A-Roid.

Wow. Performance enhancing drugs. Why do people do it? For a variety of reasons.

As much as I love pro wrestling, I am not about to risk my livelihood messing with that stuff. Have I ever taken steroids? No. HGH? No. I have taken supplements that you can buy from GNC when I first started working out. Protein powders and amino acids were all I ever took. I have been off of supplements for about two years now. Why did I stop using them? Listen carefully....

Whenever you read a supplement ad, look on the bottom. In the fine print, you will see something that say something like "These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration....". Why is that? We all know supplements are not food. When the manufacturers are asked if they are drugs, they say no. When they are asked what supplements are, they respond by saying they "cannot be clearly defined". If someone makes a product that you ingest and cannot define it as either a food or drug, why in the fuck would you want to put it in your body? And these are the legal supplements we are talking about!

Sports culture is big in this country. Now, so is supplemental culture. MMA is starting to make waves. Through the pages of MMA mags, there are supplement ads. In every field of competition, every athlete is looking for an edge, a shortcut, or a little boost. Even on the indy level, some of the most well-known wrestlers are jacked-up roid monsters.

What message does this send to the kids? Work kind of hard, pop a few pills, and you too can be a star? Hey, this is just my opinion, folks. I know I can't stop guys from doing roids. It just pisses me off that taking performance enhancers - as dangerous and life- threatening and life-shortening as they can be - has become acceptable. It unevens the playing field and tarnishes accomplishments. It sucks. And thanks to A-Rod, Mark McGuire, Barry Bonds, Sammy Sosa, and a bunch of other guys, America's past time has become a joke.

Triumph and tragedy

The one thing about wrestling as a business is that it can be pretty addictive. Some people have no idea what it is like to step into a ring and have a house full of strangers react to whatever you do in the ring. However, when it doesn't happen anymore, the results can be pretty tragic.

Tragedy was the main theme for what happened to World Class Championship Wrestling. It was a major force out of Texas and brought to the world the famous Von Erich family and the Fabulous Freebirds. I just got finished watching the WWE produced The Triumph and Tragedy of World Class Wrestling. It is beyond powerful and poignant and answers a lot of questions. However, it is a shame how the tragedy the Von Erich family and the state of Texas faced in the wake of such a powerful promotions rise to prominence overshadows everything it brought to the sport as a whole.

My memories of World Class are those of Kerry and Kevin Von Erich, Rick Rude, the Dingo Warrior, and Devastation, Inc. And while I can't help but remember how saddened I was to hear of the deaths of the Von Erich's minus Kevin, I will always hold those memories close. And if WWE really wanted to honor the state of Texas for its contributions to wrestling, it would induct the Von Erich family into its Hall of Fame this year.

Gosh, I hate rambling. Then again, I don't. If I did, my blogs wouldn't be worth reading. I'm out ya'll. Peace and hair grease.

Just make up your own title.

So what have we learned from BJ Penn if nothing else this week? If someone can beat you without killing you, don't tell them they have to kill you to beat you. I picked GSP to win the fight and I was right. Nothing against BJ. He is a great fighter. But when I saw the attitude that was a little too care free and the ads for Vandal sunglasses, I knew he was in trouble. Pugilists should not let vanity ads distract them.

God I hope the FIGHT! Magazine curse isn't true. For the last few months, everyone they have had on the cover has lost their next match with the exception of Miguel Torres and Frank Mir. Please don't let Anderson Silva be the next to go down.

Worked Mike Kross this weekend at Ultimate Pro Wrestling out of Cochran. The guy is actually pretty good. I won but it was not easy. This weekend coming up, I don't know where I will work. I am thinking about Fort Valley.

Prayers and thoughts go out to the family of Psychoman. I know I have ben critical of FWF in the past, but he was ALWAYS the nicest guy in a locker room full of nice guys. Cleve, I am gonna miss you partner. Rest in peace.