00:06:56,166 --> 00:06:58,936 like, oh, gosh, are we gonna...? 156 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,439 Sorry. 157 00:07:01,463 --> 00:07:04,108 Hi, I'm Terry Runnels, and I was a passenger 158 00:07:04,132 --> 00:07:06,277 on The Plane Ride from Hell. 159 00:07:06,301 --> 00:07:10,114 [Indistinct commentary] a woman carrying a cigar! 160 00:07:10,138 --> 00:07:12,950 I remember sitting in the first class section. 161 00:07:12,974 --> 00:07:14,952 I think Jim Ross was up there. 162 00:07:14,976 --> 00:07:18,039 Linda and Vince. 163 00:07:18,063 --> 00:07:20,499 The front had a lounge area, so it was kind of like 164 00:07:20,523 --> 00:07:22,293 your first class of the first class, 165 00:07:22,317 --> 00:07:23,794 I guess, of the airplane. 166 00:07:23,818 --> 00:07:26,005 Generally, the coaches and the managers sat up there. 167 00:07:26,029 --> 00:07:27,089 And in this case, 168 00:07:27,113 --> 00:07:29,091 Vince McMahon and his wife, they were up there. 169 00:07:29,115 --> 00:07:31,677 And then the wrestlers were in the back. 170 00:07:31,701 --> 00:07:35,014 So, I was in the back with the majority of the wrestlers. 171 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:38,017 My responsibility in the very back was getting them 172 00:07:38,041 --> 00:07:40,186 their drinks, getting the meals out to them. 173 00:07:40,210 --> 00:07:41,812 They were hungry, they wanted to try all the 174 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:44,315 different meals that were on the airplane. 175 00:07:44,339 --> 00:07:46,817 Ric Flair had talked to all of us a lot. 176 00:07:46,841 --> 00:07:49,070 He was very chatty and, he was kind of like 177 00:07:49,094 --> 00:07:50,529 the captain of the team, I would say. 178 00:07:50,553 --> 00:07:52,990 He had that kind of feel, and he was very, 179 00:07:53,014 --> 00:07:55,201 very nice and personable to us. 180 00:07:55,225 --> 00:07:59,246 He was a little flirt, flirty, I think. 181 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:01,374 99% of the time we had men. 182 00:08:01,398 --> 00:08:03,209 That's who we were working with. 183 00:08:03,233 --> 00:08:06,045 You just had to be aware of getting too comfortable, 184 00:08:06,069 --> 00:08:07,546 I think, 'cause that can always just create a 185 00:08:07,570 --> 00:08:10,466 situation that different people can have different 186 00:08:10,490 --> 00:08:13,844 thoughts of the level of comfortableness. 187 00:08:13,868 --> 00:08:16,222 But on the flight to Europe, there's no problems. 188 00:08:16,246 --> 00:08:19,266 ♪ 189 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:22,478 After an uneventful 8-hour flight across the Atlantic, 190 00:08:22,502 --> 00:08:25,231 the charter arrives at its first stop on the tour, 191 00:08:25,255 --> 00:08:26,982 Cologne, Germany. 192 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:29,485 [Cheering] 193 00:08:29,509 --> 00:08:32,029 [Chanting] Rob Van Dam! 194 00:08:32,053 --> 00:08:34,490 [Cheering] 195 00:08:34,514 --> 00:08:37,410 My name is Rob. Van. Dam. 196 00:08:37,434 --> 00:08:40,538 WWE Hall of Famer. 197 00:08:40,562 --> 00:08:42,832 And the whole damn show. 198 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:48,504 It's cool to see how you affect these other cultures, 199 00:08:48,528 --> 00:08:50,297 you know, and other countries. 200 00:08:50,321 --> 00:08:53,467 [indistinct commentary] 201 00:08:53,491 --> 00:08:56,178 They had some diehard fans, let me tell you what. 202 00:08:56,202 --> 00:08:59,598 The Germans were very into the WWE and it was very, 203 00:08:59,622 --> 00:09:01,767 yeah, it was an intense, enlightening experience, 204 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:03,352 the match was. 205 00:09:03,376 --> 00:09:07,690 Our flight attendants, they were with us almost every day. 206 00:09:07,714 --> 00:09:10,151 Some came to the show, some were partying 207 00:09:10,175 --> 00:09:14,155 at the hotels with the wrestlers, at the bars. 208 00:09:14,179 --> 00:09:17,158 In the 80s and 90s, these flight attendants, 209 00:09:17,182 --> 00:09:18,826 they kind of would party with you, 210 00:09:18,850 --> 00:09:21,454 hang out with you in the back, drink with you. 211 00:09:21,478 --> 00:09:23,456 Hello, I'm Michael Chioda. 212 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,750 Worked for the World Wrestling Entertainment 213 00:09:25,774 --> 00:09:27,001 for 35 years. 214 00:09:27,025 --> 00:09:31,297 WWF referee, Mike Chioda! 215 00:09:31,321 --> 00:09:32,965 Yeah, you used to go out, meet up with some 216 00:09:32,989 --> 00:09:34,967 flight attendants down at the bar. 217 00:09:34,991 --> 00:09:36,677 They might be staying at the same hotel, 218 00:09:36,701 --> 00:09:40,264 or you'd go to their hotel, a 5-minute cab ride. 219 00:09:40,288 --> 00:09:43,434 We went downstairs and had drinks when the wrestlers 220 00:09:43,458 --> 00:09:46,061 came back from the first match in Germany. 221 00:09:46,085 --> 00:09:49,023 We chatted a little bit with them that first night. 222 00:09:49,047 --> 00:09:52,067 It was my first trip back to work after having a baby and 223 00:09:52,091 --> 00:09:55,738 I was so enjoying my time, resting in my room. 224 00:09:55,762 --> 00:09:57,448 And getting to order room service and not have to 225 00:09:57,472 --> 00:09:59,450 wake up when, at all hours of the night. 226 00:09:59,474 --> 00:10:01,368 But I only went to the one match in Germany. 227 00:10:01,392 --> 00:10:02,912 You literally would wrestler in Germany, 228 00:10:02,936 --> 00:10:04,121 and the next day you wake up, 229 00:10:04,145 --> 00:10:06,081 you're in Scotland. 230 00:10:06,105 --> 00:10:07,583 It's, you wake up the next day, 231 00:10:07,607 --> 00:10:09,335 you're in London. 232 00:10:09,359 --> 00:10:10,961 By the time we got to London, 233 00:10:10,985 --> 00:10:13,047 usually everybody's really stoked. 234 00:10:13,071 --> 00:10:15,382 I remember it being a Saturday night because 235 00:10:15,406 --> 00:10:17,051 that's when the Pay Per View aired, 236 00:10:17,075 --> 00:10:18,636 traditionally, over there. 237 00:10:18,660 --> 00:10:22,264 And, it was WWE's Pay Per View Insurrection. 238 00:10:22,288 --> 00:10:24,558 The city of London is on fire! 239 00:10:24,582 --> 00:10:26,519 This is Insurrection! 240 00:10:26,543 --> 00:10:28,103 It was a packed house. 241 00:10:28,127 --> 00:10:30,105 European crowds love us. 242 00:10:30,129 --> 00:10:33,400 All the tickets for this event sold out in 21 minutes! 243 00:10:33,424 --> 00:10:35,444 I remember the show being solid. 244 00:10:35,468 --> 00:10:38,572 The talent seemed to be happy with their performances. 245 00:10:38,596 --> 00:10:40,199 And, they were even more happy to get 246 00:10:40,223 --> 00:10:42,660 back on the plane and go home. 247 00:10:42,684 --> 00:10:45,704 Well, I'd been away from my daughter for the first time and, 248 00:10:45,728 --> 00:10:50,835 it was... I was more than excited to go see her, yeah, yeah. 249 00:10:50,859 --> 00:10:54,088 The excitement to return home is quickly deflated 250 00:10:54,112 --> 00:10:56,966 as the passengers are delivered troubling news. 251 00:10:56,990 --> 00:11:00,302 Everyone took their seats and we taxied out onto the tarmac. 252 00:11:00,326 --> 00:11:02,304 And we got advised that 253 00:11:02,328 --> 00:11:04,723 we were on a weather hold from Connecticut. 