Ric Aptitude is telling one of many wildest highway tales but from wrestling’s party-heavy period, claiming an evening involving Curt Hennig ended with him waking up in Baltimore lacking a number of Rolex watches.
Throughout an look on The Ariel Helwani Present, Aptitude went deep into tales from the Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, describing simply how uncontrolled life on the highway might get. He in contrast the celebrity and chaos of that period to rock stars at their peak. Whereas reflecting on these days, Aptitude defined simply how huge the 4 Horsemen life-style had turn out to be on the time.
“I didn’t go to mattress within the 80s. I’m unsure I’ve slept but. Brother, we had been the Beatles. Man, 4 Horsemen coming on the town, girls and gents, the Marriott Lodge Tonight, 18 to twenty-eight, no boyfriends, no husbands. LFG.”
Aptitude then admitted that nights out with The Undertaker usually led to costly penalties, revealing that he misplaced a number of luxurious watches throughout these outings.
“I’ve misplaced 4 Rolexes hanging out with The Undertaker, that son of a b––.”
However the wildest story got here when Aptitude claimed Curt Hennig as soon as drugged him throughout an evening out — a state of affairs he says ended with him waking up in Baltimore lacking three Rolex watches and making an attempt to piece collectively what occurred.
“As a result of I used to get drunk with him after which Curt Hennig had roofied me. I awakened one night time in Baltimore with two women. My pockets was gone, my rental was gone, so I’m married, proper. Then I am going, ‘Okay, women, what the f––? The place’s my s––?’ They stated, ‘You threw your three Rolexes right into a bowl of spaghetti final night time at Sabatino’s.’ I had 13 of them. Properly, what am I gonna do? Name the cops? I’m married.”
Host Ariel Helwani pressed Aptitude additional on the declare that Hennig drugged him, main Aptitude to double down and say an analogous incident occurred in the course of the notorious Aircraft Experience From Hell in 2002.
“Yeah, he roofied me within the airplane trip from hell too, brother.”
Aptitude even joked that he’d be prepared to share extra particulars in regards to the state of affairs — however provided that the value was proper.
“Hey and Ariel, if you’ll find sufficient cash, I’ll inform you the entire story.”
Aptitude additionally referenced the authorized fallout from that notorious flight, which later grew to become the topic of lawsuits and documentaries inspecting the alleged habits that befell onboard.
The Aircraft Experience From Hell occurred on Might 5, 2002, throughout a WWE-chartered flight getting back from a European tour. The journey grew to become one of the crucial controversial moments in wrestling historical past, involving a number of incidents amongst expertise and crew, together with a backstage combat between Curt Hennig and Brock Lesnar that almost led to catastrophe mid-flight.
Curt Hennig, greatest identified to followers as Mr. Good, handed away on February 10, 2003, on the age of 44. He was launched from WWE following the fallout from the Aircraft Experience From Hell incident.
Aptitude’s claims provides to the lengthy record of tales tied to wrestling’s wild highway period, particularly involving high-profile names and notorious moments that followers nonetheless discuss many years later.
What do you consider Ric Aptitude sharing tales like this so a few years after they allegedly occurred? Ought to these tales keep previously, or is it a part of wrestling historical past value listening to about?