10 Wrestling Facts We Didn't Know Last Week (Dec 13)

6. Hillbilly Jim Drank "56 Bottles" With André The Giant

Most people (those who drink, at least) will consume copious amounts of alcohol over the festive season with friends and family. Exactly none of those folks will neck quite as much as Hillbilly Jim and the legendary André The Giant did on a Boxing Day flight in the 80s. Don't even try.

Please, don't even try.

During an interview with The Hannibal TV, Jim claimed that he and his huge buddy sank a quite staggering 56 bottles of liquor during the course of one flight between shows. They weren't drinking miniatures or some beers either, the wrasslers were downing actual full bottles of the hard stuff. "Don't go messin' wth a country boy" indeed.

Hillbilly says he drank eight bottles to himself, and André polished off the rest single-handedly. They drank so much booze that the flight attendants told them they'd finished everything on the plane. That poor toilet probably took a pounding.