WWE Star Fell Asleep At Airport On Drugs

The former WWE commentator Jim Ross recently recalled how Chief Jay Strongbow wanted WWE Chairman Vince McMahon to fire former WWE star Mr. Hughes after he fell asleep at an airport. Chris Jericho WWE Return Paycheck Offer Leaks

 


 

Jim Ross opens up on the incident

Mr. Hughes, real name Curtis Hughes, competed in 64 matches for WWE between March 1993 and August 1993. Strongbow, who was a WWE agent at the time, thought the up-and-coming star had fallen asleep due to the usage of drugs.

Speaking on his Grilling JR podcast, Ross clarified that Mr. Hughes had a disorder that caused him to fall asleep.

“He almost got fired after WrestleMania 9 because he fell asleep at the airport. Chief Jay Strongbow said, ‘He’s high. Oh, look at that guy. I’ve gotta tell Caesar.’ Caesar, of course, is Vince. ‘We gotta get rid of this guy.’ He’d arrived to that conclusion by sitting across the way with his wife and me, ready to fly back to Connecticut, and there was Curtis on the other side dozing off… until we found out he had a sleep disorder, narcolepsy, whatever the hell it’s called, I’m probably naming it wrong. But Curtis battled through it and I liked Curtis,” Jim Ross said.

Barry Russell
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