September 26, 2007 Observer Newsletter: More fallout from the WWE Signature Pharmacy investigation

ESPN.com had a lengthy story interviewing Lex Luger, in specific talking about his drug usage, and blaming himself for the death of Elizabeth, saying her body couldn’t hold up to his level of partying. Now born again, Luger has said he is confessing all his drug usage, saying he came close to dying many times from overdoses. He is currently in line for hip replacement surgery. He said he started doing steroids to gain weight quickly for Canadian Football, and was taught in sports that you do whatever it takes to win. “And that leads to guys wanting to take shortcuts, and then, cheat until you get caught, and then lie.” He said he started using Dianabol in 1979, when he was 20 years old. He said he never did steroids 52 weeks a year in pro wrestling, and would be on for 12 weeks, then off for 12 weeks, using testosterone and decadurabolin, saying they weren’t illegal (usage wasn’t illegal until 1991). Luger said while in WWE, wrestlers had little trouble getting around the WWE drug testing (1992-96). Subscrib