And he was a pro drug abuser every bit as much as he was a pro wrestler – the two, in the Vince McMahon Era, rarely stand alone. Guerrero was only 5-8, but with muscles that pushed the limits of natural physiology. That’s why pro wrestlers are found dead in their hotel rooms. Steroids to get and keep the job, barbiturates to kill the pain and get some sleep, stimulants to get through the next gig. Often, one or two misses and you’re fired. ![]() Miss a show due to illness or injury and you miss a payday. They know that they have to be on the road many weeks at a time, without any medical coverage or sick days. They know that there’s an implied, industry-wide directive to be on or to get on the juice. It works like this: The wrestlers know that their bosses want over-the-top muscle. In fact, in 1997 steroid-fortified WWF (now the WWE) star Brian Pillman, 33, was found dead in his hotel room in Minnesota. Pro wrestlers are commonly found dead in their hotel rooms. Last week, as MLB and the MLBPA finalized the Congressionally exacted steroid policy, Eddie Guerrero, one of McMahon’s top WWE stars, was found dead in his hotel room in Minnesota. And that’s just the way that McMahon & Co. Pro wrestlers, a fraction of the number of MLB’s talent pool, regularly drop dead few seem to notice and fewer seem to care. That’s page one, the lead story of every newscast.īut as pro wrestlers drop dead – four, five, six a year – they hardly make a sound. Imagine if a massively muscled outfielder with the Tigers or Cubs was found dead in his hotel room today. Not a single active MLB player is known to have died a steroid-related death. But that industry-wide number must be closing in on 100. Vince McMahon does not contract the Elias Sports Bureau to keep track. ![]() On the other hand, it’s hard to keep a body count on pro wrestlers, under the age of 40, who have died sudden, steroid-aided deaths in the last 20-25 years. While Bud Selig and Donald Fehr resisted Congress’s efforts to expose and eliminate steroid use, they should be grateful that Congress, and, by extension America, gives a damn whether ballplayers live or die. They’re only pro wrestlers it’s not as if they’re real people. And then we’re going to try to do what the rest of the media does: we’re going to ignore it.Īfter all, what’s a dead pro wrestler, or two. WE’VE been writing it for more than 15 years, but we’re going to try it one more time.
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