Pro wrestlers latest linked to US internet steroid case AFP March 20, 2007 NEW YORK (AFP) - Eleven professional wrestlers have reportedly been linked in documents to the internet drug distribution ring that has produced charges against 20 people. In a web site posting, Sports Illustrated magazine said investigators uncovered the names while sorting through information seized in raids last month on Florida firms allegedly prescribing steroids and human growth hormone over the internet. Several Major League Baseball players, boxer Evander Holyfield and others have been linked to the scheme, most issuing strong denials in response to reports that surfaced in the wake of the raids. Arizona doctor David Wilbirt, the magazine reported, was investigated from 2001 to 2005 for allegedly writing 3,879 prescriptions to patients over the internet, some from the pro wrestling ranks and better known by stage names. Kurt Angle, a 1996 Olympic champion freestyle wrestler, allegedly received prescriptions for trenbolone and nandrolone in 2004 and 2005. Wilbirt was billed for the steroid stanozolol and another drug sent to pro wrestling star Eddie Guerrero, who died in 2005 from what a coroner said was heart disease complicated by the use of anabolic steroids. Oscar Gutierrez also allegedly received prescriptions for Wilbirt for steroids stanozolol and nandrolone while Shane Helms and Adam Copeland received human growth hormone, Sports Illustrated reported. Wrestler Randy Orton, who allegedly received prescriptions for six different drugs from the same two doctors whose names are linked to prescriptions for Los Angeles Angels outfielder Gary Matthews. Wilbirt, whose medical license has been suspended, told the magazine, "I don't remember half the stuff you are talking about" and added "they had done blood work and had laboratory work done and they had come to see me." Investigators are expected to deliver names of athletes who appear in the documents they uncover to sports leagues as early as next week, although the main focus of the probe is eliminating distributors not chasing customers. link
Kurt Angle's head and neck look like they're going to explode at any second. I've never seen a melon like that before in my life.
dude I was gonna make this same thread with the same title four hours ago, but I thought it isn't even worth it. the funny thing is espn has had it at the top of their stories all day like it really is a shocker.
I don't think it's up there because it's a shocker but rather because it's a popular "sport" and it'd be cool to see the big names that are implicated. It's like it'd be no shock to see football players implicated in steroid use, but to see which ones would be interesting.
Yeah right. No way there's steroid use. Next thing they'll say is that wrestling is fake. BTW, I think some of the referees in wrestling officiated some Rockets games too. I'm just saying.
All these years I thought wrestlers were clean..... They need to see if this guy is on the sauce......
When I was a kid in the midwest, we had Dick the Bruiser ("The most dangerous man in wrestling"), the Crusher (the Bruiser's cousin), "Sailor" Art Thomas ("The strongest man in wrestling"), Chief Bold Eagle, Red Cloud (who did a rain dance when he got mad), etc. And there was the guy who wore a wooden thumb who's name I can't remember. Every one of those guys looked like a normal human being. I completely forgot about pro wrestling as a teenager and never followed it again. My my my, how things changed.
Ed Hochuli is just huge. Some guys on Fox Sports Radio had him on and were trying to ask him how much he could bench and he just said he just does a lot of reps and doesn't go heavy at all. He's probably a scary ass lawyer too.
One thing I hate is how everybody and the media look down on wrestling, like they are better than anyone who watches. I hate that because wrestling is no different from any other form of ENTERTAINMENT. Just like your regular TV sitcom, it has storylines, characters, comedy, action and even drama at times. Everyone who still watches it knows its scripted. People watch because its entertaining, not because they think its "Real".
Yeah, Wrestling is a kind of soap opera for men, is like a reality show. And about the kicks and the punches, I think is 70% fake, 30% real.
