Sean Waltman Reveals How He Faked a Drug Test at the Royal Rumble in 1995

– WrestlingInc.com recently interviewed former WWE Superstar Sean Waltman (aka X-pac), who discussed passing a drug test for WWE in 1995 despite having smoked marijuana at the time. He also discussed some other topics on his first run in WWE. Below are some highlights.

Waltman on the style of his WWE matches in the 90s: “Well, I mean, there wasn’t really anyone else to work a cruiserweight style with, so it’s not how it worked. There was the occasional TV match with maybe babyface versus babyface match I had with Marty Janetty or I remember a TV match I had with Pat Tanaka where we got to do that kind of stuff. I mean, if you really go back and look, it was really David versus Goliath style for me, pretty much the whole time I was there as 1-2-3 Kid, for sure.”

Waltman on his first run as the 1-2-3 Kid: “That first run in WWE, that 1-2-3 Kid run, definitely, that was my underdog cruiserweight thing and Vince was behind it. I would have gotten an even way bigger push, like, through that SummerSlam ’93. But I was acting up on the road and I needed an attitude adjustment. Like, I did s–t a lot of people would have probably gotten fired for. And instead, they just punished me by putting a halt to my push. Like, I just got beat unceremoniously by IRS at that SummerSlam that year. But my point is, they probably would have gone with me even more if I had not been a little bit of a screwup. No, Vince loved it and other people did too, like Randy Savage. I had a lot of people that were real big fans of mine behind-the-scenes.”

Sean Waltman on his program with Bam Bam Bigelow: “I worked with Bam Bam several times, yeah, before that [Royal Rumble 1995] match. Like, I had a singles match with Bam Bam that was on Superstars. I had great chemistry with Bam Bam. I liked working with him. He liked working with me. He made me look great out there. I tried to do the same for him. We did that big hurricanrana spot in there where I landed on my head, but it got a hell of a pop from the crowd.”

Sean Waltman on working the Yuengling Center (formerly the Sun Dome) for the 1995 Royal Rumble: “It was very special for me [to win the tag titles at the 1995 Royal Rumble], Nick, because that building, the University of South Florida Sun Dome in Tampa [Florida], that was pretty much my home wrestling building beside St. Pete. That’s where I saw Dusty Rhodes and Andre The Giant versus Kevin Sullivan and Buzz Sawyer. [Eddie Graham Memorial] Battle Of The Belts was there. Anyways, and that’s where I got to win the WWF Tag Team titles.”

Sean Waltman on how he faked a drug test in 1995: “Back then, we were getting drug tested a lot. If we thought we could sneak a joint here or there, smoke a little pot, we would. And so, we’d smoke weed the night before, and then, we’d show up and there’s a drug test at Royal Rumble. And so, I pretty much avoided it the whole day. And then, Dave Hebner, he tricked me into going into the drug test room. He’s like, ‘so-and-so needs to talk to you,’ so we’d walk in his room and Dave’s like, ‘sorry, kid.’ So I hemmed-and-hawed. And this was the only way you could beat the drug tester back then, I hemmed-and-hawed and told the guy giving the test that I couldn’t pee and he said he could pee for $200. I pulled out that $200 out of my wallet so Goddamn fast you wouldn’t believe it!” Waltman exclaimed, “I’m just going to say that guy made a lot of money that day!”