For his part, Anderson put over Thorn’s work ethic and especially his look at 48 years old. But when Anderson asked Thorn what he was doing to keep in such great shape, the former WWE star revealed that it would’ve been a different story just a few months ago. Stopping short of saying he had a full fledged problem, Thorn admitted he had dealt with some level of alcohol issues, and that it was through WWE sponsored rehab that he was able to clean himself up, and get back to a healthier mindset.

“I was going down the rabbit hole of full fledged alcoholism and stuff,” Thorn said. “And I was able to make that call, and within six hours, they had me on a plane to Tampa, down where Shannon Moore is, and he’s running a great program down there for a lot of the boys that are having this issue. And through that…I totally redid myself. I got back into the gym, I got back to figuring out who I pray to daily, stuff like that. [My] mindset has totally changed for me. Like, now it’s just not being disgruntled all the time, of ‘Oh man, I’m not underneath the lights, I’m just a has been,’ all that stuff. For me, now it’s…man, I’m just happy to be a part, and get to go out there and entertain and just have fun. And I think I lost that.”

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