Tue, 03 Jul 2007 14:22:00
DEA aware of Chris Benoit’s Excessive steroid purchases
Wrestler Chris Benoit was identified by Drug Enforcement Administration agents as an “excessive purchaser of injectable steroids” who, over the past year, was prescribed a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids every three to four weeks by a Georgia doctor who was indicted today on federal charges.
In the affidavit, DEA Agent Anissa Jones reports that pharmacy records show that, from May 2006 to May 2007, Astin prescribed Benoit, on average, “a 10-month supply of anabolic steroids...every three to four weeks.”
He wasn’t just juicing. He was super-juicing. God only knows what else he was taking. Toxicology will tell the tale, I suppose.
WWE Wellness is a farce. If the DEA knew, WWE knew. They always know, and we all know they know. It’s time to turn a blind eye to their business, just like they’ve turned a blind eye toward the workers that make them millions and millions of dollars in profits every quarter.
Stop supporting WWE with your money. Make sure any indies or TNA know you will not support juicers. Most of TNA’s roster isn’t jacked up...let’s try to keep it that way. Enough is enough. Your money means everything to these people. Don’t give it to them if they continue to foster an industry where wrestlers are forced to juice in order to get the attention of those who make the decisions. Vince McMahon’s male fetishes have killed enough people.
Posted by JimK at 02:22 PM on July 03, 2007
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#2 Posted by Vic 
on 07/04 at 02:17 AM -
Donmt fool yourself. TNA has tons of juicers. Their current world champion is a massive juicer. Any indie guy who wants to be in WWE is a juicer. Its sad but true.
If youd told any indie fan 3 weeks ago that Benoit was a super juicer theyd have launched some huge point by point rant about workrate or something that would be non sensical and not address the issue.
As crazy as Warrior is, he had a great point on Hannity and Colmes tonight, that while most evryone juices - and they do, they cycle it out or turn into psychos like Benoit paranoid about losing their jobs - its a bigger concern that the painkillers and schedule are what really come to bare. But I also think Benoit had a massive little man complex and being bi polar or clinically depressed didnt help him any.
Right now with the brand system, WWE could very easily begin to cycle tehir talent and have roster shifts, a couple times a year to ease up the road schedule some, the way cirque du doleil has different touring companies and players can take time off or continue to work.
However, given that, wrestlers are such marks for themselves and afraid of “losing their spot” that they wont take time off orleave WWE because they crave attention. Its a mindset that has to be changed and the wellness policy is a bandaid on a hemmorrhage of a destructive lifestyle.
Plus, say WWE banned someone for life. Then x person goes to TNA and becomes huge, Whast to stop someone from testing positive on purpose to get out of a contract.
the real tragedy in all this is all the pundits who want to cast a bigger cast of teh responsibilities on WWE than on Benoit himself. Theyre his employer, not his babysitter or parent.
#3 Posted by chrisbg99 on 07/04 at 03:09 AM -
What wrestlers really need to do is get a union.
I know the companies tend to act very harshly to those that even suggest it but if enough big names went on strike or whatever people would seriously stop watching. Sure there would be guys who would be willing to take their place but the fans would care less.
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dude, pick a sport. Olympics, NFL, NBA, MLB..... I don’t follow wrastlin’ or much of anything else these days except NASCAR and the roids are just part of the reason. As long as the cage style death match’s, big hits of the week etc are cheered on by the fans, they will get want they want. The NFL is a spectacle, MLB is a joke and I never watched the NBA anyway. If the “Governing bodies” really gave a shit about their athletes and keeping them clean the rules would be easy;
1. Test everyone all the time.
2. Test positive once and you are banned for LIFE! Done over and out.
This is truly a shame, roids are only part of the issue, not the entire one.