Scott Hall Talks About Getting Help With His Addiction, DDP, And Working For Vince McMahon

WWE Hall of Famer Scott Hall spoke with fellow Hall of Famer Jim Ross about his addiction, getting help, his legacy and more. Check out the highlights down below.

On how his addiction began:

“I always wanted to be a main eventer in pro wrestling. I lived my dream but the excess of the ’80s and the huge money of the ’90s became a great temptation for many of us.”

“After working in a main event, on the advice of one of my peers, I took my downers, Xanax was my drug of choice, before I stopped sweating and got into the showers. Then I’d have a few beers on the drive to the hotel and then hit the rack to make that 6 a.m. flight. Some nights we wouldn’t go to bed at all and hit the hotel bar and then hit a diner, eat and then get to the airport to sleep on the plane,” Hall shared.

On Diamond Dallas Page and Jake Roberts helping him out:

“What did I have to lose? I was drinking myself to death,” Hall told me recently.”I don’t even know why I answered the phone when Dally and Jake called because I wasn’t answering any calls or talking to anyone. I guess it was fate. Jake was one of my professional heroes and Dally was always a great friend. It was just the two of them and me in Page’s home.”

On his legacy and future:

“I love the wrestling business, but my Mom never named me Razor,” he said. “That I did with the blessing of Vince McMahon but, at the end of the day, the wrestling business was always essentially about the money and the miles. My most important legacy is being a good father to my two children.”

“My life is like driving down a road. I occasionally glance in the rearview mirror but I’m not focused on the past or looking back anymore. That’s why the windshield is bigger than the review view mirror. I prefer to look ahead, make my short term goals, and focus on today. I’m where I’m supposed to be but not where I want to be. Thank God I’m not where I used to be. I’m OK and I’m on my way one day at a time. Help awaits everyone if they truly want it.”   

You can read the entire interview here.

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