What kind of steroids do wrestlers take

So, here is a look at some of the WWE superstars who positively did steroids during their career. Brace yourselves because there are some surprising names in there. We are going to start with probably the most surprising superstar on the list which is Adam Copeland aka Edge.

Edge never had the big body or impressive physique that most of the other superstars in the list had but he did take steroids. It came across as a big shock to all the WWE fans and Edge defended his side by saying that it was just experimental.

He claimed that he wanted to check whether he would recover faster with the steroid use. That claim, however, proved to be a lie in when he was reported to have received growth hormones and steroids. New User posted their first comment. They want to negate the hard work you put in.

First of all he played football at the University of Miami. Home to scandal after scandal. And if you think that he played there without some help think again. Not to mention the fact that he looks much different now than he did when he first joined the WWE.

Anyone that saw him in person, or on TV for that matter, could tell that those 24 inch pythons were not completely man made. The only question really is if Terry Bollea took the steroids as well.

Because everyone knows by now that Bollea and Hogan are two different people. Bollea even said so in court not too long ago. Or was that Hulk Hogan that said it? Regardless of who said what, the fact is that there is no way in hell that Hogan looked like he did back in the day without help.

And everyone knew it. Sting has admitted that he used steroids back in his WCW days. He is the opposite of most of the other guys on here. Back then it was easy to tell that he was on the juice. But he was one of the smart ones that saw what was happening and put a stop to it. A lot of the guys I ran with all those years continued to take steroids year after year — those guys are having their knees and hips replaced. Anyone that saw Chris Benoit in action could tell that he was using.

Even those that are not real knowledgeable about what steroids can do could tell. There just comes a point that a man is way too ripped to be able to do it by hard work alone. In when he murdered his family and then killed himself, nobody was shocked to hear the news that he had not only steroids but several other drugs in his system as well.

But I think that it was a forgone conclusion that was the case, long before those details were even released. Many wrestlers died long before their time due to steroid use but Benoit took it to the next level by taking others with him. Lex Luger was another no brainer. During the height of his career, he was ripped like few other human beings on the planet. You just knew that something was helping him along. He was big in high school and his dedication to the gym paid off and it showed well back then.

All it took was one guy from the gym to show him and tell him about what the pills did for him back then. It was the beginning of a new chapter in his life and he got bigger than ever. A quick look at photos of his early career, compared to the prime of his career tell you all you need to know. When he died at the age of 44 the official cause of death was released as a cocaine overdose.

Kurt Angle was always rumored to be on the juice. And we all could tell by watching him that the rumors were true. It was only after that when he came clean and told us what we already knew. But he did it in a way that he tried to make us feel bad for him.

Yeah, we felt all kinds of bad for him because he got caught cheating. I was a pure athlete, an Olympic champion. It really sucked. You can test me right now. But there was a time when I did it. During the 80s and into the 90s The Road Warriors were one of the most devastating tag teams in the world. One look at these guys and you could easily tell that steroids were a part of their daily routine. It was later admitted that this was true but nobody really needed an admission of guilt from them.

It was obvious for the world to see. Animal has been very forthcoming about what happened back in those days. Hawk died at the age of 46 from a sudden heart attack.

Steroids had nothing to do with Hawk dying. I want to make that perfectly clear. Because when we took steroids in the younger part of our career they were legal and we took them under doctor supervision.

If they were in his body for any length of time, which they were, it had to play a part, no matter how small it might be. Ken Shamrock enjoyed decent success during his time in the WWE.

But he is more known for his work in the MMA ring and he has admitted that he has done steroids. First of all we all knew this just by taking one look at him. Wrestlers have traditionally been asked, nay, expected to have a super-human body. In the 80's and 90's, Vince McMahon has undergone trials, under which he was indicted for pushing Steroid use. He was ultimately acquitted. The First demand, is steroid use, and or other "performance enhancing" drugs.

To keep up with that traditional look as a wrestler, "juicing," is a well-known, common practice. To use these drugs, one can achieve a body that is muscular, without as much work as a body builder. If the quick body type is not the desired effect, one can use Human Growth Hormones, along with Steroids.

The second demand of this job or career, is the demand to work through the pain and tedium of the body and injuries, both in-ring and after effects. There is a need to work every week, stay on a show, to appear either once every week, sometimes, even three or four times a week. How does one keep up?

A wrestler can "work through the pain" by using even their first, legitimately prescribed, pain killer. When the star needs to keep going, why be in pain day, after day, week, after week? Why not simply increase a bit, get more money, while working more?

The third demand is pure tedium, boredum, and the need to stay awake during arduous travel and conditions.