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Things That Happened During WWF ‘The Plane Ride From Hell’ – 23 Years Ago Today

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2. X-Pac cutting Michael PS Hayes’ Hair

Triple H & X-Pac

Michael PS Hayes had garnered himself a lot of heat over the years, essentially burying talent and causing stirs due to him being in a position of power. People seemed to generally dislike him, yet he stayed employed.

After Hayes was knocked out by Bradshaw, X-Pac decided to play a prank on Hayes, who wasn’t very good friends with X-Pac.

While he was unconscious, X-Pac retrieved some scissors and completely cut Hayes’ 2002 ponytail to a massive plane pop.

Rumor has it that the following day during RAW, X-Pac taped it onto the wall in the Gorilla Position, much to Hayes’ dismay.

1. Mr. Perfect vs. Brock Lesnar

Brock Lesnar vs. Mr. Perfect on WWF Plane Ride From Hell May 5, 2002

Boys will be boys. With both being from Minnesota, Lesnar and Perfect had established a friendship with each other in Brock’s near-two month stint in the WWF so far.

With the rocket already strapped to Brock Lesnar, he needed to be careful not to publicly mess up, seek backstage heat, or embarrass the company that was grooming him as ‘The Next Big Thing’.

Also, both being experienced amateur wrestlers, Perfect and Brock decided to have a small tussle to decide who was the better amateur grappler. With Perfect being described as ‘competitive’ and with Brock’s impressive physique, the tumble turned into a fight, that got heated quickly.

At one point, the two men were shoving each other onto the emergency exit door of the plane. At this point, the fight was ripped apart and due to this, Mr. Perfect was terminated from his contract, having only just returned to the company a little over three months earlier.

No blame was put onto Lesnar’s part as he was still given his push, whereas Mr. Perfect passed away within the year.

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