TMC1982
07-04-2007, 01:26 AM
Warrior (which has been his legal name since 1993) finally appeared on "Hannity & Colmes" (he had been advertised since last Friday) to discuss Chris Benoit. Warrior, even outside of the ring or out of character, managed to mantain a high level of intensity and passion. Some would see this as him being loud and obnoxious, but to a certain extent, he was also very intellectual.
Warrior actually made some good points about the steroid issue. He believes that a primary reason why many wrestlers die young is because they were abusers. Even without asking him, I think it's very obvious that Warrior himself used steroids back in his heyday. Remember when he came back to WWF/E at WrestleMania VIII (after he was fired over a financial dispute back at the previous SummerSlam), his physique was much smaller (hence, the beginning of the "Warrior is dead!" rumors).
Unfortunately, it seemed awfully apparent that that Sean Hannity, who clearly has no respect or knowledge of the wrestling industry/business, wanted to get Warrior to pin the blame on the Benoit family tragedy on "roid rage." Warrior kind of tripped over his words at one point out of sheer confusion. At times, it was hard to understand whether he was defending the business or deconstructing it (Warrior seems to be rather bitter and jaded about the wrestling industry already).
"Superstar" Billy Graham also made an excellent alternative point relating to prescription drugs. Yet, anytime a wrestler makes an articulate point that doesn't necessarily fit within the hosts' personal agenda, they immediate get cut-off. It's no wonder why they keep having Debra McMichael Austin one to whine about how Steve Austin beat her up (thus fitting withen their anti-steroid agenda).
Warrior actually made some good points about the steroid issue. He believes that a primary reason why many wrestlers die young is because they were abusers. Even without asking him, I think it's very obvious that Warrior himself used steroids back in his heyday. Remember when he came back to WWF/E at WrestleMania VIII (after he was fired over a financial dispute back at the previous SummerSlam), his physique was much smaller (hence, the beginning of the "Warrior is dead!" rumors).
Unfortunately, it seemed awfully apparent that that Sean Hannity, who clearly has no respect or knowledge of the wrestling industry/business, wanted to get Warrior to pin the blame on the Benoit family tragedy on "roid rage." Warrior kind of tripped over his words at one point out of sheer confusion. At times, it was hard to understand whether he was defending the business or deconstructing it (Warrior seems to be rather bitter and jaded about the wrestling industry already).
"Superstar" Billy Graham also made an excellent alternative point relating to prescription drugs. Yet, anytime a wrestler makes an articulate point that doesn't necessarily fit within the hosts' personal agenda, they immediate get cut-off. It's no wonder why they keep having Debra McMichael Austin one to whine about how Steve Austin beat her up (thus fitting withen their anti-steroid agenda).