Hardy would stop short of giving details regarding some of the more horrifying things he had witnessed. He did provide examples of hazing he saw, and made a point of noting that things were so horrendous at times, that certain top stars in wrestling today likely wouldn’t be in wrestling if they had to experience that environment.

“You would see…somethings where guys had heat, where they would take their suitcase as soon as they went out, they would cut up their clothing,” Hardy said. “They would put it into the shower. I’ve seen where guys had heat, they would be in the showers and guys would make fun of them and say terrible things, push them to the limits, which would horrify them, just to put them through what they thought was a test.

“I mean, I’ve seen a lot of stuff over the years that I’ve been there, which is like ‘Whoa,’ looking back in hindsight. I did a promo with the Bucks on a BTE before we wrestled the Bucks in, I want to say in Vegas. But there was a thing where I said ‘If you guys would’ve come up when we came up, you never would’ve made it.’ And it was a legit statement, cause they’re both nice guys, they’re both sweethearts. But like, a lot of people could not have survived through that. It’s crazy. The culture was just so different.”

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