{"id":342167,"date":"2026-05-28T22:43:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=342167"},"modified":"2026-05-28T22:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:13:02","slug":"former-wwe-star-curtis-axel-arrested-for-driving-while-impaired-other-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/05\/28\/former-wwe-star-curtis-axel-arrested-for-driving-while-impaired-other-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Former WWE Star Curtis Axel Arrested For Driving While Impaired &#038; Other Charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"content\">\n<article class=\"news-post\">\n<div class=\"news-article\">\n<div class=\"slide-key image-holder gallery-image-holder credit-image-wrap lead-image-holder\" data-post-url=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/2183018\/wwe-curtis-axel-joseph-hennig-arrested-driving-while-impaired-other-charges\/\" data-post-title=\"Former WWE Star Curtis Axel Arrested For Driving While Impaired &#038; Other Charges\" data-slide-num=\"0\" data-post-id=\"2183018\">\n<picture id=\"p4ef703fef556c7d17bfbdb7947addd88\"><source media=\"(min-width: 429px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/former-wwe-star-curtis-axel-arrested-for-driving-while-impaired-other-charges\/intro-1779986898.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><source media=\"(max-width: 428px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wrestlinginc.com\/img\/gallery\/former-wwe-star-curtis-axel-arrested-for-driving-while-impaired-other-charges\/intro-1779986898.sm.webp\" type=\"image\/webp\"><\/source><\/source><\/picture>\n                    <span class=\"gallery-image-credit\">Marc Pfitzenreuter\/Getty Images<\/span>\n                    <\/div>\n<div class=\"columns-holder \">\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Since he left WWE for a second time in 2022 following a brief stint as a producer, former star Curtis Axel has largely been out of the general public eye. He&#8217;s back in it now, nevertheless, and never for good reasons. <a href=\"https:\/\/thewatchmn.com\/2026\/05\/21\/man-accused-of-drunken-drive-thru-crash-and-slur-filled-rant-at-police-st-francis-0-bail\/?anoka&#038;fbclid=IwdGRjcASFC0RjbGNrBIULO2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDDM1MDY4NTUzMTcyOAABHpm-y7nwGqB7UV9A1rX2q-CzvT8olzHnL77eVU7fh-D9Xv\" target=\"_blank\">The WatchMN<\/a> reports that Axel was arrested on May 17 on charges of third degree DUI, DWI, Obstruction, and two traffic violations. Bail for Axel was set at $0.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Further details regarding the incident reveal that it occurred at a McDonalds in St. Francis, Minnesota, not removed from Axel&#8217;s hometown of Ramsey. Axel was accused of backing into one other driver while within the drive-thru. In line with the following investigation, Axel emerged from his automobile and proceeded to yell profanities at the driving force he collided with. Shortly after, police were called to the scene.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Once they arrived, they found Axel still within the parking zone driving slowly, and upon approaching him detected the smell of alcohol, while also observing that Axel had bloodshot eyes and was slurring his speech; police later found an open bottle of vodka on the front passenger floorboard. Things reportedly escalated when officers asked Axel to depart the automobile; he refused, forcing officers to succeed in in, turn the automobile off themselves, and physically remove and handcuff him. Even still, Axel allegedly remained belligerent, refusing a chemical test and shouting profanities on the officers.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It stays unclear what punishment awaits Axel should he be convicted of charges, and no trial date was included within the report beyond the date of arrest and the court filing regarding the fees. At the moment, Axel has yet to comment on the incident.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/article><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marc Pfitzenreuter\/Getty Images Since he left WWE for a second time in 2022 following a brief stint as a producer, former star Curtis Axel has largely been out of the general public eye. He&#8217;s back in it now, nevertheless, and never for good reasons. The WatchMN reports that Axel was arrested on May 17 on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":342168,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21056],"tags":[3550,13591,4521,5475,340,16371,795,6221],"class_list":["post-342167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wwe-and-more","tag-arrested","tag-axel","tag-charges","tag-curtis","tag-driving","tag-impaired","tag-star","tag-wwe"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342167","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=342167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":342170,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342167\/revisions\/342170"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/342168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}