CHRIS BENOIT CASE/NACHWIRKUNGEN

[Swifty]

erinnere mich schwach an eine 7-stellige Summe, die Big Show in seinen gefragtesten Zeiten erhielt. Die Summe wurde in irgendeinem Thread od. Seite im Zuge seines Karriereendes genannt.

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Wenn dieses Steroide-Zeugs solche Auswirkungen hat könnte man ja davon ausgehen, dass in der WWE größtenteils "tickende Zeitbomben" unterwegs sind?!

[Modactor]

Die Frage passt nicht direkt zu diesem Thread, aber wieviel verdienen die Superstars der WWE pro Kampf/im Jahr, dass es sich lohnt den Körper mit anabolen Steroiden so zu "mißhandeln"?

Ich würde sagen, dass es rein garnichts mit dem Geld zutun hat. Es gibt genug Leute (außerhalb des Wrestlings) die sich mit Stereoiden vollpumpen, welche es einfach nur machen um mehr Respect zu bekommen, besser auszusehen usw. Und so wird es auch bei den meisten Wrestlern sein. Natürlich könnte durch den Druck der Wrestling- Kollegen der eine oder andere mal sich ein bisschen beeinflussen lassen. Es ist auch einfach so das man als Wrestler heutzutage am besten möglichst gefährlich aussehen muss, um gut rüber zukommen. Ich schätze für die wenigsten wird Geld eine Rolle spielen beim Stereoidenmissbrauch.

Wenn dieses Steroide-Zeugs solche Auswirkungen hat könnte man ja davon ausgehen, dass in der WWE größtenteils "tickende Zeitbomben" unterwegs sind?!

So schlimm sind Stereodien alleine auch nicht. Die Nebenwirkungen müssen nicht immer so drastisch sein. Es gibt Leute, welche den Stereoiden-Konsum weitaus drastischer betreiben, als die Wrestler.
z.B. Greg Valentino fällt mir jetzt ein, welcher auch nicht gleich dran gestorben ist. Musste zwar am Bizeps operiert werden usw, aber lebt noch
http://www.ebblog.dk/img/277/img_44d70e836f0ef.jpg
Beim Wrestling ist es wohl mehr die Mischung mit dem enormen Stress, Painkillern, sonstiger körperlicher Belastung usw.

[DDRMaulwurf]

Es zwingt aber niemand solche Steroide zu nehmen!

Die Wrestler wisse n das Vince auf Muskulöse Typen steht und diese eher eine Chance haben gepsht zu werden.
Also nehmen die Angestellten solche preperate in solchen Mengen um ihre Chance im ME zu bekommen.

Klar es gibt immer ausnahmen z.B. HBK oder eine Randy Orton die beide zwar auch solche Sachen nehmen/genommen haben.....
die aber nun nicht den wahnsinns Körperbau haben, denn diese Körper könnte man auch mit Training hinbekommen.....

[Nefercheperur]

Hier ein Update zu der ganzen Sache.

-Chris Benoit hat eine neue Lebensversicherung abgeschlossen vor kurzem. Die beguenstigten waren seine Ex Frau Martina, und seine aelteren Kinder David (14) und Megan (10). Als Nancy das erfuhr, soll sich Chris Benoit geweigert haben es zu aendern. Ausserdem hat Benoit vor kurzem auch noch einen neuen Bank Account in Edmonton eroeffnet, auf den Namen seiner Ex Frau.

-Nancy hat Freunden erzaehlt das Chris Benoit`s Drogenprobleme ausser Kontrolle geraten sind nachdem Eddie Guerrero verstarb. Nachdem Tod von Mike Durham (Johnny Grudge) der gleichzeitig Freund und Nachbar war, habe sich Benoit geweigert auf seine Beerdigung zugehen.

-Chris Benoit hat am Donnerstag, einen Tag vor dem Mord an Nancy, Shane Helms angerufen und sich erkundigt wie es ihm geht.

[Nefercheperur]

Benoit doctor arrested; WWE hangs tough

World Wrestling Entertainment vowed to make "any improvements necessary" to its drug testing policy Monday, as the doctor of Chris Benoit was accused of providing the dead pro wrestler with massive amounts of steroids.

