Todd Grisham opened up about the hazing he experienced early in his WWE career, specifically naming Bubba Ray Dudley as a difficult presence in the locker room. Grisham explained that The Brooklyn Brawler started a rumor that the “new kid” believed wrestling was fake, leading to confrontations with several top stars.
While many wrestlers were in on the joke, Grisham stated that Bubba Ray Dudley took it seriously and berated him in front of the locker room.
“Someone told Bubba Ray Dudley this, and Bubba Ray Dudley, I’m sure he won’t even mind me saying this, is the biggest asshole the WWE has ever seen,” Grisham said. “Everyone else was kind of in on the joke. He treated it like it was the real deal. He was like, ‘You got to go apologize to every single one of these people. You don’t belong here. You should never be hired.’ He was very serious. And I remember thinking, bro, come on, I’m 27 years old, I’m not saying anything, and he just berated me in front of people, like I thought he was gonna get physical with me.”
The hazing extended to the ring, where Grisham was placed in precarious situations with heavy hitters like Batista, Jazz, Hardcore Holly, and Stone Cold Steve Austin.
“So next thing you know, Batista is in the ring, and they’re like, ‘Give him a Power Bomb, Batista.’ And I’m like, Oh my god,” Grisham said. “So Batista sets me between his legs, grabs my underwear and freaking rips them straight up. Just like a saw going, and he keeps acting like he’s gonna do it right, and I’m scared to death, and thank God he didn’t Power Bomb me, but my freaking butt crack was bleeding afterwards, raw as hell. I remember Hardcore Holly getting in my face going, ‘You think this is fake? I’ll kill you in the parking lot right now.’”
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