{"id":342096,"date":"2026-05-28T19:41:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=342096"},"modified":"2026-05-28T19:41:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T14:11:51","slug":"wwe-alum-curtis-axel-arrested-at-mcdonalds-facing-dwi-and-other-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/wwe-alum-curtis-axel-arrested-at-mcdonalds-facing-dwi-and-other-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE Alum Curtis Axel Arrested At McDonald&#8217;s, Facing DWI And Other Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_91\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Former WWE Superstar Curtis Axel is coping with several legal charges after being arrested at a McDonald\u2019s drive-thru in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>Axel, real name Joseph Hennig, was arrested in Anoka County on May 17 on charges of driving while impaired (refusing to undergo chemical testing).<\/p>\n<p>He also didn&#8217;t stop for an accident, in keeping with an arrest warrant obtained by The Watch MN. The fees include obstructing the local process and disorderly conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Axel reportedly refused to exit the vehicle when instructed and needed to be physically removed. He also swore at a female driver.<\/p>\n<p>When placed within the police vehicle, Axel said <em><strong>\u201cI don\u2019t give a s***\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>and<em><strong> \u201cf*** you!\u201d<\/strong> <\/em>when asked to take an alcohol breath test.<\/p>\n<p>Axel is a third-generation wrestler. He&#8217;s the grandson of Larry \u2018The Ax\u2019 Hennig and the son of the late Curt Hennig, known in WWE as Mr. Perfect.<\/p>\n<p>In WWE, Axel is an Intercontinental and Tag Team Champion. After he was released in 2020, he briefly returned in 2022 as a part-time producer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former WWE Superstar Curtis Axel is coping with several legal charges after being arrested at a McDonald\u2019s drive-thru in Minnesota. Axel, real name Joseph Hennig, was arrested in Anoka County on May 17 on charges of driving while impaired (refusing to undergo chemical testing). He also didn&#8217;t stop for an accident, in keeping with an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342097,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[2695,3550,13591,4521,5475,13885,14932,23451,6221],"class_list":["post-342096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-alum","tag-arrested","tag-axel","tag-charges","tag-curtis","tag-dwi","tag-facing","tag-mcdonalds","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342096"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342096\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342099,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342096\/revisions\/342099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}