Former WWE Star Got Sent To Drug Rehab and Screwed Up His Chance At Title Win

This former WWE Superstar says he ruined his chance of winning a major championship.

Appearing on INSIGHT with Chris Van Vliet, Chris Adonis, formerly known as Chris Masters, was asked whether he ever came close to winning a singles title in WWE.

“The Masterpiece” confirmed that WWE creative had plans for him to win the Intercontinental Championship, but those plans were scrapped after he was suspended by the company for violating its substance abuse policy.

“There was a point… the Intercontinental title. I was actually supposed to win that, but it was the same point where they had given me intervention for my prescription painkiller abuse at the time. They even told me, I remember having the meeting with Johnny [Ace], and because there was a four way match that night, it was in Vegas for the Intercontinental title that I was slated to win. But then they caught wind of I had the issues I had, and I had an intervention, and basically told me you’re going to rehab. I screwed that.

Chris Masters on backstage heat with WWE icon John Cena

After admitting that he had no one to blame but himself for missing out on the title opportunity, Chris Masters also reflected on his real-life issues with John Cena.

“So tag belts, I had no control over that just happened. IC, I f’d up. There was a point there, because you can even watch back to those old RAWs where Vince was playing with the idea of making me the youngest champion. But, you know, he was feeling out a lot of guys at that point, you know. I’m pretty sure Cena gave me probably the thumbs down at some point.

“… We never mixed too well for whatever reason. I don’t know, Massachusetts guy, California guy, I don’t know, just kind of oil and water. But I don’t take away anything from the fact that he’s this generation’s Hogan, and he definitely worked harder than anybody probably would have in that spot, especially for that long.”

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