Federal prosecutors indicted Dr. Phil Astin of Carrollton, Ga., Monday on charges that he illegally dispensed painkillers, including Percocet, Xanax, Lorcet and Vicoprofen, to two patients between April 2004 and September 2005.

Police in Benoit's suburban Atlanta community say Benoit, 40, last month strangled his wife Nancy, 42, choked to death his son Daniel, 7, and finally hanged himself.

Although Benoit was not named in the indictment, U.S. Attorney David Nahmias said Benoit received a 10-month supply of steroids from Astin every three to four weeks during a period from May 2006 until May 2007.

According to a story published by TheSmokingGun.com, federal Drug Enforcement Agents identified Benoit as an "excessive purchaser of injectable steroids."

Although large quantities of prescription drugs, including steroids, were found in Benoit's home, WWE officials previously said Benoit tested negative for drugs in April and that it "is entirely wrong for speculators to suggest that steroids had anything to do" with the deaths.

In a statement to Newsday Monday, the WWE stood by its drug testing policy, saying it is "one of the most aggressive of its kind compared to testing programs initiated by competitive sports organizations, and is unique for an entertainment company."

However, the statement added that the WWE "will make any improvements necessary to maintain it as a state-of-the-art program to the utmost betterment of our performers, fans, and business partners. ... It was designed to send a very clear message that WWE finds the abuse of drugs and steroids to be unacceptable."

In an interview last week, Manhasset steroid expert Dr. Gary Wadler criticized WWE's drug testing policy as "woefully lacking." Among the problems cited by Wadler, who sits on the committee of the World Anti-Doping Agency: WWE allows for a higher threshold of testosterone in a person's system than in other sports before considering a steroid test "positive," and WWE gives wrestlers up to an hour's notice between notification of a test and its administering. Wadler also noted that WWE prohibits only "non-medical use" of banned drugs and allows wrestlers to provide a doctor's explanation for use, even after testing positive.

"It's sort of opening up a Pandora's box to define what 'non-medical use' is," Wadler said.

The WWE did not respond to specific criticisms of its drug testing policy.

The Associated Press contributed to this story.

http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/...gers-print

[Snakebite20000]

Original von Nefercheperur
Hier ein Update zu der ganzen Sache.

-Chris Benoit hat eine neue Lebensversicherung abgeschlossen vor kurzem. Die beguenstigten waren seine Ex Frau Martina, und seine aelteren Kinder David (14) und Megan (10). Als Nancy das erfuhr, soll sich Chris Benoit geweigert haben es zu aendern. Ausserdem hat Benoit vor kurzem auch noch einen neuen Bank Account in Edmonton eroeffnet, auf den Namen seiner Ex Frau.

-Nancy hat Freunden erzaehlt das Chris Benoit`s Drogenprobleme ausser Kontrolle geraten sind nachdem Eddie Guerrero verstarb. Nachdem Tod von Mike Durham (Johnny Grudge) der gleichzeitig Freund und Nachbar war, habe sich Benoit geweigert auf seine Beerdigung zugehen.

-Chris Benoit hat am Donnerstag, einen Tag vor dem Mord an Nancy, Shane Helms angerufen und sich erkundigt wie es ihm geht.

Dieser Mann wirft immer weitere Rätsel auf. Wieso hat er dies alles für seine Ex Frau gemacht? Für seine Kinder versteh ich ja noch, aber wieso er Daniel davon ausgeschlossen hat....

[DDRMaulwurf]

Weil er es vielleicht doch schon um einiges läünger geplant hat diese Tat.....

[Nefercheperur]

Slamming 'roids - Ex-star out to break drugs' hold on WWE

BY CHRISTIAN RED and T.J. QUINN
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITERS

Three days after professional wrestler Eddie Guerrero was found in his Minneapolis hotel room, dead at 38 from heart failure, Carlos (Konnan) Ashenoff stood at his friend's funeral and had an epiphany.

"For me, that was it," Ashenoff says, remembering the November 2005 funeral in Arizona. "All these guys are dying and nobody gives a ----."

