3. Vader
Damn, did Vader scare the crap out of me when I was a kid. But it’s not only me who might have felt intimidated given the story of his arrest in Kuwait in 1997.
It was a complete lack of communication on the part of WWE and the TV show Good Morning Kuwait, but Vader got arrested nonetheless. Known by real name Leon White, he was asked by the host of the show about whether wrestling was fake. Now, Vader was told by WWE official Gerald Brisco to take offence to this (kayfabe) – so he did – flipping the desk, grabbing the host and throwing him around a little bit.
The trouble was, while Vader was in on it and didn’t mean any harm, the host was clueless and thought the attack was completely legitimate. Vader got arrested on the lines of assault, though once everything died down he managed to get away with a small fine.
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