254 00:11:04,747 --> 00:11:06,725 When we were told that there was a weather delay, 255 00:11:06,749 --> 00:11:08,769 I bet we probably all thought 20 minutes, 256 00:11:08,793 --> 00:11:10,604 40 minutes, an hour tops. 257 00:11:10,628 --> 00:11:12,898 Well... 258 00:11:12,922 --> 00:11:16,652 we were delayed for 7 hours 259 00:11:16,676 --> 00:11:19,321 before the plane takes off. 260 00:11:19,345 --> 00:11:23,534 So, we sat on the tarmac for a little while. 261 00:11:23,558 --> 00:11:25,578 Commercial airlines, you would all be familiar with 262 00:11:25,602 --> 00:11:28,163 the small, little mini bottles that you serve. 263 00:11:28,187 --> 00:11:30,165 We had just normal bottles. 264 00:11:30,189 --> 00:11:33,586 And, the liquor cart ran out of alcohol. 265 00:11:33,610 --> 00:11:37,923 And, another liquor cart was ordered, 266 00:11:37,947 --> 00:11:41,594 at their request. And that was also drank. 267 00:11:41,618 --> 00:11:45,431 So, that liquor cart ran out. 268 00:11:45,455 --> 00:11:47,206 And then a third one was ordered. 269 00:11:51,252 --> 00:11:52,980 I've never, ever done it ever before, 270 00:11:53,004 --> 00:11:54,106 and never again. 271 00:11:54,130 --> 00:11:57,610 Never, and we went through three, yeah. 272 00:11:57,634 --> 00:12:01,071 Imagine your varsity football team, 273 00:12:01,095 --> 00:12:03,824 they just won a game, except they can't 274 00:12:03,848 --> 00:12:05,451 get out of the parking lot. 275 00:12:05,475 --> 00:12:08,537 And, there's cases and cases of beer. 276 00:12:08,561 --> 00:12:12,625 That's what it's like. A bunch of high school guys. 277 00:12:12,649 --> 00:12:15,920 To say it's high school is really like giving it too much. 278 00:12:15,944 --> 00:12:17,421 It's more like 5th grade. 279 00:12:17,445 --> 00:12:19,673 Even though it was their plane, 280 00:12:19,697 --> 00:12:23,677 in a sense, we serve the drinks still. 281 00:12:23,701 --> 00:12:26,138 But that became not the case. 282 00:12:26,162 --> 00:12:27,848 They started to serve themselves the drinks and 283 00:12:27,872 --> 00:12:29,808 they didn't want our help. 284 00:12:29,832 --> 00:12:32,519 I was very concerned about 285 00:12:32,543 --> 00:12:36,482 the carts being replenished on the ground. 286 00:12:36,506 --> 00:12:38,317 If they were to try to cut us off, 287 00:12:38,341 --> 00:12:40,444 we would have gotten to that booze. 288 00:12:40,468 --> 00:12:41,779 Somebody would have. 289 00:12:41,803 --> 00:12:44,323 Flair probably could have thrown a couple thousand dollars 290 00:12:44,347 --> 00:12:46,158 at 'em and said, "Here, take this, 291 00:12:46,182 --> 00:12:48,452 we're gonna get the, we're gonna get that liquor." 292 00:12:48,476 --> 00:12:51,622 We would 'a got the liquor, absolutely. 293 00:12:51,646 --> 00:12:54,625 I think the release that they're finally going home 294 00:12:54,649 --> 00:12:56,752 was cause for celebration. 295 00:12:56,776 --> 00:12:59,546 They only got a small window now to really 296 00:12:59,570 --> 00:13:04,218 let their hair down and become... stupid. 297 00:13:04,242 --> 00:13:06,303 And that's what a lot of 'em chose to do. 298 00:13:06,327 --> 00:13:08,413 ♪ 299 00:13:13,626 --> 00:13:16,230 After spending several grueling hours grounded on 300 00:13:16,254 --> 00:13:20,067 the tarmac and indulging in an unlimited supply of alcohol, 301 00:13:20,091 --> 00:13:23,070 the passengers aboard WWF's private charter 302 00:13:23,094 --> 00:13:26,573 are relieved as the jet is finally cleared for takeoff. 303 00:13:26,597 --> 00:13:28,492 I don't remember how long we'd been up in the air 304 00:13:28,516 --> 00:13:31,829 before it was very, very evident that 305 00:13:31,853 --> 00:13:34,415 we had a lot of drunk people. 306 00:13:34,439 --> 00:13:37,918 Oh, shoot, the boys, they could get drunk in one hour. 307 00:13:37,942 --> 00:13:40,713 When you're doing GHB or pills or anything like that, 308 00:13:40,737 --> 00:13:43,340 Percocets or Vicodins and stuff that were around, 309 00:13:43,364 --> 00:13:46,218 you can do a lot of damage, period, in one hour. 310 00:13:46,242 --> 00:13:49,096 But it was always booze and pills in the WWE. 311 00:13:49,120 --> 00:13:51,432 And because we had doctor's prescriptions, 312 00:13:51,456 --> 00:13:53,350 and as long as you had a doctor's prescription, 313 00:13:53,374 --> 00:13:54,727 it was okay. 314 00:13:54,751 --> 00:13:56,395 Of course, it wasn't because, 315 00:13:56,419 --> 00:13:59,356 you know, we'd have doctors write us whatever we wanted. 316 00:13:59,380 --> 00:14:02,818 Halcions, GHB. Placidyl? 317 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,988 No, the placidyls, I think, were in the early 90s. 318 00:14:06,012 --> 00:14:09,283 But I know there was some GHB and Halcions on the flight. 319 00:14:09,307 --> 00:14:12,286 Halcions were things that we took sometimes 320 00:14:12,310 --> 00:14:15,497 just to go to sleep for a long period of time. 321 00:14:15,521 --> 00:14:19,543 And, sometimes you use 'em for a rib, too. 322 00:14:19,567 --> 00:14:21,962 Way back in the day it used to be called H Bombing, 323 00:14:21,986 --> 00:14:23,297 and it was Halcions. 324 00:14:23,321 --> 00:14:26,175 And I seen so many guys dropping these H bombs 325 00:14:26,199 --> 00:14:30,554 in drinks in order to get the mark to pass out. 326 00:14:30,578 --> 00:14:32,431 They shave his head, you know, 327 00:14:32,455 --> 00:14:33,599 whatever they do. 328 00:14:33,623 --> 00:14:35,517 Girls, local girls, you know, 329 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:39,271 were put out so the boys could have their way with them, 330 00:14:39,295 --> 00:14:42,691 while they're out. I mean, this was... 331 00:14:42,715 --> 00:14:45,235 [Sighing] 332 00:14:45,259 --> 00:14:47,237 It was kind of normal 333 00:14:47,261 --> 00:14:50,699 in some of the places that I've been. 334 00:14:50,723 --> 00:14:53,285 Never leave your drink exposed 335 00:14:53,309 --> 00:14:56,663 because the boys think seeing somebody 336 00:14:56,687 --> 00:14:58,707 froth at the mouth and 337 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:02,294 slur their speech, they can't stand up, 338 00:15:02,318 --> 00:15:07,007 manage their own faculties, is funny. 339 00:15:07,031 --> 00:15:09,534 The story was out that Michael got H bombs. 340 00:15:12,411 --> 00:15:15,182 Michael Hayes worked in creative at that point in time. 341 00:15:15,206 --> 00:15:17,059 I don't know if he was officially an agent, 342 00:15:17,083 --> 00:15:18,602 a coach, producer. 343 00:15:18,626 --> 00:15:19,686 They've gone through several names, 344 00:15:19,710 --> 00:15:21,772 they all do the same thing. 345 00:15:21,796 --> 00:15:23,482 With the Halcion in his body, 346 00:15:23,506 --> 00:15:25,609 and I don't know what else could have been in there, 347 00:15:25,633 --> 00:15:27,152 he was not himself. 348 00:15:27,176 --> 00:15:29,905 And he made bad decisions. 349 00:15:29,929 --> 00:15:34,243 Bradshaw had gotten split open the night of the Pay Per View. 350 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:37,496 Oh, yes, he is busted open! 351 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,332 As Bradshaw is sleeping, Michael Hayes just 352 00:15:40,356 --> 00:15:43,210 knocked him in his head and reopened the wound. 