[HitmanLV]

The Wellness policy was instituted after Eddie Guerrero passed away, and it does have some teeth. Wellness issues is what led to Kurt Angle’s dismissal, and he was a bigger star than Benoit.

Steroids are a weird thing. Clearly any use of them for aesthetic reasons is an abuse, in my judgment. That’s not to say there isn’t a smart way of using the drugs for that reason, though.

If an optimal dosage of the drugs is 2 pills every 5 days, for example (just a reference point), the problem isn’t the wise use of those drugs, but the misuse of them. There is a mentality that if 2 pills every 5 days is good, 5 pills every 5 days is better. And it gets worse from there. That’s where the problem is.

Benoit wasn’t pushed for his physique, but for his talent. There’s no reason to think a more stringent policy would have averted this atrocity.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Benoit wasn’t pushed for his physique, but for his talent.

From viewing wrestling back in the '90s, I remember that Benoit was famed for his wrestling skill. But he still had the steroid body - unique factors like wrestling skill, charisma, nationality, etc. might be what get played up in each wrestler, but the steroids seem to be a prerequisite to anything else. Are there any major stars (not the beginning round scrubs) in the current WWE who aren't obviously using steroids?

There’s no reason to think a more stringent policy would have averted this atrocity.

I agree, since we don't even know if steroids played any part in Benoit's actions. But I think the WWE could end steroid use in it's ranks pretty quickly if it wanted to.