5 WWE scandals that you probably didn't know about

John Cena has got some explaining to do

The WWE and its superstars have certainly created their fair share of controversy in their time. Lots of superstars spend hours upon hours on the road, and that can lead them astray. Other superstars can just be straight up jerks and get away with what they had done.

Today in WWE, it seems to be a lot stricter as wrestlers can get heavily punished for even minor infringements but it hasn’t always been that way. But back in the day, if you drew money, a lot of what you had done got simply swept under the carpet.

Here we look at 5 WWE scandals that you probably didn't know about:

5. Plane ride from hell

At least he is keeping his robe on for this picture

The infamous ‘Plane ride from hell’ incident took place on a seven-hour flight from Great Britain to the United States back in 2002. Most of the shenanigans have been attributed to heavy drinking on the flight, which was partially caused by the flight being delayed for an hour before takeoff. 

Brock Lesnar and Mr. Perfect got into a wrestling match and scuffled on the aisle of the plane while Michael Hayes and JBL got into a fist fight. Dustin Runnels (Goldust) was also allegedly loudly serenading his ex-wife Terri Runnels, till WWE Vice President of Talent Relations Jim Ross told him cut it off. 

With all of this going on, it was Ric Flair who finally took it too far. He walked around the plane, allegedly wearing only his robe, flashing the flight attendants, twirling his privates and forcing the flight attendants to put their hands on his crotch.

WWE settled the attendants’ lawsuit out of court, and they inducted Flair into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2008. Needless to say, this incident is not talked about within the WWE or on WWE programming today.