CHRIS BENOIT CASE/NACHWIRKUNGEN

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Muss Snake da Recht geben! Hab mir das auch schon länger angeschaut! Könnt ja einen Thread im Locker Room dazu aufmachen. Ich finde auch, dass es hier nicht rein gehört, da es um die Sache mit Chris Benoit geht und nicht um eine Grundsatzdiskussion für Steroide. Also hört bitte auf, sonst muss ich hier noch dicht machen, und da es sicherlich noch Neuigkeiten geben wird, will das hoffentlich niemand!

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Former WWE writer Pete Doyle comments on the problems in wrestling and the denials of those problems

Matter of Opinion



What a month it has been for everyone who loves the pro wrestling industry. It’s been kind of embarrassing to say the least.

When Jim Morrison died of an overdose, did people point the finger at his record label?

With Michael Vick allegedly involved in dog fights and the authorities finding dog carcasses all over his property, are the Atlanta Falcons to blame?



Yes, the abundant deaths in pro wrestling are a little different, but you can hardly blame one organization, really. What these wrestlers do in their spare time is completely up to them and unfortunately, many of these wrestlers decide to do stupid things. There is only a certain amount pro wrestling companies can do. The overhead of a pro wrestling company is tremendous, especially on the level of WWE. To incur the cost of the high tech devices and labs, would break a company, even of WWE’s size. Yes, I get it, the lives of wrestlers (or anyone) are more important, I’m just laying out the facts.



WWE has never been faced with these kinds of tragedies before. Yes, wrestlers have died and when they started dying while on WWE pay roll, WWE tried to change it’s policies. Now once again, WWE has been met with an even bigger tragedy and they will have to step up their drug testing another notch. Nobody saw this tragedy coming, not you, not I, and certainly not WWE.



Here’s some stories from my WWE days.

I was doing a pre-tape backstage with the all three Dudley’s (don’t even ask what city we were in). This was around the time of the Spike/Molly angle, 2001. It was a basic pre-tape and with the Dudley’s, I knew we’d have it wrapped up pretty quick.

Off to the side about thirty yards, was a shutter where trucks can come in to load and unload. This was half open.

So we did a quick run through of the pre-tape and were just talking as the lighting guys tried to fix a few things, when a cab rolls in to the arena. The car stopped about 10 yards from where we were. No big deal. The door opens and Eddie Guerrero stumbles out and falls to the floor. He had gotten to his knees by the time I got to him and he looked up at me, his eyes in the back of his head. I was in shock and told a runner to go help. Most agents came running and they took Eddie to a room.

They tried to help Eddie and got him medical attention. In addition to sending him home, they immediately got him into rehab. As it turned out, he ended up sharing a room with Dr. Tom Pritchard, who the WWE also hand sent to rehab.

That incident shook me up and never did I believe that soon Eddie would be gone, but it made me think about what some of these guys were doing, as I had heard before, but never witnessed anything.

Another incident was when we were in Texas. Shawn Michaels was still out of action. He showed up backstage at a Smackdown taping and that was my first meeting of Shawn while working for WWE. He was cordial and seemed like a nice guy. Later in the evening, it was myself, Triple H, Kurt Angle, Undertaker, Kane and Big Show sitting around watching part of the show. Shawn entered the room and you could tell he was messed up bad. He was loopy and was talking nonsense. Most of the guys got up and left in disgust. I believe it was Trips that made the call to get him out of there and get some help, notifying Vince of what was going on.



Then we all know about the well documented issues with Sean Waltman. Sean is great friends with not just Triple H, but also Stephanie and Shane. Yet, with his drug habits, they put him in rehab numerous times and released him to give him the time he needs to heal.



It bothers me that people blame the WWE on these early deaths. WWE does what it can. Could it do more? Sure, and I believe they are learning as time goes on. However, to put Benoit’s actions or drug related deaths in the industry squarely on the shoulders of WWE is very unfair.



In saying that, many of the WWE wrestlers are in denial of the situation. The situation is that a lot of the guys are falling into a dark corner. Whether it’s in the locker room when nobody is watching or whether it’s in their hotel room at night when their bodies hurt and they can’t sleep, a lot of wrestlers get hooked on these drugs. But they are in denial and for two reasons.

1) To save their jobs, they need to go the political route and

2) because possibly, these guys are doing the same drugs, but right now, they feel fine.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m sure there are some guys in the locker room of both WWE and TNA that do not touch drugs, although that may be minimal.



I cannot believe Chavo Guerrero said that the drug issues are related to the 70’s and 80’s. That’s absurd. The types of drugs that these guys are getting addicted to were not even around in the early 90’s. And now today, we have another death in the form of Johnny Kronus. Now, I know, no official cause of death has been given, but my guess is….well you know.



The media has made this all about the WWE, when it’s not. It’s about responsibility. It’s the responsibility of these men to know when and when not to quit. What’s more important, the limelight or your family?



It’s WWE’s responsibility to make sure that while these guys are in their care, there is no drugs in the arena. In addition to drug testing, bring in a K-9 dog at every event. The local police department would gladly do this. Use various methods to make sure that no drugs are in the vicinity of a WWE event.



It’s the medias responsibility to report the facts and be a factor in helping the issue instead of pointing fingers. The media was and is waiting for more deaths, just so they can say, “See, those damn wrestlers”. These issues are across the board in all sports. I even read the other day that steroids are already being used in Golf. GOLF! Please.



Finally, it’s the fans responsibility, your responsibility to get on the WWE website and send them as many e-mails as possible. Let them know that you want more wrestling and less juiced up freaks. As a wrestling promotion, that is also their responsibility.



Pete Doyle

http://www.wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news...?aID=20213

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Hier gibts auch nochmal einiges über die Benoit-Tragödie:

http://www.scotttaylorsports.com/content...e=home.htm

Einfach nach unten durchscrollen!

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Weitere Updates zum Fall, bzw. generell über das Roids Problem bei WWE gibts im folgenden Thread...

http://wwf4ever.de/forum/thread.php?threadid=17020&sid=

Dort u.a. mit dem Brief den der kongress an die WWE geschickt hat... und den bericht von ESPN.com