353 00:15:43,234 --> 00:15:46,880 So now, JBL is bleeding all over his shirt. 354 00:15:46,904 --> 00:15:51,593 So, JBL slapped him and knocked him out. 355 00:15:51,617 --> 00:15:54,388 He knocked out Michael Hayes. 356 00:15:54,412 --> 00:15:58,016 We're like, "Holy shit!" 357 00:15:58,040 --> 00:16:00,978 Then I hear, like, chanting for X-Pac. 358 00:16:01,002 --> 00:16:03,230 X-Pac was one of the sweetest guys in the world. 359 00:16:03,254 --> 00:16:04,773 He really is. 360 00:16:04,797 --> 00:16:07,693 Jay Strongbow used to call him The Trailer Hitch 'cause 361 00:16:07,717 --> 00:16:11,738 he was always following the big load of Hall and Nash. 362 00:16:11,762 --> 00:16:13,574 ...I would love to get my hands on Austin. 363 00:16:13,598 --> 00:16:15,075 Yeah, yeah. 364 00:16:15,099 --> 00:16:17,119 But he wanted to be accepted so badly, 365 00:16:17,143 --> 00:16:20,539 and perceived as a main event guy. 366 00:16:20,563 --> 00:16:22,958 Michael Hayes, had been burying me in the booking 367 00:16:22,982 --> 00:16:27,004 meetings and he's got that fucking pony tail, that mullet. 368 00:16:27,028 --> 00:16:30,465 So, as he's out cold, I grabbed that fucking tail 369 00:16:30,489 --> 00:16:33,385 and I lifted up and I just went, whack! 370 00:16:33,409 --> 00:16:35,762 I remember the big pop. 371 00:16:35,786 --> 00:16:37,514 And it was like him holding up the title, 372 00:16:37,538 --> 00:16:39,308 but he had the ponytail. 373 00:16:39,332 --> 00:16:42,644 [Laughing] 374 00:16:42,668 --> 00:16:44,855 Back in the day, you were not allowed to sleep 375 00:16:44,879 --> 00:16:46,106 on those flights. 376 00:16:46,130 --> 00:16:48,650 You would end up with a shaved eye brow. 377 00:16:48,674 --> 00:16:50,527 You always had to have one eye open, 378 00:16:50,551 --> 00:16:53,572 so to speak, when you're on a plane full of the boys. 379 00:16:53,596 --> 00:16:56,283 I had my hat on, my sunglasses. 380 00:16:56,307 --> 00:16:57,868 Even though it was night time, 381 00:16:57,892 --> 00:16:59,953 you had to wear all that stuff because you didn't 382 00:16:59,977 --> 00:17:02,331 know who was coming by with shaving cream. 383 00:17:02,355 --> 00:17:04,249 If somebody went to lift your shades up, 384 00:17:04,273 --> 00:17:05,834 you had a chance of waking up. 385 00:17:05,858 --> 00:17:07,252 Or take your hat off, you have a chance of 386 00:17:07,276 --> 00:17:09,171 waking up and kicking out real quick. 387 00:17:09,195 --> 00:17:12,424 ♪ 388 00:17:12,448 --> 00:17:16,595 The roster is especially on guard for any potential hijinks, 389 00:17:16,619 --> 00:17:18,639 finding themselves in the presence of one of 390 00:17:18,663 --> 00:17:21,516 the industry's most legendary pranksters. 391 00:17:21,540 --> 00:17:24,311 What else would you expect from Mr. Perfect? 392 00:17:24,335 --> 00:17:26,146 Curt, boy, he knows how to rib. 393 00:17:26,170 --> 00:17:29,149 He was one of the best rib-ers in the business. 394 00:17:29,173 --> 00:17:31,777 Ribs started happening once Curt 395 00:17:31,801 --> 00:17:33,779 came back into the company. 396 00:17:33,803 --> 00:17:37,616 Curt would always play with Brock. 397 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:43,038 Brock was sitting in his chair and, Curt Hennig... 398 00:17:43,062 --> 00:17:46,458 "Sh!" Put shaving cream on his head. 399 00:17:46,482 --> 00:17:49,044 He went, "splat", and splat it on his head. 400 00:17:49,068 --> 00:17:50,337 Boosh! 401 00:17:50,361 --> 00:17:53,882 Next thing I know, Brock is chasing Curt, 402 00:17:53,906 --> 00:17:56,051 like a full sprint, you know, like... 403 00:17:56,075 --> 00:17:59,972 Wham, wham! Brock went right behind him. 404 00:17:59,996 --> 00:18:03,141 And then Brock just swoops him up. 405 00:18:03,165 --> 00:18:05,102 So now you have Brock Lesnar, who's 6 "4. 406 00:18:05,126 --> 00:18:06,395 And he's picking up Curt Hennig, 407 00:18:06,419 --> 00:18:07,729 who's about 6"4. 408 00:18:07,753 --> 00:18:09,439 They went into one row. 409 00:18:09,463 --> 00:18:12,109 Like, a bunch of the guys had to move. 410 00:18:12,133 --> 00:18:13,777 So, they would go from one side of the fuselage, 411 00:18:13,801 --> 00:18:15,988 and then into the other, and overhead bins got broken, 412 00:18:16,012 --> 00:18:18,740 and tables got broken, and arm rests got broken up. 413 00:18:18,764 --> 00:18:20,659 Things started to break, yeah, 414 00:18:20,683 --> 00:18:21,702 'cause they're just so big. 415 00:18:21,726 --> 00:18:24,121 Like, I do remember one of the seats, 416 00:18:24,145 --> 00:18:28,542 like, the middle of the seat came completely off. 417 00:18:28,566 --> 00:18:30,210 And as a safety professional, 418 00:18:30,234 --> 00:18:32,379 there's not a damn thing I can do to stop these two men. 419 00:18:32,403 --> 00:18:33,922 Like, there's not a damn thing I can do to get them 420 00:18:33,946 --> 00:18:36,049 to hear my voice. 421 00:18:36,073 --> 00:18:38,302 One of the wrestlers had commandeered our PA. 422 00:18:38,326 --> 00:18:40,470 So, in the middle of the fight going on, 423 00:18:40,494 --> 00:18:41,805 we have someone yelling at the airplane, 424 00:18:41,829 --> 00:18:43,807 "We're gonna die, we're all gonna die." 425 00:18:43,831 --> 00:18:46,310 So, here comes one of the pilots to the back of the airplane, 426 00:18:46,334 --> 00:18:48,979 trying to get these two men to stop 427 00:18:49,003 --> 00:18:50,897 slamming each other against the fuselage. 428 00:18:50,921 --> 00:18:53,525 And they wouldn't even listen to him. 429 00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:56,194 One of our illustrious agents said, 430 00:18:56,218 --> 00:18:58,155 "You need to come back here." 431 00:18:58,179 --> 00:19:01,783 So, I go back there and they're play fighting. 432 00:19:01,807 --> 00:19:02,909 They just started play fighting in the 433 00:19:02,933 --> 00:19:05,954 emergency exit row. 434 00:19:05,978 --> 00:19:11,168 Brock picks Curt up, and then they hit the emergency door. 435 00:19:11,192 --> 00:19:13,879 This was a big boom. 436 00:19:13,903 --> 00:19:17,883 Everyone jumped up, and we're like, "Stop, stop!" 437 00:19:17,907 --> 00:19:19,676 It was their own teammates that finally got it to stop 438 00:19:19,700 --> 00:19:21,345 'cause they were scared. 439 00:19:21,369 --> 00:19:22,679 I'm not a mechanical engineer. 440 00:19:22,703 --> 00:19:25,807 I don't know what all it takes to pop that security door, 441 00:19:25,831 --> 00:19:27,726 but I didn't want to find out at 30,000 feet 442 00:19:27,750 --> 00:19:28,894 above the air. 443 00:19:28,918 --> 00:19:30,145 You have all these people, "Ah, 444 00:19:30,169 --> 00:19:33,106 could you imagine what happens if that door opened?" 445 00:19:33,130 --> 00:19:36,026 If you, you think about it, it's physically impossible 446 00:19:36,050 --> 00:19:37,486 to open that door. 447 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:38,945 They would have no idea of knowing the door couldn't 448 00:19:38,969 --> 00:19:41,198 pop out, but they were throwing each other 449 00:19:41,222 --> 00:19:44,242 against the fuselage. And if that fuselage breaks, 450 00:19:44,266 --> 00:19:45,535 the airplane can depressurize. 451 00:19:45,559 --> 00:19:47,037 Now you're doing an emergency landing, 452 00:19:47,061 --> 00:19:49,581 and where are you gonna land if you're over the Atlantic? 