Ashenoff says he swore off a culture of steroids, painkillers and drugs that was so over-the-top that he and his pals used to keep a "dead pool" with their rowdier friends' names on it, knowing it wouldn't be long before someone collected.


Ashenoff, a legend from his days in the Mexican circuits and a one-time World Championship Wrestling champion, is 43 and semi-retired now, with an artificial hip in his side and a kidney transplant in his near future. The hip degenerated after years of steroid abuse and the physical toll of his sport, and he thinks painkillers and anti-inflammatory drugs ruined the kidney.

In the wake of Chris Benoit's murder-suicide rampage, Ashenoff says he is tired of waiting for wrestling to fix itself. Ashenoff wants Congress, state legislatures, anyone with some authority, to step in and force professional wrestling to deal with the drugs that are killing performers at an astonishing rate.

"Everybody - I can guarantee you, 100% from top to bottom - everybody's either on steroids, painkillers, they drink or they take recreational drugs, and in the case of half the guys, all four," he says from his home in Chula Vista, Calif. "Nobody gives a ----. When that baseball player (Orioles pitcher Steve) Bechler died from ephedra, everybody got all upset and reacted and they banned ephedra. (In wrestling), it's all these guys - big names - and, nothing."

Since Benoit's death, the Internet has been awash in lists of wrestlers who have died prematurely. One blogger compiled a list of 98 men and women under the age of 65 who have died since 1985, and he limited the list to names that wrestling fans would recognize. There were accidents, such as Owen Hart's fatal fall from a harness in 1999, but steroid and drug use seemingly have played a part in the overwhelming majority.

Ashenoff is angry about how professional wrestling treats the living, too. His friends and fans helped find a donor and raised money for a transplant operation through the Web site "MySpace." He's meeting with a potential donor within the next week, and plans to have the operation in Mexico to save money.

(See Ashenoff's MySpace page )

Ashenoff recently was interviewed about wrestling's problems on cable television, and several friends in the business called him to complain. He estimates that "80 to 90%" of active wrestlers agree with him, but they know only the biggest, most freakish wrestlers are "pushed" into the limelight, and they don't want to risk alienating themselves from the WWE and its owner, Vince McMahon, by speaking out against the drug culture.

"In our business it was almost like 'omerta,' like in the Mafia. You don't snitch," Ashenoff says. "They say 'you're burying the industry.' I'm like, '---- you guys. Guys are dying, they're leaving families. If anything, I'm trying to make changes to our ---- sport so that Vince won't force you to take steroids."

McMahon and WWE officials have long maintained that they don't force anyone to take steroids, and McMahon was acquitted of charges in 1994 that he provided steroids to his wrestlers. The WWE instituted a steroid testing program after Guerrero's death, but doping experts have ridiculed it as all but toothless. Ashenoff says a close friend of his echoed the company line the other day. "He said what they always say: it's a personal choice. Nobody put a gun to our head. I said, 'Bro, it's impossible for a human being to do what we do without taking what we take. Our brothers are dying.' I said, 'Name one guy who isn't on something.' He couldn't think of anybody."

Ashenoff was friends with Benoit, and says he saw nothing to indicate that Benoit was capable of killing his wife and his son. "That isn't roid rage," he says. "It could be GHB (or its brutal withdrawal process), it could be undiagnosed concussions — all those chair shots to the head. It could be anything."

A veteran congressional staffer says no one is planning hearings on professional wrestling — whether as a workplace safety, public health or interstate commerce issue — but Ashenoff knows what he would say if called to testify.

"No. 1, make sure steroids are out of the equation: you aren't rewarded for using, you're punished for using," he says. "No. 2, with painkillers it's a little harder, but you rotate guys, let them rest, so they're not constantly on the road. Then say, 'You can only have this amount of painkiller in your body. That would cut back on the painkiller use. Right now nothing's being done."

Gary Davis, a spokesman for WWE, says Ashenoff is wrong, that wrestlers are not encouraged or forced to use steroids.

"Not in the WWE," he says.

