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The infamous “Plane Ride From Hell” will be discussed on an upcoming episode of Vice TV’s Dark Side Of The Ring.
During an interview with Richard Deitsch of Sports Media Podcast, Ross revealed he spent four hours with the Dark Side Of The Ring crew speaking on the subject.
Yesterday, I spent four hours with the Dark of the Ring guys here in my home in Florida and talked about the plane ride from hell. I told them in the beginning, I said, “I don’t like this topic, I don’t like remembering this bullshit”. It was a bad day at the office, it was one of the more darker days during my tenure as head of talent relations but it’s going to make a hell of a special for Dark Side of the Ring that was spawned by what they heard Conrad and I talking about on this podcast (Grilling’ JR).
The incident occurred in 2002, following WWE’s Insurrextion pay-per-view in London. Several stories have emerged over the years, detailing a fight between Curt Hennig and Brock Lesnar, Michael Hayes ponytail being cut off, and Ric Flair being accused of disrobing and forcing two flight attendants to put their hands on his crotch.
Flair denied the allegations, but the flight attendants did file a lawsuit, naming Ric Flair, Scott Hall, and Dustin Runnels as plaintiffs, which WWE settled out of court.
The court documents can be viewed below.
WWE 2002 Plane Ride From Hell Lawsuit by Heel By Nature on Scribd
Jim Ross spoke on the trip in an article at the now-defunct Ross Report on WWE.com.
“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.”
Season three of Dark Side Of The Ring will air later this year, the following subjects have been revealed for the series.
- Nick Gage
- FMW (Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling)
- WCW/NJPW Collision In Korea
- “Flyin’” Brian Pillman (Premiere Episode)
- Chris Kanyon
- The Smith Family (Grizzly Smith, Rockin’ Robin, Sam Houston, Jake “The Snake Roberts”
- Ion Croitoru (Johnny K-9, Bruiser Bedlam)