453 00:19:49,605 --> 00:19:51,875 The weight and the size that they are, of wrestlers, 454 00:19:51,899 --> 00:19:53,752 I mean, they can go through a wall in a house. 455 00:19:53,776 --> 00:19:55,796 Why couldn't they go through a wall on an airplane? 456 00:19:55,820 --> 00:19:57,672 Because just the, the banging, 457 00:19:57,696 --> 00:20:00,592 you know was, you know, Brock is so big. 458 00:20:00,616 --> 00:20:04,679 He was just a thick, solid, big bear is right, man. 459 00:20:04,703 --> 00:20:06,932 He was a solid boy, young. 460 00:20:06,956 --> 00:20:08,767 This is scary! 461 00:20:08,791 --> 00:20:10,185 He was getting a big push. 462 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:12,104 Brock Lesnar is an animal. 463 00:20:12,128 --> 00:20:14,106 Brock was very new to the business, 464 00:20:14,130 --> 00:20:16,024 and he exposed himself to me 465 00:20:16,048 --> 00:20:18,819 at the Insurrection Pay Per View. 466 00:20:18,843 --> 00:20:20,862 Like a real dick. 467 00:20:20,886 --> 00:20:23,740 I remember that night, I was doing interviews. 468 00:20:23,764 --> 00:20:26,993 Trish and Jackie in the tag team match. 469 00:20:27,017 --> 00:20:31,331 I was backstage. And I hear my name called. 470 00:20:31,355 --> 00:20:34,960 And, Brock was in this room, Dustin was in the room - 471 00:20:34,984 --> 00:20:37,838 my ex-husband at the time. 472 00:20:37,862 --> 00:20:42,551 And, Brock did the whole thing. I, I... 473 00:20:42,575 --> 00:20:44,386 no sold it, went to my dressing room and 474 00:20:44,410 --> 00:20:46,888 Dustin came, he's like, "Don't sell it." 475 00:20:46,912 --> 00:20:51,309 I'm like, "I'm not selling it. I didn't sell it. Not gonna." 476 00:20:51,333 --> 00:20:54,062 In other words, let it lie, leave it alone. 477 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:58,275 ♪ 478 00:20:58,299 --> 00:21:03,363 I had complaints about Brock Lesnar's behaviour on the plane. 479 00:21:03,387 --> 00:21:08,660 And, but I don't recall any advances or reported 480 00:21:08,684 --> 00:21:14,166 advances from Brock to, to Terri Runnels. 481 00:21:14,190 --> 00:21:15,542 Could it have happened? 482 00:21:15,566 --> 00:21:17,669 Of course, it could have happened. 483 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:20,255 It could have happened. 484 00:21:20,279 --> 00:21:22,966 I did my job to the best of my ability 485 00:21:22,990 --> 00:21:24,676 to look out for the talent. 486 00:21:24,700 --> 00:21:26,803 I can't follow everybody around 487 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:28,847 to see if they're acting like an adult. 488 00:21:28,871 --> 00:21:31,600 That should not be my job. 489 00:21:31,624 --> 00:21:33,185 It really shouldn't. 490 00:21:33,209 --> 00:21:35,961 ♪ 491 00:21:40,341 --> 00:21:43,945 After the terrifying brawl at 30,000 feet, 492 00:21:43,969 --> 00:21:47,866 the passengers try to settle in as the WWF roster is 493 00:21:47,890 --> 00:21:51,661 due to perform on live television the following day. 494 00:21:51,685 --> 00:21:53,163 We've got TVs tomorrow, you know, 495 00:21:53,187 --> 00:21:55,457 it's like, let's get some rest now. 496 00:21:55,481 --> 00:21:59,377 I'm leaning against the window, you know, sleeping. 497 00:21:59,401 --> 00:22:04,174 All of a sudden, I hear this very familiar voice. 498 00:22:04,198 --> 00:22:06,134 And, Dustin, 499 00:22:06,158 --> 00:22:09,304 my ex-husband, starts singing a 500 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:13,308 David Allan Coe song called "Pledging My Love". 501 00:22:13,332 --> 00:22:16,728 Forever my darling, my love will be true. 502 00:22:16,752 --> 00:22:20,398 Always and forever, I'll love only you. 503 00:22:20,422 --> 00:22:23,527 I immediately am like [gasping] mortified. 504 00:22:23,551 --> 00:22:25,862 Everyone that's just drifted off to sleep is now 505 00:22:25,886 --> 00:22:29,824 woken up by, yeah, it's bad. 506 00:22:29,848 --> 00:22:33,036 I was about to get up and go back there and tell him to stop. 507 00:22:33,060 --> 00:22:35,413 But Paul E. was across the aisle, 508 00:22:35,437 --> 00:22:38,333 and he looked at me, he's like... 509 00:22:38,357 --> 00:22:41,127 "Don't sell it, don't sell it." 510 00:22:41,151 --> 00:22:42,861 So, I left it alone. 511 00:22:46,657 --> 00:22:47,634 Don't sell it. 512 00:22:47,658 --> 00:22:50,387 Because that's just the smartest way to deal 513 00:22:50,411 --> 00:22:54,224 with our business. Just don't sell it. 514 00:22:54,248 --> 00:22:56,434 If Dustin could sing, 515 00:22:56,458 --> 00:22:59,271 it would've made it a little bit easier. 516 00:22:59,295 --> 00:23:01,523 But he couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. 517 00:23:01,547 --> 00:23:03,942 I did not like his behaviour. 518 00:23:03,966 --> 00:23:05,360 I generally felt for the guy, 519 00:23:05,384 --> 00:23:08,029 in the sense, he was obviously hurting, you know. 520 00:23:08,053 --> 00:23:09,781 That pain was real. 521 00:23:09,805 --> 00:23:11,741 I don't like to see anyone hurting like that. 522 00:23:11,765 --> 00:23:17,289 However, he still should have given me my microphone back. 523 00:23:17,313 --> 00:23:20,250 It got uncomfortable, it got uncomfortable. 524 00:23:20,274 --> 00:23:23,920 Like, you know, JR had to stop that. 525 00:23:23,944 --> 00:23:26,214 You know, he literally went up to Dustin and said... 526 00:23:26,238 --> 00:23:28,633 Sit your ass down. 527 00:23:28,657 --> 00:23:31,011 Go to sleep. 528 00:23:31,035 --> 00:23:33,013 You know, give us all a break. 529 00:23:33,037 --> 00:23:35,307 Eventually he passed out and that's how we got our PA back. 530 00:23:35,331 --> 00:23:39,144 He fell asleep and I got the microphone from him. 531 00:23:39,168 --> 00:23:42,856 If I was a flight attendant, to be on that flight that night 532 00:23:42,880 --> 00:23:44,649 would have been probably one of the worst 533 00:23:44,673 --> 00:23:46,568 experiences of my career. 534 00:23:46,592 --> 00:23:49,112 Some young ladies just trying to do their job and 535 00:23:49,136 --> 00:23:52,324 just trying to, to get home, you know, 536 00:23:52,348 --> 00:23:54,576 I could imagine it being very disheartening for them, 537 00:23:54,600 --> 00:23:58,788 and scary in some ways, I'm sure. 538 00:23:58,812 --> 00:24:00,498 Hours into the flight, 539 00:24:00,522 --> 00:24:04,919 the mid-air chaos shows no signs of slowing down. 540 00:24:04,943 --> 00:24:08,590 There was another situation that occurred with Ric Flair, 541 00:24:08,614 --> 00:24:12,218 for me, that was very uncomfortable. 542 00:24:12,242 --> 00:24:15,388 Sometimes as a joke, Ric Flair would put on 543 00:24:15,412 --> 00:24:20,018 his robe and not wear anything else and, 544 00:24:20,042 --> 00:24:24,522 walk that aisle like Ric Flair and then open it up and, woo! 545 00:24:24,546 --> 00:24:26,608 That's the big high spot, everyone'd see Ric 546 00:24:26,632 --> 00:24:28,234 coming out naked in his robe. 547 00:24:28,258 --> 00:24:31,404 And so, he did it on the airplane for everybody and, 548 00:24:31,428 --> 00:24:33,239 that's what the guys want to see, 549 00:24:33,263 --> 00:24:35,617 that's what makes 'em laugh. 550 00:24:35,641 --> 00:24:38,620 He could move his hips and twirl it. 551 00:24:38,644 --> 00:24:42,499 And so, his well-endowed penis... 552 00:24:42,523 --> 00:24:44,042 spins around like a helicopter. 553 00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:46,670 So, hey, he's the Nature Boy for a reason. 