Earlier than Drew McIntyre was the “Scottish Psychopath” and Jinder Mahal was “The Maharaja,” each had been in a band that performed no devices. On the “PWInsider Elite” podcast, Mahal (now Raj Dhesi) spoke of his time touring with pal and former 3MB stablemate McIntyre, hinting that there might have been a motive each had been launched across the similar time.
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“We’re at someplace in Texas for ‘Uncooked’ on a Monday night time,” Dhesi recalled. “And usually after ‘Uncooked,’ you make the drive, so that you’re already within the city for ‘SmackDown’ on the Tuesday. For some motive me and Drew determined to remain again and celebration. We’re like, ‘We’ll simply make the drive tomorrow.'” Dhesi mentioned each males tied one on after “Uncooked,” resulting in a late begin Tuesday and a scramble to make the following city. He added they had been each oblivious to how a lot gasoline was of their rental automotive, resulting in the pair getting stranded in east Texas with nothing however “cacti on the aspect of the highway.”
“So now we’re panicking,” Dhesi continued. “Anyway, we name a gasoline station, one way or the other satisfied them to take a Jerry can, fill it with gasoline, drive it to us, and ‘We’ll pay you 100 bucks.’ … It was sufficient to get us to the gasoline station and pump up, and we confirmed as much as TV just a few hours late.” 3MB, the comedic trio that additionally included Heath Slater, disbanded when each Dhesi and McIntyre had been launched as a part of a large WWE expertise layoff in June 2014. Nevertheless, after some maturation and added work within the gymnasium, each stars discovered their means again to the corporate: Dhesi in 2016, and McIntyre in 2017. Dhesi would go on to change into an unlikely WWE Champion, however would ultimately be launched once more in April 2024.
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