Re: Flight From Hell Full Movie Hd 1080p
Bernd Manison
In 2002, unbelievable chaos ensued on a fateful flight that has since passed into wrestling folklore as The Plane Ride From Hell! It was an orgy of excess, violence, and sexual misconduct that would ultimately spell the end of at least two notable careers in WWE.
On May 5, 2002, a number of WWE wrestlers and management members flew from Great Britain to the United States following the end of a European tour, which concluded with a British PPV event, Insurrextion 2002.
On the now-infamous flight, there were a number of incidents involving WWE management and wrestlers that were later attributed to the heavy drinking on the flight, partially because the flight was delayed for an hour before takeoff.
Among the incidents included the late Curt Hennig goading Brock Lesnar into a mid-flight wrestling match after ribbing him about who was a better amateur wrestler. Hennig and Lesnar scuffled in the aisle of the plane with Lesnar taking down Hennig and Hennig being unable to return the favor. Eventually, several others on the flight, including Dave Finlay, Triple H, and Paul Heyman had to separate the pair. WWE announced that Hennig was released from the company shortly thereafter, while there was no heat on Lesnar at the time as the blame was placed on Hennig's end.
The wrestling was tame compared to some of the other antics on the flight. Dustin Runnels was allegedly serenading his ex-wife Terri Runnels until being told to stop by WWE Vice President of Talent Relations Jim Ross. Dustin Runnels was in the doghouse for a long time and was publicly dropped by WWE in late 2003 with a WWE.com statement announcing his contract would not be renewed when it expired in January 2004.
Jim Ross, in his now-defunct Ross Report on WWE.com, stated the following about the flight in his first column after the tour: "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."
In the same column, Ross noted that Scott Hall (who said to have been asleep during the flight) was not involved with any incident. Hall was soon gone from WWE as his release was announced several days after the UK tour. There were reports that Hall wasn't in the best of condition during the tour, but he was signed shortly after his release to appear by the then-debuting in the NWA:TNA promotion.
The 2002 Insurrextion was the third annual Insurrextion professional wrestling pay-per-view event produced by the American promotion, World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was held exclusively for wrestlers from the promotion's Raw brand division, which made it the promotion's first-ever Raw-exclusive PPV. The event took place on 4 May 2002, at the Wembley Arena in London, England and was broadcast exclusively in the United Kingdom.
In addition, a series of notorious incidents occurred on the return flight to the United States, which has been referred to as the "plane ride from hell". Wrestlers Scott Hall and Curt Hennig were fired following the event for their involvement in the incidents, while Goldust and Ric Flair were also reprimanded by the company for their involvement in other incidents during the flight.
The event featured nine professional wrestling matches and two pre-show matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[5]
The 2002 Insurrextion was the final PPV produced under the WWF name as the company was renamed to World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) just two days after the event. This name change came as a result of a lawsuit from the World Wildlife Fund over the "WWF" initialism.[6] This would also be the company's last PPV held in London until Money in the Bank in 2023.[7]
During the flight back to the United States, a series of incidents occurred that has been referred to as the "plane ride from hell", which has been described as one of professional wrestling's most infamous scandals. The Boeing 757 plane that was chartered included an open bar, and many of the wrestlers indulged. This led to many incidents, including physical altercations and the sexual harassment of two female flight attendants, Taralyn Cappellano and Heidi Doyle. Scott Hall had a history of alcoholism. Although he did not have a match at the PPV, he did interfere in a match and he did perform at the house shows during this UK tour. In addition to pranking other wrestlers with shaving cream, he said sexually vulgar things to Doyle before passing out. Curt Hennig, known for being a prankster, also pranked wrestlers with the shaving cream, including Brock Lesnar, which resulted in a fight between the two that almost caused them to bump into the plane's emergency exit. Goldust also said vulgar things to Cappellano, and later got on the public address system and started to sing a song for his ex-wife and fellow wrestler, Terri Runnels, who was also on the plane. Additionally, Ric Flair exposed himself to both flight attendants and allegedly grabbed their hands and had them touch his genitalia; Flair denied the accusations. Both Hall and Hennig were fired following the event, while Goldust and Flair were also reprimanded by the company. A 2004 lawsuit was filed by both Cappellano and Doyle, although WWE settled out of court with both women.[8][9][10]
One of the most shocking stories to emerge from the flight were allegations of sexual misconduct against Ric Flair, who is said to have been walking around the plane in a robe with 'nothing on underneath', according to Credible.