554 00:24:46,694 --> 00:24:49,172 He's got a hammer on him. 555 00:24:49,196 --> 00:24:51,299 He's the life of the party. 556 00:24:51,323 --> 00:24:54,719 And, if you know him, you know where 557 00:24:54,743 --> 00:25:00,225 to exit the party and go to your own safe place. 558 00:25:00,249 --> 00:25:04,479 Or, you don't know the rules and 559 00:25:04,503 --> 00:25:06,439 you find yourself in deep water. 560 00:25:06,463 --> 00:25:09,651 And that may have happened. 561 00:25:09,675 --> 00:25:11,945 And I was in the galley. 562 00:25:11,969 --> 00:25:15,782 The galley is where our little kitchen area on an airplane. 563 00:25:15,806 --> 00:25:17,867 Ric Flair was naked in a cape only, 564 00:25:17,891 --> 00:25:21,329 and then he decided to come back to the galley to get a Coke. 565 00:25:21,353 --> 00:25:23,456 And then he wouldn't leave the galley. 566 00:25:23,480 --> 00:25:27,836 He had me back against the back door. 567 00:25:27,860 --> 00:25:29,587 And I couldn't, I could'nt move. 568 00:25:29,611 --> 00:25:30,755 I couldn't get away from him. 569 00:25:30,779 --> 00:25:35,593 I couldn't, I couldn't, I couldn't move. 570 00:25:35,617 --> 00:25:37,345 He was spinning around his penis and 571 00:25:37,369 --> 00:25:39,723 he wanted me to touch it, and... 572 00:25:39,747 --> 00:25:45,979 he, he took my hand and, and put it on him. 573 00:25:46,003 --> 00:25:50,150 Ric Flair is not going to try to impose by force 574 00:25:50,174 --> 00:25:54,988 any sexual stuff onto anybody. 575 00:25:55,012 --> 00:25:58,408 He's just flaunting style and in profile, 576 00:25:58,432 --> 00:26:00,744 and doing like the Ric Flair stuff where 577 00:26:00,768 --> 00:26:04,330 everybody's going to laugh about it. 578 00:26:04,354 --> 00:26:08,251 But, obviously, someone took offense to it. 579 00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:11,463 I remember him crowding the flight attendant, like, 580 00:26:11,487 --> 00:26:13,631 in the aisle way back there by the bathroom 581 00:26:13,655 --> 00:26:15,884 where it's like real skinny and you can't fit two people 582 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:16,926 through there and stuff. 583 00:26:16,950 --> 00:26:18,803 I remember him like crowding her and, 584 00:26:18,827 --> 00:26:23,057 you know, trying to make her touch him and stuff. 585 00:26:23,081 --> 00:26:24,684 [Heidi] And he kept me back there for, 586 00:26:24,708 --> 00:26:26,394 I don't know how long. 587 00:26:26,418 --> 00:26:27,604 But it felt like a really long time. 588 00:26:27,628 --> 00:26:30,857 It wasn't short, like, it was minutes. 589 00:26:30,881 --> 00:26:33,902 And I asked him to please stop and he didn't, he wouldn't. 590 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:39,407 ♪ 591 00:26:39,431 --> 00:26:41,326 I don't remember somebody really helping me except for 592 00:26:41,350 --> 00:26:45,079 one, I believe Gold, Gold Dust? 593 00:26:45,103 --> 00:26:46,623 Who had the mike. 594 00:26:46,647 --> 00:26:49,667 I do believe he, he told Ric Flair that 595 00:26:49,691 --> 00:26:51,503 he should leave me alone, eventually. 596 00:26:51,527 --> 00:26:53,463 He should, he should leave alone. 597 00:26:53,487 --> 00:26:56,174 And maybe that's why I didn't get as angry about 598 00:26:56,198 --> 00:26:58,885 the mike as I maybe I should have, you know. 599 00:26:58,909 --> 00:27:01,095 I think he did try to help me and 600 00:27:01,119 --> 00:27:03,139 he was the only one that did, yeah. 601 00:27:03,163 --> 00:27:05,082 ♪ 602 00:27:15,926 --> 00:27:18,655 Scott's issues have been well documented. 603 00:27:18,679 --> 00:27:20,365 He's documented 'em. 604 00:27:20,389 --> 00:27:24,160 He had issues with substance abuse. 605 00:27:24,184 --> 00:27:26,120 We were not doing him any favours putting him 606 00:27:26,144 --> 00:27:30,500 back on the road so he could resume his routines. 607 00:27:30,524 --> 00:27:32,210 And we didn't do him justice, 608 00:27:32,234 --> 00:27:35,880 but we didn't know how bad it was. 609 00:27:35,904 --> 00:27:39,759 And, and for those who think we should have known, 610 00:27:39,783 --> 00:27:42,220 well, we didn't. 611 00:27:42,244 --> 00:27:45,431 You don't know until you see it, 612 00:27:45,455 --> 00:27:48,184 you interact with it. 613 00:27:48,208 --> 00:27:50,353 We were quite close to landing. 614 00:27:50,377 --> 00:27:53,356 And I came to Scott Hall who had just woken up. 615 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:57,485 I'd offered him breakfast, and... 616 00:27:57,509 --> 00:28:01,281 He grabbed my shirt and pulled me down and 617 00:28:01,305 --> 00:28:04,033 my shirt buttons got ripped. 618 00:28:04,057 --> 00:28:06,727 And he had told me what he was gonna do to me. 619 00:28:10,397 --> 00:28:12,000 [Whispering] Yeah. 620 00:28:12,024 --> 00:28:14,252 He said a number of things, but what I do remember is, 621 00:28:14,276 --> 00:28:17,463 as my shirt ripped, he told me he was gonna lick me. 622 00:28:17,487 --> 00:28:21,593 And then he proceeded to try do that, which... 623 00:28:21,617 --> 00:28:24,095 [Sighing] I don't want to say scary 'cause that might 624 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:30,476 sound too dramatic, but it was a moment of great... 625 00:28:30,500 --> 00:28:35,398 violation, discomfort, to have a person put their 626 00:28:35,422 --> 00:28:38,151 hands on you without you wanting them to do that and 627 00:28:38,175 --> 00:28:40,528 to not let go when you ask them to. 628 00:28:40,552 --> 00:28:42,405 And to create a, a level of fear, 629 00:28:42,429 --> 00:28:44,532 when you're there to do a job and you're doing your job, 630 00:28:44,556 --> 00:28:48,077 and now you have to be afraid that you're gonna get hurt. 631 00:28:48,101 --> 00:28:53,333 It didn't feel to me that he was gonna let go any time soon. 632 00:28:53,357 --> 00:28:54,834 And then he passed out. 633 00:28:54,858 --> 00:29:01,215 And I was able to, you know, dislodge him from me. 634 00:29:01,239 --> 00:29:04,469 I think that Curt H-Bombed me. 635 00:29:04,493 --> 00:29:06,512 Because I've been taking pills and drinking for a lot 636 00:29:06,536 --> 00:29:09,849 of years at that point, and I was out. 637 00:29:09,873 --> 00:29:11,726 After that happened with Scott Hall, 638 00:29:11,750 --> 00:29:13,811 I never left the galley. 639 00:29:13,835 --> 00:29:16,439 I didn't serve anyone. 640 00:29:16,463 --> 00:29:17,565 And they got angry at me for that. 641 00:29:17,589 --> 00:29:19,525 They wanted more food and drinks, 642 00:29:19,549 --> 00:29:20,568 and I was done. 643 00:29:20,592 --> 00:29:22,278 I didn't come out of the galley again. 644 00:29:22,302 --> 00:29:28,326 ♪ 645 00:29:28,350 --> 00:29:31,287 After spending a total of 14 nightmarish hours 646 00:29:31,311 --> 00:29:33,915 on the plane, the weary passengers and crew 647 00:29:33,939 --> 00:29:37,210 finally touch down on American soil. 648 00:29:37,234 --> 00:29:39,629 When they landed and I heard the door open... 649 00:29:39,653 --> 00:29:42,423 yeah, it was a very, very excellent feeling to 650 00:29:42,447 --> 00:29:44,258 not be over the Atlantic anymore. 651 00:29:44,282 --> 00:29:47,845 It was a long flight. It was a very long flight. 652 00:29:47,869 --> 00:29:49,806 The plane was trashed. 