Former WWE Star JBL Shares Vince McMahon’s Surprising Reaction to His Near-Death Experience

JBL, a veteran of WWE who began his career during the Attitude Era in the late '90s, is known for sharing captivating stories from his time in the wrestling business. Recently, JBL revealed a particularly shocking experience involving Vince McMahon’s reaction to his near-death incident backstage. He recounted how a horse he was riding during a segment rehearsal slipped and fell, almost seriously injuring him.
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JBL became a big success as a singles wrestler when he joined SmackDown. He rose to the main event scene and even won the WWE Championship. One of his major rivalries was with Rey Mysterio. In a memorable moment, JBL interrupted Mysterio's match with Mr. Kennedy by making an entry on a horse.
On a recent episode of What Were They Thinking? with JBL and Briscoe, he shared that they had practiced the horse segment backstage. However, the horse had horseshoes on, which caused it to slip and fall while JBL was riding it. He hadn’t checked the horse’s shoes, assuming they wouldn’t use a horse with them. When the horse stepped on the concrete, it lost its balance and fell, bringing JBL down with it.
JBL Stated :
‘‘So, I get on this horse but like a dummy, I don’t check to see the horse’s shoe. I wouldn’t believe that they’d send a horse to an arena that was shoed. So, I didn’t even think about it. The problem is when a horse is shoed and it steps on concrete, it’s like being on ice. So, I’m riding on this horse backstage, everybody’s out front… And all of a sudden that horse steps off the rubber mat and steps on the concrete and its four legs just split and it goes down. I go down with it. He comes back up, I come back up with it. It falls over now, I fall down with it. Now, it’s on top of me and I’ve got boots stuck in the stirrup and I can’t get off this horse. He gets up for a second time and I’m still on it. Then it finally goes down…”
JBL also talked about how he got stuck in the saddle while the horse kept falling, and he couldn’t get off. Dusty Rhodes watched the chaos and found it funny while JBL struggled. Finally, when the horse fell on its side, JBL was able to get free. When Vince McMahon came back, he jokingly asked JBL what he did to the horse. JBL said the horse almost killed him.
JBL Added :
“It tore up the entire backstage area with me on the horse and Dusty Rhodes is sitting there, yelling, ‘Rodeo! Rodeo! Rodeo!’ He thinks it’s hilarious. He’s watching a guy die, he thinks this is hilarious. So, finally the horse falls over on its side and I’m trying to get off of it. I got my boot out of the stirrup now and I’m straddling this horse. This thing kicks you, it will break whatever it hits. It will break your leg, it will break your… whatever. I’m just trying to get off this horse. So the trainer comes out and he’s talking to this horse trying to get it calm. Vince comes back, all he says is, ‘What did you do to that horse?’ That horse almost killed me.”

JBL was a famous WWE wrestler with many achievements. He is currently under a Legends deal with the company and is glad to be part of WWE.
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