I was booked to wrestle on a one month tour of Kuwait for WWF. Upon arriving at the airport in New York, the wrestlers had a great idea: bring along two duty free bottles of alcohol with us to the middle east (unaware at this time, that alcohol was not even allowed in the country).
We were flying on a jumbo jet filled to capacity en route to Kuwait. As I sat back with a couple of cocktails waiting for the movie to begin, I realized that they were taking a long time in bringing my drinks so I complained to the stewardess and she told me that they had ran out of drinks. So I reached above my head and got my bottle of vodka and proceeded, over the next couple of hours, to drink my bottle of vodka.
Now I was feeling no pain as I walked around talking to everyone on the
plane, even people that did not even speak English. I was talking to a
couple of wrestlers: one from the Middle East who was speaking
to one of the Japanese wrestlers that I knew well. My Japanese friend told
to the Middle East wrestler he should leave; explaining that, because he may
have to wrestle me in Kuwait, it wouldn't look good for business. The Middle
East wrestler didn't leave, even after being told three times. So I "open hand"
slapped him very hard, and as I turned to stagger away, he regained his
composure and proceeded to leg dive me and then bit me on the neck as we
continued to fight on the plane. Finally the other wrestlers put me in a
seat and strapped the seat belt around me.
Each time I tried to get up and continue the fight they would tighten the seat belt more. I think I had a 20 inch waist at one point there. I don't remember much more because I was blacking out from the alcohol. I was told that when we landed in Jordan before our final destination, solders came on the plane with heavy artillery.
Thank God the wrestlers talked them out of arresting us!! I enjoyed the rest of the tour in Kuwait, probably because no alcohol was allowed in the country.
This is one of many stories that happened due to alcohol and drugs.
I praise the Lord today that He gave me the strength to conquer these terrible
addictions.
Philippians 4:13
--Ivan Koloff