653 00:29:49,830 --> 00:29:54,435 Blankets, pillows, drinks, cups, food stepped on. 654 00:29:54,459 --> 00:29:57,146 And a normal flight, they're passing by 655 00:29:57,170 --> 00:29:59,983 three or four times with trash bags and this and that. 656 00:30:00,007 --> 00:30:02,360 Well, this wasn't a normal flight so, 657 00:30:02,384 --> 00:30:04,237 I think Scott was passed out. 658 00:30:04,261 --> 00:30:07,657 I think they were actually worried he was dead, you know. 659 00:30:07,681 --> 00:30:09,242 So, they were all stressed, like, 660 00:30:09,266 --> 00:30:11,244 they got a dead person on this flight now. 661 00:30:11,268 --> 00:30:14,706 And like, oh, boy, don't worry, he'll kick out. 662 00:30:14,730 --> 00:30:16,749 [Laughing] You know, it's like... 663 00:30:16,773 --> 00:30:18,418 he'll kick out. 664 00:30:18,442 --> 00:30:20,211 He wouldn't wake up. 665 00:30:20,235 --> 00:30:24,632 So, I'm picking him up and I had to get him a wheelchair 666 00:30:24,656 --> 00:30:27,593 and literally take him through customs myself. 667 00:30:27,617 --> 00:30:31,055 I put the sunglasses on him, laid him there, 668 00:30:31,079 --> 00:30:33,808 and he's just kind of, you know. 669 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,436 I had to get his passport, had to say that 670 00:30:36,460 --> 00:30:39,605 he had some kind of condition. 671 00:30:39,629 --> 00:30:43,276 And there I am wheeling Razor through, 672 00:30:43,300 --> 00:30:47,363 you know, customs. And there's Jim Ross. 673 00:30:47,387 --> 00:30:49,073 He had the black hat on, 674 00:30:49,097 --> 00:30:50,867 and just looking at me with disgust. 675 00:30:50,891 --> 00:30:53,703 And I'm like, I'm, I'm here. 676 00:30:53,727 --> 00:30:56,706 I'm wheeling him. I didn't do anything. 677 00:30:56,730 --> 00:31:00,543 Once we landed, Michael Hayes woke up and 678 00:31:00,567 --> 00:31:02,837 his ponytail was missing. 679 00:31:02,861 --> 00:31:07,091 And Michael Hayes was pissed off about it. 680 00:31:07,115 --> 00:31:10,303 He was hell-bent to find out who did it. 681 00:31:10,327 --> 00:31:12,221 "You know who did it, you know who did it." 682 00:31:12,245 --> 00:31:15,641 And, would have fought the entire plane if he could've. 683 00:31:15,665 --> 00:31:18,227 He was really angry, he was really angry. 684 00:31:18,251 --> 00:31:24,817 ♪ 685 00:31:24,841 --> 00:31:27,820 And when we landed, we started to pick up the 686 00:31:27,844 --> 00:31:29,906 airplane and there was vomit, 687 00:31:29,930 --> 00:31:32,325 and there was blood. 688 00:31:32,349 --> 00:31:34,410 There was syringes found in seatback pockets 689 00:31:34,434 --> 00:31:36,412 in other places. And I'm going, 690 00:31:36,436 --> 00:31:38,790 "Oh, no, we're not cleaning this airplane. 691 00:31:38,814 --> 00:31:40,208 We're gonna get off right now." 692 00:31:40,232 --> 00:31:42,251 And my superior was saying, 693 00:31:42,275 --> 00:31:45,296 "No, you need to clean the airplane." 694 00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,591 Me just walking off the airplane, you know. 695 00:31:48,615 --> 00:31:52,470 If that happened on Delta or American or whatever, 696 00:31:52,494 --> 00:31:55,306 when we got back to the States, 697 00:31:55,330 --> 00:31:58,684 the FBI would have been waiting on us. 698 00:31:58,708 --> 00:32:00,812 There should have been more repercussions, for sure. 699 00:32:00,836 --> 00:32:02,855 There should have been some. 700 00:32:02,879 --> 00:32:04,148 I don't know, they did have repercussions, 701 00:32:04,172 --> 00:32:06,859 I learned later, but... 702 00:32:06,883 --> 00:32:08,903 They were only I think 'cause they knew they had 703 00:32:08,927 --> 00:32:11,030 to do something, you know, 'cause it didn't look 704 00:32:11,054 --> 00:32:14,492 real good for Vince McMahon's organization, I don't think. 705 00:32:14,516 --> 00:32:18,412 For better or for worse, I'm taking ownership. 706 00:32:18,436 --> 00:32:23,000 But it was a, it was a black eye. 707 00:32:23,024 --> 00:32:26,420 Good thing about a black eye, you heal. 708 00:32:26,444 --> 00:32:28,321 ♪ 709 00:32:34,202 --> 00:32:37,098 Shortly after landing, Vince McMahon and Jim Ross 710 00:32:37,122 --> 00:32:39,767 urgently meet to discuss repercussions for the 711 00:32:39,791 --> 00:32:42,353 flight's most egregious acts. 712 00:32:42,377 --> 00:32:44,814 I just couldn't believe everything was getting 713 00:32:44,838 --> 00:32:46,607 out of control with Vince on the flight, 714 00:32:46,631 --> 00:32:49,402 you know, but it did. It got out of control. 715 00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:50,444 I don't know. 716 00:32:50,468 --> 00:32:52,446 I don't know what Vince was doing this whole time. 717 00:32:52,470 --> 00:32:54,782 [Laughing] I wonder what. 718 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:59,537 Vince was well aware of it, but it was my job to handle. 719 00:32:59,561 --> 00:33:00,955 That's why I'm still embarrassed about it 720 00:33:00,979 --> 00:33:05,293 to this very day. It was my job to handle. 721 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:07,587 Vince McMahon makes the decisions, 722 00:33:07,611 --> 00:33:10,256 but Jim Ross is the one who has to execute them. 723 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,592 Jim Ross is the guy who has to fire you as well. 724 00:33:12,616 --> 00:33:14,093 Jim Ross is the guy who has to tell you, 725 00:33:14,117 --> 00:33:15,261 "Hey, you're messing up." 726 00:33:15,285 --> 00:33:17,096 He's the guy who has to fine you. 727 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,057 That's that position. 728 00:33:20,081 --> 00:33:23,603 It wasn't a tough decision on my part to cut some guys 729 00:33:23,627 --> 00:33:25,855 from the roster because 730 00:33:25,879 --> 00:33:28,065 it's what Vince McMahon told me to do. 731 00:33:28,089 --> 00:33:32,570 And the guy that writes the cheques has the last say. 732 00:33:32,594 --> 00:33:35,865 I was troubled by Curt's firing. 733 00:33:35,889 --> 00:33:39,452 I just thought he had a bad night with the boys. 734 00:33:39,476 --> 00:33:43,623 He had a reputation of being kind of a practical joker. 735 00:33:43,647 --> 00:33:46,000 And, Vince had enough of it. 736 00:33:46,024 --> 00:33:47,877 And you kind of figure maybe, okay, 737 00:33:47,901 --> 00:33:49,670 Curt got fired, but then he's gonna come back 738 00:33:49,694 --> 00:33:51,756 and circle his way around at some point, 739 00:33:51,780 --> 00:33:53,591 which he would have, I'm sure. 740 00:33:53,615 --> 00:33:58,679 But, he passed away not too far after that. 741 00:33:58,703 --> 00:34:01,098 And Razor, I think it was just his drug addiction that 742 00:34:01,122 --> 00:34:06,854 kind of maybe just his career kind of slipped away there. 743 00:34:06,878 --> 00:34:08,773 We let Scott go 744 00:34:08,797 --> 00:34:13,778 within hours after he got back to the, to the States. 745 00:34:13,802 --> 00:34:16,614 I was told to cut him, now. 746 00:34:16,638 --> 00:34:18,950 And so, I called him at home and, you know, 747 00:34:18,974 --> 00:34:21,410 I just said, "I think we made a mistake. 748 00:34:21,434 --> 00:34:23,287 You're not ready to get back on the road. 749 00:34:23,311 --> 00:34:26,123 Until you're better suited to handle your demons, 750 00:34:26,147 --> 00:34:28,542 we need to put you back in your comfort zone," 751 00:34:28,566 --> 00:34:31,963 which meant at home, primarily. 