Wrestling: Inside and Out

Hulk Hogan
Ric Flair
Macho Man
Randy Savage
Shawn Micheals
Andre the Giant


When I think of wrestling, I think of these names, these wrestlers. As a kid, I would stay up late on Saturday night and watch these wrestlers show their stuff in the ring. It was entertaining, exciting, and fun to watch. At times, I would even try to imitate the moves. I remember in March 29, 1987, I saw Hulk Hogan slam the largest person ever in the ring, Andre the Giant. I was amazed at the sportsmanship, the talent and the pure strength. I was blown away. I wanted to be like Hulk Hogan with big muscles and all. Now some 20 years later, the wrestling scene has been seen its share of controversies particularly the steroid usage and abuse. Recently in the news, there was the tragedy of a popular wrestler , who abused steroids until it cause him to kill his family and finally himself. Before this travesty, I was a huge fan. I even created a version of him in a computer game.

I have to stand back and ask myself, "why?" Why abuse something that could potentially destroy your body, your family, your life, etc?

People might say that wrestling is fake, and in some cases it is stylized in delivery, but the people who perform(wrestle) are not fake. They are human beings who sacrifice so much, maybe too much, to produce a marketable product to the masses. I have been avid wrestler fan for many years, but I'm appalled and disgusted at what others would do in order to entertain. Those who abuse illegal pharmaceutical products have stained the dignity of the wrestler, who have been called heroes in the eyes of fans, young and old. The heroic era of the wrestler is no more. The stain of the steroid abuse has debased industry and reputation of the professional grappler.


Below is a list of contemporary wrestlers who have died because of so called unnatural health conditions:

Chris Beniot
Eddie Guerrero
Big Bad Boss Man
Mr. Perfect
Crash Holly
Road Warrior Hawk
The list goes on and will continue to rise until someone uses good sense and consider the moral issues surrounding these high performance drugs.


I hope that for the future of professional wrestling those involved will clean their act up before more lives are destroyed. The victims are not only the wrestler themselves, but their families. The once heroic nature of wrestling is beginning to become infested and depraved with drug addicted performers more concerned about muscular development, then the pure wrestling entertaining value.

Captain O.