He was twice inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame, as Razor Ramon and as a member of the New World Order faction.
AdvertisementWhile working as a bartender at a topless club in Orlando at age 24, Mr. Hall got into a fight with the manager, wrestling a .45-caliber handgun from the man and fatally shooting him, according to an account in the Orlando Sentinel. Mr. Hall was charged with second-degree murder, and while the case was dropped due to lack of evidence, he said he was traumatized by the incident and turned to alcohol and drugs.” in 2013.
As his struggles with substance abuse continued, WCW worked his personal issues into a wrestling storyline, presenting him as a drunk during matches. He bounced between wrestling companies beginning in 2000, landing with WWE for a time after it purchased WCW and later making sporadic appearances at wrestling events.
During the filming of “The Resurrection of Jake the Snake,” a 2015 documentary about pro wrestler Jake Roberts, fellow wrestler Diamond Dallas Page and Roberts reached out to Mr. Hall, urging him to get sober.
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