752 00:34:31,987 --> 00:34:35,925 Dustin Rhodes is one of my favourite people in the world. 753 00:34:35,949 --> 00:34:37,760 We go back a long way. 754 00:34:37,784 --> 00:34:40,179 I don't know if it was just the rebound of his divorce 755 00:34:40,203 --> 00:34:43,015 with Terri, what it was, but he was in a, 756 00:34:43,039 --> 00:34:47,979 a tough place. But, no excuse. 757 00:34:48,003 --> 00:34:52,316 So, you know, he was dipping his snuff and 758 00:34:52,340 --> 00:34:56,320 using a seatback cushion as a spittoon. 759 00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:59,323 I had two options: fine him 760 00:34:59,347 --> 00:35:04,161 and I would get his attention, or fire him. 761 00:35:04,185 --> 00:35:08,457 Which I thought was extreme and did not need to happen. 762 00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:10,543 That was my call. 763 00:35:10,567 --> 00:35:12,378 He learned from his mistakes. 764 00:35:12,402 --> 00:35:13,796 He was immature. 765 00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:16,382 He had substance abuse issues. 766 00:35:16,406 --> 00:35:20,636 And, sometimes he controlled 'em and sometimes he didn't. 767 00:35:20,660 --> 00:35:23,597 But the bottom line is, is that... 768 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:26,809 we have to stop in our society letting others' 769 00:35:26,833 --> 00:35:29,210 transgressions go without punishment. 770 00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:41,741 [Sighing] 771 00:35:41,765 --> 00:35:44,118 Good question. 772 00:35:44,142 --> 00:35:46,412 Ah... 773 00:35:46,436 --> 00:35:48,456 I guess... 774 00:35:48,480 --> 00:35:53,336 lack of a better term, he was a made man. 775 00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:58,549 And he was such a high level made man that... 776 00:35:58,573 --> 00:36:01,469 he got a pass. 777 00:36:01,493 --> 00:36:02,720 Was it the right thing to do? 778 00:36:02,744 --> 00:36:04,388 I don't know. 779 00:36:04,412 --> 00:36:07,767 You're listening to it, folks, you decide. 780 00:36:07,791 --> 00:36:11,103 He got a pass. 781 00:36:11,127 --> 00:36:14,690 As the WWF deals with the fallout from the flight, 782 00:36:14,714 --> 00:36:18,444 Heidi is forced to consider her next steps. 783 00:36:18,468 --> 00:36:20,946 I remember walking off the airplane on the tarmac. 784 00:36:20,970 --> 00:36:23,532 Then we went to a hotel that was quite nearby and talking 785 00:36:23,556 --> 00:36:28,037 about how horrible, like, and the girls from the front 786 00:36:28,061 --> 00:36:30,122 saying they didn't know that it was that, 787 00:36:30,146 --> 00:36:34,001 you know, that it was that bad. 788 00:36:34,025 --> 00:36:35,461 And then I just went to my hotel room and 789 00:36:35,485 --> 00:36:38,547 I took a shower and I cried. 790 00:36:38,571 --> 00:36:40,674 I called Sports Jet. 791 00:36:40,698 --> 00:36:42,009 They said that it was unfortunate that that 792 00:36:42,033 --> 00:36:43,427 had occurred on the airplane. 793 00:36:43,451 --> 00:36:45,137 They preferred that we kept it to ourself, 794 00:36:45,161 --> 00:36:47,348 the story, because we work with professional athletes 795 00:36:47,372 --> 00:36:49,350 and things happen on airplanes. 796 00:36:49,374 --> 00:36:54,063 And they let us know it was expected that we would... 797 00:36:54,087 --> 00:36:58,943 respect the privacy of our clients. 798 00:36:58,967 --> 00:37:00,528 So, then you have to figure out how you tell 799 00:37:00,552 --> 00:37:02,613 your husband, "How was your trip?" 800 00:37:02,637 --> 00:37:05,116 "Well, it wasn't excellent." 801 00:37:05,140 --> 00:37:07,618 What do you tell your husband? 802 00:37:07,642 --> 00:37:10,413 It can even create... 803 00:37:10,437 --> 00:37:11,956 situations where they say, "Well, 804 00:37:11,980 --> 00:37:13,833 why did that happen to you? 805 00:37:13,857 --> 00:37:17,044 What did you do to make them do that to you?" 806 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:19,338 And I would say that might be the worst question 807 00:37:19,362 --> 00:37:22,967 you could ever ask somebody who's been hurt because 808 00:37:22,991 --> 00:37:25,261 you already feel a sense of, what did I do? 809 00:37:25,285 --> 00:37:26,637 Did I smile? 810 00:37:26,661 --> 00:37:28,931 Was I too nice to him or did I...? 811 00:37:28,955 --> 00:37:31,016 And, then you feel almost like you've done 812 00:37:31,040 --> 00:37:38,023 something wrong, when I hadn't. 813 00:37:38,047 --> 00:37:39,733 But I know another girl, there was another girl 814 00:37:39,757 --> 00:37:42,069 on the flight that was very upset about things that 815 00:37:42,093 --> 00:37:45,865 were similar, things that had occurred to her. 816 00:37:45,889 --> 00:37:48,784 She went to a lawyer and then she contacted me and 817 00:37:48,808 --> 00:37:52,204 said I should do that as well. 818 00:37:52,228 --> 00:37:55,374 If I filed a lawsuit for every time something 819 00:37:55,398 --> 00:37:57,626 like that happened to me, dear god, 820 00:37:57,650 --> 00:38:00,337 I would be in court for... 821 00:38:00,361 --> 00:38:02,047 all my adult life. 822 00:38:02,071 --> 00:38:07,678 My sense of it was that the company wanted to 823 00:38:07,702 --> 00:38:10,598 address this matter, 824 00:38:10,622 --> 00:38:14,185 take it off our books... 825 00:38:14,209 --> 00:38:18,063 do the right thing by those that had complaints, 826 00:38:18,087 --> 00:38:21,650 and then move on. 827 00:38:21,674 --> 00:38:23,444 There was an agreement that was reached and, 828 00:38:23,468 --> 00:38:27,031 and you know, they offered us a settlement. 829 00:38:27,055 --> 00:38:29,909 My husband just didn't want the story told to the public, 830 00:38:29,933 --> 00:38:32,369 maybe just to protect our daughter, 831 00:38:32,393 --> 00:38:34,705 or himself, us, I don't know. 832 00:38:34,729 --> 00:38:37,708 So, he was very, very supportive of the settlement. 833 00:38:37,732 --> 00:38:39,668 It's sad that money has to be that compensation, 834 00:38:39,692 --> 00:38:42,838 like, I think definitely truth, and honesty, 835 00:38:42,862 --> 00:38:44,757 and change is more powerful. 836 00:38:44,781 --> 00:38:47,468 But money is, money is what ends up on the table, 837 00:38:47,492 --> 00:38:51,096 I think, and then it also buys your silence, 838 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,641 which then can add to another layer of the guilt 839 00:38:53,665 --> 00:38:55,476 of a victim, like it can... 840 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:59,063 it can be a cycle that's not good, yeah. 841 00:38:59,087 --> 00:39:00,689 Perpetually bad. 842 00:39:00,713 --> 00:39:04,652 If that's how she felt, maybe she should have 843 00:39:04,676 --> 00:39:08,239 not taken a payout and went to the fullest extent of the law... 844 00:39:08,263 --> 00:39:12,368 to then truly put this heinous person in jail. 845 00:39:12,392 --> 00:39:13,702 My opinion. 846 00:39:13,726 --> 00:39:16,747 People have their own opinions of what happened. 