May 20, 2002 Observer Newsletter: Fallout from the plane ride from hell
Curt Hennig was the second WWE star fired stemming from the flight from London detailed in last week’s issue.
Besides spraying the shaving cream in people’s hair (one of whom was Big Show), which would have been overlooked, he goaded Brock Lesnar into their skirmish, which put people in danger. Even after Lesnar pinned him down in the aisle, Hennig kept wanting more, and people were calming Lesnar down and telling him it wasn’t worth it at that point. Fighting, or actually amateur wrestling roughly on an airplane is dangerous enough, but the fact they were fighting near the emergency exit is even worse.
The stories about them almost going through the door were blown up out of proportion, because the force it takes to open such a door is incredible. Then again, Lesnar is also incredibly strong
There was tremendous heat on both Arn Anderson and Michael Hayes, since both were agents and their jobs are to keep the wrestlers under control, and neither was in any condition to do so.
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Dave Meltzer is the founder and lead writer on the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, the weekly constant when it comes to news and reviews in pro wrestling and mixed martial arts for more than 40 years. Dave also co-hosts Wrestling Observer Radio with Bryan Alvarez and had had bylines for The National, Yahoo Sports, MMA Fighting and others.