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Originally Posted by Dylflon
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"Distasteful" isn't the word for that comment.
Eddie Guerrero had a long history of drug abuse before he finally shaped himself up and got help, but it looks like time caught up with him. R.I.P. to one of the best performers in the game.
Unfortunately drug abuse and wrestling seem to go hand in hand. These guys take a lot of damage in their careers, and it can lead to painkiller and sleep medication addictions. Mix those with a lifestyle that involves a lot of travel and the partying that goes along with it, and you have yourself a lot of premature deaths from mixing alcohol with prescription drugs.
Jake "The Snake" Roberts is an excellent example of what the business can do to you if you let it. He was once of the the greats. Now he is a drug and sex addict traveling from podunk town to podunk town trying to scrounge a living. His segment in the documentary "Beyond the Mat" is chilling and even hard to watch at times.
The wrestling industry needs to be regulated better. WWE stars don't need to be wrestling 3-4 times a week in front of non-TV audiences. The money for "house shows" is minor compared to that of TV and PPV and the schedule literally destroys the lives of those who love wrestling the most: the wrestlers.
EDIT: Found an excellent MV tribute to Eddie. It tales a while to load, but its very well done and worth the wait if you're a current or former fan.
http://www.users.on.net/~jpride/Vide...ese_dreams.wmv
I heard Macho man died
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