847 00:39:16,771 --> 00:39:18,165 What, what the damage was. 848 00:39:18,189 --> 00:39:19,708 Though no one should really have an opinion when it 849 00:39:19,732 --> 00:39:22,545 didn't happen to them, but they do. 850 00:39:22,569 --> 00:39:24,213 They say, you know, "Well, it wasn't that bad. 851 00:39:24,237 --> 00:39:25,798 You're okay, aren't you?" 852 00:39:25,822 --> 00:39:27,174 And now you have to live with it, 853 00:39:27,198 --> 00:39:29,635 a pain or a memory of something that you didn't 854 00:39:29,659 --> 00:39:32,805 bring about and that takes some work, yeah. 855 00:39:32,829 --> 00:39:34,539 ♪ 856 00:39:39,919 --> 00:39:42,064 After the exhausting European tour, 857 00:39:42,088 --> 00:39:44,984 wrestlers and management report for a live taping of 858 00:39:45,008 --> 00:39:48,112 Monday Night Raw, a mere 24 hours after the plane 859 00:39:48,136 --> 00:39:50,114 touched down in Connecticut. 860 00:39:50,138 --> 00:39:52,741 We had TV that day, on Monday. 861 00:39:52,765 --> 00:39:54,410 And, of course, the talent's, 862 00:39:54,434 --> 00:39:58,706 "Hey, JR. Hey, JR." "What?" 863 00:39:58,730 --> 00:40:03,002 "Did you see what they did to Hayes' ponytail?" 864 00:40:03,026 --> 00:40:05,713 "No, what?" 865 00:40:05,737 --> 00:40:09,633 Michael Hayes' ponytail was put into a sandwich bag. 866 00:40:09,657 --> 00:40:12,636 It was taped to the locker room door 867 00:40:12,660 --> 00:40:16,181 at Raw on Monday, until I saw it. 868 00:40:16,205 --> 00:40:19,184 And I took it down, threw it away. 869 00:40:19,208 --> 00:40:22,062 Exposure of these scandalous events would mark a 870 00:40:22,086 --> 00:40:25,441 turning point for the WWF, propelling it to reign in 871 00:40:25,465 --> 00:40:28,485 the public antics of its performers. 872 00:40:28,509 --> 00:40:31,238 In a symbolic twist of fate, the aftermath of the 873 00:40:31,262 --> 00:40:33,949 infamous Plane Ride from Hell coincided on the 874 00:40:33,973 --> 00:40:36,619 same day the company was legally forced to 875 00:40:36,643 --> 00:40:38,370 rebrand its identity. 876 00:40:38,394 --> 00:40:39,872 Can you imagine that, JR? 877 00:40:39,896 --> 00:40:41,707 We're getting the 'F' out. 878 00:40:41,731 --> 00:40:44,418 Young talents coming in the business after that era 879 00:40:44,442 --> 00:40:47,379 had heard all the stories, saw the remnants, 880 00:40:47,403 --> 00:40:50,883 saw guys that had made millions of dollars not have 881 00:40:50,907 --> 00:40:53,719 two quarters to rub together. 882 00:40:53,743 --> 00:40:57,640 And, I think they learned from their predecessors. 883 00:40:57,664 --> 00:41:00,768 [Cheering] 884 00:41:00,792 --> 00:41:02,853 Nice job. 885 00:41:02,877 --> 00:41:07,524 It's a different culture. It's a different era. 886 00:41:07,548 --> 00:41:11,278 I think that's the upshot, and maybe good news, 887 00:41:11,302 --> 00:41:14,239 that incidents like the Plane Ride from Hell 888 00:41:14,263 --> 00:41:16,950 smartened some of these younger kids up. 889 00:41:16,974 --> 00:41:18,869 "I want to be in the wrestling business. 890 00:41:18,893 --> 00:41:20,663 I've always idolized this guy, 891 00:41:20,687 --> 00:41:23,540 but I do know I'm not gonna pattern my, 892 00:41:23,564 --> 00:41:26,627 some of my career after this guy." 893 00:41:26,651 --> 00:41:28,754 Make good choices that way. 894 00:41:28,778 --> 00:41:30,464 [Laughing] 895 00:41:30,488 --> 00:41:33,050 I think that there's definitely a sense of 896 00:41:33,074 --> 00:41:36,595 the cliché, never meet your heroes. 897 00:41:36,619 --> 00:41:40,933 The people who have watched for generations and got them 898 00:41:40,957 --> 00:41:44,978 through their lives, I don't think that they all need to 899 00:41:45,002 --> 00:41:47,856 see Ric Flair doing the helicopter with his penis. 900 00:41:47,880 --> 00:41:49,191 Like, I don't... 901 00:41:49,215 --> 00:41:52,820 I don't really think it's good for everybody to know 902 00:41:52,844 --> 00:41:56,740 this about their heroes, you know. 903 00:41:56,764 --> 00:41:58,784 Some of these guys are freaks. 904 00:41:58,808 --> 00:42:00,536 I feel this is trying to portray someone 905 00:42:00,560 --> 00:42:02,705 as a sexual predator, and it's not. 906 00:42:02,729 --> 00:42:04,832 It's a joke, it's a gag. 907 00:42:04,856 --> 00:42:09,712 And, today, 1000% inappropriate. 908 00:42:09,736 --> 00:42:11,422 My hairstyle is inappropriate right now. 909 00:42:11,446 --> 00:42:13,924 I am somehow offending someone right now 910 00:42:13,948 --> 00:42:15,259 with my double ponytail. 911 00:42:15,283 --> 00:42:17,428 How dare I have two ponytails. 912 00:42:17,452 --> 00:42:18,971 And my answer is, I'm 50 years old. 913 00:42:18,995 --> 00:42:21,181 I'm happy I have hair. 914 00:42:21,205 --> 00:42:24,143 But, if you're asking me, I've hung out with Ric Flair. 915 00:42:24,167 --> 00:42:29,565 I've never seen him try to force his will against anybody. 916 00:42:29,589 --> 00:42:33,110 I don't feel that his intent was to rape me. 917 00:42:33,134 --> 00:42:35,112 But, what he did was wrong. 918 00:42:35,136 --> 00:42:39,658 It was wrong and, he goes to sleep that night and thinks 919 00:42:39,682 --> 00:42:41,910 he made it back from his wrestling trip in Europe and 920 00:42:41,934 --> 00:42:43,036 maybe he has a headache 'cause he had 921 00:42:43,060 --> 00:42:45,748 too many cocktails on the airplane. 922 00:42:45,772 --> 00:42:49,960 And yet, that night I didn't go to sleep. 923 00:42:49,984 --> 00:42:51,712 My trip to work, my... 924 00:42:51,736 --> 00:42:54,715 my trip to get money to support my daughter becomes 925 00:42:54,739 --> 00:42:56,425 a memory that is mine forever to live with. 926 00:42:56,449 --> 00:42:59,094 Like, I get to live with that fact I had to see a 927 00:42:59,118 --> 00:43:01,555 naked man and get my face licked by a man that I was 928 00:43:01,579 --> 00:43:04,892 there to make sure he got from point A to point B, safe. 929 00:43:04,916 --> 00:43:07,186 And they went to sleep and thought they made it 930 00:43:07,210 --> 00:43:12,065 home safe and sound and, so goes on the world, you know. 931 00:43:12,089 --> 00:43:14,818 I was uncomfortable coming to talk about this 'cause 932 00:43:14,842 --> 00:43:16,862 you see some stories told and then people get 933 00:43:16,886 --> 00:43:19,198 ridiculed or they, everything picked apart as 934 00:43:19,222 --> 00:43:21,158 what they did wrong when they're just 935 00:43:21,182 --> 00:43:23,660 telling their story. 936 00:43:23,684 --> 00:43:27,498 But, if one person that listens to this says, 937 00:43:27,522 --> 00:43:29,875 "Oh, my gosh, I might have acted like that towards 938 00:43:29,899 --> 00:43:32,795 somebody and I didn't even realize I did it," or, 939 00:43:32,819 --> 00:43:35,422 if one person hears it that had something happen to them, 940 00:43:35,446 --> 00:43:37,966 that they didn't like and they didn't feel they could 941 00:43:37,990 --> 00:43:40,302 speak about it 'cause they'd get in trouble or 942 00:43:40,326 --> 00:43:42,763 they were made to feel that they created the situation 943 00:43:42,787 --> 00:43:44,264 and might have made it happen, like, 944 00:43:44,288 --> 00:43:45,808 if it can change it for one person, 945 00:43:45,832 --> 00:43:49,853 I'd sit and have this conversation 25 times again. 946 00:43:49,877 --> 00:43:51,688 The truth, the truth can be scary, 947 00:43:51,712 --> 00:43:54,066 and the truth can be ugly and messy, 948 00:43:54,090 --> 00:43:56,860 but at the end of the day, the truth, 949 00:43:56,884 --> 00:43:58,195 it's the thing that makes us better, 950 00:43:58,219 --> 00:43:59,780 in the end, you know. 951 00:43:59,804 --> 00:44:06,102 ♪