The glitz and the glam aside, wrestling is a punishing business. If getting battered for our amusement wasn’t enough, they have to do it on the road for over 200 days a year – all the time being away from their families. So it’s predictable that when they get time away from the cameras, they give into natural instinct and gravitate towards watering holes.
Wrestlers set the standard when it comes to working hard and partying harder. Guys like Ric Flair and Michael Hayes are living, breathing exhibitions to the longevity of a wrestler’s party cardio.
Details of their debauchery swirl the interwebz ever so often, but did you know that just like in wrestling, there exists a code of conduct when it comes to partying? Take a look:
There’s no saying “no”
When the party bus leaves, everybody gets on it. There’s no refusing a drink either. Let’s face it – the pressure of being a pariah in the WWE’s cultish locker room is not really a choice wrestlers would make.
So when it’s time to head out on the town, everyone drinks(unless you’re Rosa Mendes). Even if you’re fake drinking, hold a drink in your hand. If you don’t want to, fill a beer bottle with water and carry it around.
Quickly down the hatch
WWE Superstars aren’t exactly what you’d call connoisseurs of liquor – at least not when they’re partying together. So one of the commandments is never to hold a drink longer than the round it was bought in.
So when someone calls for a round, drop it like Tyson put down Botha and get ready for the next one. Guess they’re not too particular about when they start.
Peace offering
We did a piece earlier explaining what the wrestlers’ court is and its most well-travelled tales; in case you need to brush up, because it has everything to do with this one. Whenever an issue needs resolving in the WWE, Superstars convene backstage and settle it.
One of the most common acts of penitence is for the offender to buy the offended a few rounds. One Superstar who has somehow managed to be the one who has drinks brought to him is JBL.
Always carry your drink
Or get ready to put your self-confidence into overdrive when you have to put on a show and the crowd’s chanting “where are your eyebrows”. We’ve all heard about the pranks Superstars inflict on each other and alchohol is an unsurprising motivator.
Popping sleeping pills in unattended drinks is one of the fruits from those loins.
Champ’s the last man standing
The man with the big belt ends up with the biggest bill too. He has to be the last man standing, at any rate. It’s unknown what the consequences are for failing, but knowing the WWE, probably the champ’s backstage cred gets punctured. And that’s no laughing matter.
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