Hogan: I Thank God I'm Alive, Sid Vicious Talks About Possible WWE Return
Submitted by Errol Leigh Farrell on Saturday, August 4, 2007 at 5:17 PM EST







• Hogan: I Thank God I'm Alive
  
  (Credit: The Sun UK)
  
  WRESTLING legend Hulk Hogan has lashed out at the industry which made him a megastar.
  
  And he has demanded an end to the decades-long cover-up of steroid abuse in the sport.
  
  Hogan, 54, took the muscle-enhancing drugs almost daily for 16 years during his career and says he can spot a user a mile off.
  
  With more than 100 grapplers dying before the age of 50 in the last decade, he is begging others to face up to the crisis.
  
  The Sun has been leading an anti-steroid abuse campaign since wrestler Chris Benoit murdered his wife and seven-year-old son before committing suicide in June.
  
  A handful of former stars have already spoken out and prompted US politicians to start investigating the industry.
  
  But many in the WWE, the world's biggest fight franchise, deny there is a problem and have blasted their ex-colleagues as bitter failures who haven't wrestled in years.
  
  They cannot same the same about Hogan, wrestling's equivalent of Pele or Muhammad Ali who was fighting for them just 12 months ago.
  
  In an exclusive Sun interview, he said: "Are steroids a problem in wrestling? Oh God yeah. They have always been a part of the business. It's prevalent.
  
  "But there's not some big mystery to it. Just open your eyes and it's there. You can look at a wrestler and pretty much tell.
  
  
  "They will be above their weight range, with these big veins. My body weight is around 285lb, depending on how much junk I eat. Even if I was 25 and clean, I could probably only carry 300lb.
  
  "Yet when I was wrestling I weighed anywhere between 320 and 340lb, because my body was full of water weight.
  
  "My face was puffy, my arms were so bulky I couldn't touch my shoulders. You could take one look at me and know I was on something.
  
  Click Here to read the full interview.
  
  
• Medical Marvel Sid Vicious Returns To Ring
  
  (Credit: Ottawa Sun)
  
  Sid Eudy is a wrestling legend, medical marvel and softball's Barry Bonds, all rolled into one.
  
  If you've seen the widely watched video (check out youtube.com) of the wrestler we've loved/hated as Sycho Sid, Sid Vicious and Sid Justice ... with his leg snapping back into a position no leg is meant to contort into ... well, you'd never guess he'd still be wrestling.
  
  But he's back in action, returning to Canada for the Aug. 24 SuperEx Showdown: When Legends Collide at the Civic Centre in Ottawa. He'll join other stars such as Jeff Jarrett, AJ Styles, Christian Cage, Johnny Devine, Kamala, Abdullah the Butcher, Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake, Greg "The Hammer" Valentine, Lanny Poffo, Koko B Ware, PCO and Devon "Hannibal" Nicholson. Bret Hart will also be on hand to make a speech and sign autographs.
  
  But 47-year-old Sid, who as a softball player "never counted the homers unless they went off the light tower," is not only back in the ring, he wants to make one last run in WWE.
  
  "This business needs me as bad as I need the business," he says over the phone. "I've got a helluva gimmick that's guaranteed to make them money. It would be the greatest comeback in not just wrestling, but in sports history.
  
  Click Here to read the full article.
  
  
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