Davis indicates that the WWE is preparing a wide-ranging statement to deal with the Benoit fallout and the sudden, overwhelmingly negative mainstream attention wrestling has received, but when asked about potential congressional intervention he says, "I really don't want to talk about that at this point."

Ashenoff says he knows by speaking out he has eliminated the possibility of lucrative work with the WWE in his future. But he'll continue to encourage other wrestlers to do the same, although he knows what he's up against.

"The money's too good," he says of WWE life. "And they're the big show in town. Someone's going to have to do something."

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/more_s...roids.html

[Nefercheperur]

Obituary: Nancy and Daniel Benoit

Nancy Elizabeth Benoit (May 17, 1964 - June 25, 2007)
Daniel Christopher Benoit (February 25, 2000 - June 25, 2007)

Born in Boston, MA, Nancy relocated to Florida with her family. After graduating from Deland High School, she pursued a career in Professional Wrestling Entertainment. She enjoyed tremendous success and traveled all over the world. After meeting and falling in love with Christopher Benoit she retired to become a dutiful, loving, supportive wife and mother. She is survived by her father, Paul A. Toffoloni, mother, Maureen R. Toffoloni; sister, Sandra M. Toffoloni. She will be severely missed by her family, friends and colleagues, but her love and sprit will live on through them for eternity.

Daniel was born and raised in the Peachtree City, GA area. He was an active, popular student who loved his doggies, his neighbors and riding their horses. He was smart, affectionate and kind hearted. He adored his mother and worshipped his father. Daniel is survived by his maternal grandparents, Paul A. and Maureen R. Toffoloni; his aunt, Sandra M. Toffoloni; along with his paternal grandparents, Michael and Margaret Benoit; and his step siblings, David and Megan Benoit.

Memorial services for Nancy and Daniel Benoit will be held on Saturday, July 14, 2007 at 1PM at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, 201 University Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32118. In lieu of gifts and condolences, the family has started a foundation in Nancy and Daniel's memory. Donations to the Nancy and Daniel Benoit Foundation for Battered Women and Abused Children may be made at this time c/o Decker, Hallman, Barber and Briggs, 260 Peachtree St. Suite 1700, Atlanta, GA 30303. Carl J. Mowell & Son Funeral Home, Peachtree City, GA, 770-487-3959.

Guest Book

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Die Drug Enforcement Agency hat nun die Ermittlungen gegen Chris Benoit`s Arzt Dr Phil Astin ausgeweitet. Am 16 Februar 2006 verstarb Mike Durham (Johnny Grunge) im alter von 40 Jahren, der ein Freund von Nachbar von Chris Benoit war. Durham war ebenfalls Patient von Dr Astin, und der hat ihm 120 Tableten Somas verschrieben, am 15 Februar 2006, also einen Tag bevor Durham starb. Als die Polizei die Leiche von Durham fand, fand man diese Flasche Somas komplett leer neben Durham liegen.

[Nefercheperur]

Dave Meltzer schrieb nun folgendes:

Although it will be denied until the end of time, WWE was aware that Chris most likely killed Daniel and Nancy well before 6:15 p.m. Eastern time.

They will deny it. But how was I told at that time by someone, who got the info from one of the top people at WWE at 3:15 p.m. Pacific time.

Maybe they were in disbelief, but I can't say that either. I was in disbelief when told the news and didn't accept it until midway through Raw when it became apparent. But the person who repeated it knew full well and believed it. It wasn't said as a maybe, it was said as, this is what the company was told.

Keep in mind many people have denied this within the company, but that fails to explain how I was told the explanation at 3:15 p.m.

I believe the wrestlers didn't know. I believe the wrestlers believe Vince didn't know.

I believe everyone was in a state of shock and won't knock them for doing what they did.

But the key person had to know 2 hours, if not significantly more, before that show started.

[Swifty]

btw, war eigentlich die Beerdigung schon?

[The Rocko Mavia]

Original von Swifty
btw, war eigentlich die Beerdigung schon?

Bei den ganzen toxokologischen (?) Tests die noch gemacht werden sollte kann ich mir das nur schwer vorstellen.