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Originally Posted by greerb
As far as I'm concerned I don't think it's fair to blame all of this on steroids. If we think it is bad now that all of these entertainers are dieing early, just wait. It's not the roids, it's the workload. Back in the 80's Hogan, Warrior, Savage (can't tell me none of them were not juiced up), the work load was what? 2-3 nights a week? A Friday-Sunday schedual. Starting in the 90's it has increased dramaticaly they do a Friday - Tuesday schedual. With the pain killers, the roids (yes I'm sure they are taking them), and what ever other substances they are using to kill the pain, does a massive damage on one's body. I don't have a list in front of me but do the comparisson, the guys that were superstars in the 80 passing away - the guys in the 90's - 2000's passing away. it's probably a 75-25% comparison rate.
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Actually, their schedule was a lot worse in the 80s. They typically worked 300+ shows a year.
I think they had 2 nights a week off, but they also usually did 2 shows (an afternoon and an evening) on one of the weekend days. Guys would work the early matches in one city, hop in their car and drive to the next city, and while they were getting ready for the second show, the main event guys would be finishing up in the first city and piling into their cars to get to the second show on time.
Now, they usually only do 3 shows a week -- one tv show, and 2 house shows on the weekend. I'd think the biggest difference now is the intensity of the matches they're putting on, with the high-flying and chair shots and things like that, so the risk of injury goes up considerably, leading to the increased reliance on painkillers to go along with the steroids and other drugs they're taking.