10 Things WWE Wants You To Forget About John Bradshaw Layfield

5. He Was On The "Plane Ride From Hell"

The "Plane Ride From Hell" is an infamous story from May 5, 2002 at the end of a long tour in England. WWE chartered a plane that was filled with their wrestlers. Stories were told about how there was alcohol served on the flight so several guys were getting drunk on the plane. Ric Flair was walking around naked, Curt Hennig wrestled with Brock Lesnar on the plane, Goldust was singing like a jackass and others were doing stupid stuff too. Bradshaw's role in the flight involved long time WWE agent Michael Hayes. Both guys were also known as heavy drinkers too, so apparently the alcohol was flowing during that flight at least in the case of Hayes. In this video at the 2:50 mark, former WWE superstar X-Pac talked about the incident. http://youtu.be/5XYABKd5UGo According to X-Pac, who was on the plane that day, Bradshaw was cut open from a match they had in England so he was bandaged. He was sleeping. Hayes apparently punched Bradshaw in the head. According to Justin Credible's shoot on the plane incident, that led to Bradshaw's suit getting all bloody. Bradshaw didn't retaliate immediately because he was management at that time and still is, but apparently Bradshaw punched Hayes and knocked him out. Soon after that, Hayes fell asleep. That led to X-Pac cutting off the ponytail of Hayes. Apparently he posted it on the wall at TV the next day too. Here's what Jim Ross wrote about the incident on WWE.com soon after: "The flight was about seven hours in length and at times was low-lighted by a handful of people who consumed too much alcohol and consequently acted like children whose parents were away and left the liquor cabinet unlocked. The conduct of this inebriated minority was unacceptable and will not be tolerated. Procedures have been put in place to ensure such conduct does not occur in the future. The bottom line is this: yours truly is the person in charge of the talent roster and the buck stops with me. We will do all we humanly can to solve the problem." That was a very generic statement by Ross. It was WWE's way of acknowledging it because they knew it was all over the internet, but believe us that it was definitely something they want the fans to forget.