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If true, this is the way wrestlers get around the WWE's "Wellness" policy. Steroids are a scourge on the business and maybe one day, organizations like the WWE (and maybe even Major League Baseball) will get serious about it. Steroids and subsequently a juiced up wrestler give nothing to the business.

It will be a while before we know to what extent, if any, steroids were a factor in this particular case. One thing that cannot be denied, however, is the fact that a lot of wrestlers in their 30s and 40s have died in recent years: MIke Awesome (42), Bam Bam Bigelow (45), "Jumpin" Joey Maggs (37), Eddie Guerrero (38), Chris Candido (30s), Big Boss Man (42), Crash Holly (32), Road Warrior Hawk (45), and Curt Hennig (44), just to name a few. If this many NFL or NBA players had died in such a short time span, there would be a congressional investigation.

I think the difference may be that many of the steroids used in wrestling (can't speak for other sports) are prescribed and therefore legal. Are not the doctors that prescribe the steroids somewhat responsible? I am not tying this tragedy to steroids yet, but there appears to be a strong link between the drugs and adverse outcomes.

http://www.steveswrestling.com/info/obituaries.html

Other wrestling deaths.

wow...that is crazy. The whole sport of staged wrestling is pretty sick in my opinion. People getting a thrill out of watching men act like they are enraged and pounching on each other. What a disgrace.