The wrestler was accused of exposing himself to a flight attendant; claims which later become the subject of a lawsuit. In November 2022, Flair said the claims would be addressed in an upcoming documentary.
Stories from the jet were told in an episode of Vice's Dark Side Of The Ring, which featured interviews with Jim Ross, Rob Van Dam, Tommy Dreamer, Terri Runnels and Credible, all of who were present as the events unfolded.
I am one of those travelers that always tries to book a window or aisle seat in advance or I arrive early to request it. With the first flight it was no issue, but unfortunately the second was fully booked with the only seats remaining being the middle seat in the middle row.
Sleep deprivation can make even the most mild-mannered, experienced travel writer into a complaint letter writing disgruntled passenger, so today I find myself needing to vent after what I, and I'm sure those seated around me, have termed the "flight from hell." My motives are purely altruistic, as my experiences should serve as a warning to other parents considering flying with very small children on this particular U.S.-based legacy carrier. Continental Airlines may pride itself on still providing blankets and pillows and even free food on its domestic flights, but its attendants' utter lack of concern and service on this international leg was in my opinion a disgrace.
Many people called me crazy for even attempting to fly long haul on my own with a six-month old infant and a nearly three-year-old toddler. But if it meant a chance to escape a New York winter and spend a month in Melbourne, Australia with a stop-over in Hong Kong, then I was willing to take the risk. After all, 100-degree days awaited me, along with the open arms of friends of family. The flight over was a blur, which means that it was probably uneventful, but the return flight from Hong Kong to Newark was memorable, for all the wrong reasons.
I warn you that this article may make you reconsider ever flying with young children again, even if you have a partner to help you, but I feel it is my duty to share. Perhaps it was the fact that Qantas had lost my stroller somewhere over the Pacific on a previous flight that made this final leg of my trip start inauspiciously. I had my 20-something pound baby in the Baby Bjorn at Hong Kong airport and was juggling three pieces of hand luggage and an inquisitive daughter when I noticed that it was the final call for boarding my Newark bound flight. Sure it was 35 minutes earlier than the check-in person had actually written on my boarding pass, so I ran the final 500 yards to the gate and was already feeling a sense of impending doom. Nobody asked if I needed assistance with my bags (which was a shock considering that on the Qantas flight to Hong Kong, the flight crew bent over backwards to help me, moved other passengers' luggage so I had additional space, lifted my bags and even held my baby).
As soon as I sat down in the assigned bulkhead row, a flight attendant told me that I needed to store my luggage, but of course the overhead bins were full, so my bags were carted away to three separate unknown destinations without giving me a chance to retrieve anything. My three-year-old was rather upset at the prospect of not having any distractions for take off, like a toy or a DVD to watch. On other airlines, the crew kindly hands out activity kits or games for kids, but not on this flight. So my daughter proceeded to scream and cry for about 20 minutes while I sat there, rather embarrassed, trying to feed my other daughter, praying that nobody would throw me off the aircraft (as was the case on an AirTran Airways flight in January last year).
After take off and a bit of calming down, nobody came to open the bassinet, so there I was with a sleeping baby on my lap, cutting off my left arm's blood circulation for at least an hour before I cornered an indifferent attendant and requested some help. She installed the very tatty-looking bassinet, but then left without offering to set it up or even lay down a blanket so I could comfortably move the sleeping infant from my arms to a horizontal position without waking her. Luckily a fellow mother (Debbie from Hong Kong via Cleveland) sitting next to me turned into my guardian angel and came to my rescue (as she did several times during the arduous 14 plus hour day time flight). Luckily I had my own blankets to use as sheets as I don't trust the cleanliness of airline blankets for myself, let along my baby. After some searching, I found my hand luggage that had been distributed throughout the cabin.
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