– During a recent interview with PWInsider Elite, former WWE Champion Raj Dhesi (aka Jinder Mahal) spoke about an incident before he and 3MB stablemate Drew Mcintyre were released in 2014. According to Dhesi, he and McIntyre showed up late to a WWE show after they were stranded due to their rental car being low on gas while on the road in Texas. Below are some highlights (via WrestlingInc.com):
On staying in Texas after Raw to party ahead of a Tuesday SmackDown TV taping: “We’re at somewhere in Texas for Raw on a Monday night, and normally after Raw, you make the drive, so you’re already in the town for SmackDown on the Tuesday. For some reason me and Drew decided to stay back and party. We’re like, ‘We’ll just make the drive tomorrow.'”
On what happened after they ran out of gas while on the road in Texas: “So now we’re panicking. Anyway, we call a gas station, somehow convinced them to take a Jerry can, fill it with gas, drive it to us, and ‘We’ll pay you a hundred bucks.’ … It was enough to get us to the gas station and pump up, and we showed up to TV a few hours late.”
Both men eventually did make their returns to WWE and eventually became world heavyweight champions.
