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A WWE Hall of Famer revealed he was rehearsing for a segment backstage when he nearly died due to an accident. He also revealed how Vince McMahon reacted to it.
JBL really came into his own after he was moved to SmackDown as a singles competitor. He was finally a main event star and even won the WWE Championship. Around this time, he feuded with his mortal enemy Rey Mysterio. During one of Mysterio's matches against Mr. Kennedy, Layfield distracted him by coming down to the ring with a horse.
During the latest edition of Sportskeeda Wrestling's What Were They Thinking? With JBL and Brisco, John Bradshaw Layfield explained that the segment had to be rehearsed in advance backstage. However, the horse was wearing horseshoes which caused it to slip and fall multiple times, with Bradshaw on it.
"So, I get on this horse but like a dummy, I don't check to see the horse's shoe. I wouldn't believe that they'd send a horse to an arena that was shoed. So, I didn't even think about it. The problem is when a horse is shoed and it steps on concrete, it's like being on ice. So, I'm riding on this horse backstage, everybody's out front... And all of a sudden that horse steps off the rubber mat and steps on the concrete and its four legs just split and it goes down. I go down with it. He comes back up, I come back up with it. It falls over now, I fall down with it. Now, it's on top of me and I've got boots stuck in the stirrup and I can't get off this horse. He gets up for a second time and I'm still on it. Then it finally goes down..."
JBL continued to say that Vince McMahon returned and asked him what he had done to the horse for it to react this way.
"It tore up the entire backstage area with me on the horse and Dusty Rhodes is sitting there, yelling, 'Rodeo! Rodeo! Rodeo!' He thinks it's hilarious. He's watching a guy die, he thinks this is hilarious. So, finally the horse falls over on its side and I'm trying to get off of it. I got my boot out of the stirrup now and I'm straddling this horse. This thing kicks you, it will break whatever it hits. It will break your leg, it will break your... whatever. I'm just trying to get off this horse. So the trainer comes out and he's talking to this horse trying to get it calm. Vince comes back, all he says is, 'What did you do to that horse?' That horse almost killed me." [10:12 - 11:51]
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JBL says Vince McMahon does not like "yes" men around him
Vince McMahon is one of the most controversial figures in the world of professional wrestling. Over the years, Vince has been part of several controversial storylines in the company. One of the most controversial WWE storylines is the 'Kiss my a**' club.
During a previous episode of Sportskeeda Wrestling's What Were They Thinking? With JBL and Brisco, the topic of the controversial kiss my a** club was discussed. JBL mentioned that, unlike most bosses, Vince McMahon does not like to keep people who will always agree with him around.
Vince McMahon is currently in the middle of a lawsuit filed by Janel Grant which had some major allegations against the former Chairman of WWE.
