Lesnar reflects on past drug use in WWE
Brock Lesnar recently opened up his early year’s in the WWE, including is addiction to prescription pain killers.
Brock Lesnar has been a competitive athlete his entire life. He was a very successful college wrestler, almost made it to the NFL, is one of the WWE’s biggest stars, and is a former UFC heavyweight champion.
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Professional wrestling is fake, but the toll it can take on athlete’s body is not fake at all. Lesnar recently opened up his early year’s in the WWE, including is addiction to prescription pain killers:
“Anybody that’s a superstar, anybody that’s a movie star, it’s not what you think it is. It’s not all smoke and mirrors, it’s not all glitz and glamour. It is hard work. It’s a full time job. It’s not very glamorous. You have to go and perform every single night in front of different people that haven’t seen you before and you’re a hamster on a treadmill. That’s how I felt.”
There was even an infamous occasion when Lesnar got into a booze-fueled fight with fellow professional wrestler Curt Hennig — best known as his in-ring persona “Mr. Perfect” — on a cross-country flight while working for WWE.
Lesnar can’t remember many details because that’s how much his mind was warped during those days, but he knows the two of them got into an impromptu match that landed both of them in hot water with their employer.
“It was full of booze and Vicodin and being stuck on an airplane for seven hours on an overseas trip. What else are you going to do besides pass out and fall asleep or get into trouble? We did both. There’s not much else to tell,” Lesnar said.
“I believe we got into a scuffle on the plane. It’s called whiskey wrestling. Honestly, I was drunk and high. I couldn’t even tell you what happened. Alls I know is when we got off the plane, we got reprimanded and that’s it. If you want to know the real truth.”
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