During the latest edition of Jake Roberts’ “Snake Pit” podcast, the former troubled WWE legend spoke freely about his past use of steroids during the drug-saturated 1980s era of professional wrestling.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the temptation of using steroids to keep up with other stars: “Of course it did, and I did. I went on it for a short period, especially after my neck surgery cause I wanted to heal quicker, but in the WWF at the time we were working so hard, seven days a week, twice on Saturday, twice on Sunday. You needed a little bit of steroids to help with the healing process. Now some guys took that and went completely off the charts with it, but that was their choice and you know, so many of those guys are gone now and I’m sure that had something to do with it, whether that was Randy [Savage] or The Road Warriors or Mr. Perfect, right on down the line, man.”
On the health issues that heavy steroid users face later in life: “You see these guys before and after that stuff and it just blows your mind, you can’t believe it’s the same person.”
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