During a recent interview with TalkāN Shop Rhino talked about working with Stephanie McMahon early in his WWE career and developing a friendship with her. He also revealed she once caught him drunk.
āShe caught me drunk one time. I was wasted. This was like 04, we did the thing in (WWE) ECW, together where she managed me in 2001. I was working with Jericho, he came to me, and I learned so much from Jericho, just talking to him and he goes, āitās great we have Stephanie in this angle because they are going to give the angle the time it needs. Sheāll make sure.ā Iām like, āthatās cool,ā because if you get involved with certain people, you get the time because you know how it is. If youāre doing pre-tapes, youāre always waiting for the sound guys and the light guys are there and we would talk about how, when she was a kid, she would work at the office and stuff. We had that friendship, working relationship type deal. I was always curious how the company ran when I was watching it and how she was friends with Andre (The Giant). Thatās one person I always wanted to meet; Andre. She was always cool. I remember, I cut a promo, it was a live event, and she said, ādonāt mention ECW,ā this was after the Invasion, she said, āweāre trying to get away from thatā.ā
āNunzio wasnāt drinking because he was up later, but I started drinking and almost finished a fifth, and I didnāt drink at the time, so Iām just wasted. Weāre leaving, Iām riding with Christian and we had a late flight, it was an afternoon show. I donāt why, but I was throwing waters in my bag, I couldnāt take them on the plane, I was just throwing them in the bag and staggering. [Stephanie] comes up and is like, āRhino, are you okay?ā She wanted to make sure I wasnāt pilled up, you could smell the alcohol on me. I thought, āShit, what a buzzkill.ā I think itās because we developed that friendship, [WWE] didnāt say anything to me. I was like, āYeah, grabbing a few waters, waiting on Christian (Cage), heās driving.ā I wanted to make sure she knew he was driving. It was cool. Hunter always liked me too, he liked my work. I was always in that position where I had a friendship, not like talk on the phone or anything like that.ā