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paigeoliver:
Don't MOST Pro-Wrestlers take steroids? I don't exactly agree with drug use, but pro-wrestling is more performance art than sport. It isn't like they are actually getting any sort of edge, since management decides who wins the match.

ChadTower:

No, they don't.  MOST pro wrestlers are guys who make $50/night a couple times a week and sleep 3-4 to a motel room.  They couldn't afford steroids if they wanted to take that path.  They're not the 6-4 275 behemoths you see on TV.

Their edge from juice is with management, actually.  Big guys sell seats and get TV ratings.

Texasmame:

--- Quote from: ChadTower on March 12, 2007, 08:54:08 am ---

Their edge from juice is with management, actually.  Big guys sell seats and get TV ratings.

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Well, that was certainly the case in the 80's WWF.  Vince pushed no talant monsters thru the roof.  My favorite of the huge stiffs from that era - The Powers of Pain.  Man, Warlord sucked but I envied that guy's build something major as a 15 year old somewhat skinny kid!  :o

Now, they seem to be focused less on monsters and more on performers.

Not sure if juicing would give you a huge edge in today's wrestling climate.  Sure, you still gotta look at least "in great shape" but not so much "Tony Atlas" buff anymore.

shardian:
If I remember correctly, the WWF steroids thing went public in the mid-90's. Apparently, Vince McMahon was handing them out like candy. When Hulk Hogan went to WCW, he testified against the WWF.

ChadTower:

--- Quote from: Texasmame on March 12, 2007, 08:31:20 pm ---Well, that was certainly the case in the 80's WWF.  Vince pushed no talant monsters thru the roof.  My favorite of the huge stiffs from that era - The Powers of Pain.  Man, Warlord sucked but I envied that guy's build something major as a 15 year old somewhat skinny kid!  :o
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The Powers of Pain were already multi-time NWA World Tag champs when they got to the WWF.  Vince didn't create them or push them beyond where they already were.




--- Quote ---Not sure if juicing would give you a huge edge in today's wrestling climate.  Sure, you still gotta look at least "in great shape" but not so much "Tony Atlas" buff anymore.

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Look at guys like Chris Masters and Bobby Lashley.  Orton just put on about 20lb of muscle in the last two months.  Batista juices regularly.  A LOT of those guys juice just because it's easier on the road to cycle 3 or so times a year than it is to keep that build year round the hard way.  Not every juicer is 4% bodyfat and 280lb.

Sharidan, Vince won every case the gov't brought against him during those trials.  I'm not saying the guys weren't all juiced but they weren't getting it from Vince.  Hell, Vince himself has been a juicer over the years, very obviously.

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