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During the latest episode of ARN, Arn Anderson spoke about a variety of topics.
Highlights are below.
On if going back to WCW meant he had to work with the Ding-Dongs:Â âYou know what. I would have done a two out of three falls every TV show for a month to get to go back to WCW. Two out of three falls, every week. Would have been just fine.â
Arn on why he never got into pills:Â âMentally, physically, everything. I was completely drained. Thatâs a hard place to work, man. You hear about guys smoking dope, and drinking, taking pills and shit. I never was a pill head, because I had no tolerance for any of that stuff. I bet I could take a five milligram Valium and sleep two days. I didnât have the threshold for it. So I didnât take it. But I could see why guys had to do some stuff.â
On how the schedule did not allow for much sleep: âHereâs one of the things that you may not think itâs a big deal. Try it for three months. When youâre on towards the end of the show, especially if youâre on last, and youâve gotta go back to the hotel⌠youâre not going to get back to your hotel until probably 12:30. Every morning we had a six A.M. flight. Thatâs a four oâclock wakeup, IF you stay around the airport area. Do the math. Youâre in your room at 12:30, probably one-thirty getting to sleep. Up at three-thirty, four oâclock, because you had to be there at 5:15 for a six oâclock flight. All the guys were checking in; you had to go through security.â
On why the lifestyle led to many wrestlers turning to substances:Â âIt was a hard life, and Iâm not kidding you. So if you had to suck down a six-pack, burn a doobie, take a pill, whatever it was; you were trying to crowd in and get that two and a half, three hours of sleep. And day after day, when youâd be out on a twelve-day run, my friend; it would wear you out, beat you up.â
On what the boys did to save money:Â âIt was miserable. If you were on top, you could do some things to make your life a little easier. You could charter a plane if you wanted to. We werenât making that kind of money. We were the rent-a-car guys, driving to every town, two to a room, and all the things you had to do to send your money home.â
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