Post by Arturo Classico on Sept 17, 2007 10:41:01 GMT -5
"The Rock throws stones at steroids
The world of professional wrestling, says Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, is bruised and bloodied, and this time, the injuries are not only real, they are also self-inflicted.
The Rock says steroids have thorougly corrupted wrestling; World Wrestling Entertainment and other federations need to embark on an aggressive drug-testing and drug-education program immediately. "There needs to be zero tolerance," The Rock says. "You use, you're caught, you're out."
Congress has already started an investigation into steroids and wrestling, spurred largely by the death of World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit. Georgia authorities say Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son before killing himself, and the double-murder/suicide that rocked the wrestling world may have been linked to steroid and GHB abuse. A hearing will be held next month.
Johnson says Benoit was a friend and he still can't figure out what may have gone wrong.
"I knew Chris very well," Johnson tells The Score. "He was a tremendously gifted athlete. The guy who committed that heinous crime is not the guy I knew."
Johnson, who retired from wrestling almost five years ago, is a full-time actor. His next film, "The Game Plan," will be released by Disney on Sept. 28. Johnson plays a playboy quarterback whose life is thrown upside down when he learns he has an 8-year-old daughter.
But wrestling will always be in The Rock's blood. His father and maternal grandfather were both wrestlers. His uncles were a tag team known as the Wild Samoans.
"My dad was adamantly against me getting involved in professional wrestling," says Johnson, a defensive tackle on Miami's 1991 national championship team. "He wanted me to play football."
-gerweck.net
Cool, Rock seems like a good guy and I'm glad a legit former star is speaking out against the use of steroids in wrestling, because the amount of injuries and deaths really speak to the use of steriods.
The world of professional wrestling, says Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson, is bruised and bloodied, and this time, the injuries are not only real, they are also self-inflicted.
The Rock says steroids have thorougly corrupted wrestling; World Wrestling Entertainment and other federations need to embark on an aggressive drug-testing and drug-education program immediately. "There needs to be zero tolerance," The Rock says. "You use, you're caught, you're out."
Congress has already started an investigation into steroids and wrestling, spurred largely by the death of World Wrestling Entertainment star Chris Benoit. Georgia authorities say Benoit killed his wife and 7-year-old son before killing himself, and the double-murder/suicide that rocked the wrestling world may have been linked to steroid and GHB abuse. A hearing will be held next month.
Johnson says Benoit was a friend and he still can't figure out what may have gone wrong.
"I knew Chris very well," Johnson tells The Score. "He was a tremendously gifted athlete. The guy who committed that heinous crime is not the guy I knew."
Johnson, who retired from wrestling almost five years ago, is a full-time actor. His next film, "The Game Plan," will be released by Disney on Sept. 28. Johnson plays a playboy quarterback whose life is thrown upside down when he learns he has an 8-year-old daughter.
But wrestling will always be in The Rock's blood. His father and maternal grandfather were both wrestlers. His uncles were a tag team known as the Wild Samoans.
"My dad was adamantly against me getting involved in professional wrestling," says Johnson, a defensive tackle on Miami's 1991 national championship team. "He wanted me to play football."
-gerweck.net
Cool, Rock seems like a good guy and I'm glad a legit former star is speaking out against the use of steroids in wrestling, because the amount of injuries and deaths really speak to the use of steriods.
