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PROFILING CHRIS BENOIT
– Dick Steinborn
July 1, 2007
Naturally, I am disturbed by the death of Chris Benoit. How dare Stamford, Connecticut, label him a monster. I, as well as the boys, will
say that isn’t true. As for the steroids, yes, he was on them.
Years ago while I was wrestling in San Francisco I decided to try the new trend that the bodybuilders had discovered, but I did it correctly.
Working out three times a week with heavy weights and eating five meals a day. After three weeks of non-drug training, I gained three
pounds. Then, on the fourth week I took small doses of 5mm, the same little pink pill that they give you in the hospital prior to having an
operation. The reason is that while you are in recovery, the nurses can get you to turn over, preventing pneumonia from setting in. It
makes the protein linger longer in your body.
Another few weeks went by and I found myself doing deep knee bends with 470 pounds when six weeks earlier my limit was 402. I had
learned how to burn up the energy beforehand. My use of the steroid was just a kick in the butt. In those six weeks I had gained a solid
eleven pounds of pure power and muscle.
Chris has totaled over fifty-four pounds of body weight since he had his early matches in Montana.
This past April, Chris tested clean. A week later a fan takes a phone picture in the doctor’s office, proving that he was preparing his
power for his big shows coming up. He has a new home, with a basement full of weights. I’m sure he was down pumping iron and
doing his same routine that he was used to.
Then there’s problems with his family. And, if I would put myself in his shoes, I could see myself training downstairs in that gym,
heading for the PPV and the upcoming Texas show. If I could profile my thoughts in his place, I would think I would need all of this for
those three suplexes at the show and my dive off the top rope. Then comes the complaint from my family member about staying home.
Probably as I so willing promised my spouse earlier. And then there is my child.
The rage in my system now is hair trigger thin. I have built up enough testosterone to mentally suplex Mark Henry. Then, getting involved
in an argument, I’m sure would change me. And my thoughts go to any person that bucks my thoughts. It’s that “I’ll show
you� attitude.
Football player Lyle Alzado was strung out so bad that if he got injured on the football field, and had to sit on the bench, the substance he
took backfired on him and it took his life away.
When you make as much money as Chris was making, naturally he wanted to hold on to what made him famous by swan diving off that
top turnbuckle and doing the impossible suplexes with much heavier opponents than himself.
So, to you, the young public who read these comments, I have based them on my past experience and what now will be revealed shortly,
that yes, steroids played an important factor in this tragedy. Wisen up!
We are all controlled by emotions and seasons. God takes care of the seasons, and natural food and determination should take care of
one’s body and not alter their emotions. Only doctors should prescribe steroids, and only when they are truly needed.
– Dick Steinborn
July 1, 2007
Naturally, I am disturbed by the death of Chris Benoit. How dare Stamford, Connecticut, label him a monster. I, as well as the boys, will
say that isn’t true. As for the steroids, yes, he was on them.
Years ago while I was wrestling in San Francisco I decided to try the new trend that the bodybuilders had discovered, but I did it correctly.
Working out three times a week with heavy weights and eating five meals a day. After three weeks of non-drug training, I gained three
pounds. Then, on the fourth week I took small doses of 5mm, the same little pink pill that they give you in the hospital prior to having an
operation. The reason is that while you are in recovery, the nurses can get you to turn over, preventing pneumonia from setting in. It
makes the protein linger longer in your body.
Another few weeks went by and I found myself doing deep knee bends with 470 pounds when six weeks earlier my limit was 402. I had
learned how to burn up the energy beforehand. My use of the steroid was just a kick in the butt. In those six weeks I had gained a solid
eleven pounds of pure power and muscle.
Chris has totaled over fifty-four pounds of body weight since he had his early matches in Montana.
This past April, Chris tested clean. A week later a fan takes a phone picture in the doctor’s office, proving that he was preparing his
power for his big shows coming up. He has a new home, with a basement full of weights. I’m sure he was down pumping iron and
doing his same routine that he was used to.
Then there’s problems with his family. And, if I would put myself in his shoes, I could see myself training downstairs in that gym,
heading for the PPV and the upcoming Texas show. If I could profile my thoughts in his place, I would think I would need all of this for
those three suplexes at the show and my dive off the top rope. Then comes the complaint from my family member about staying home.
Probably as I so willing promised my spouse earlier. And then there is my child.
The rage in my system now is hair trigger thin. I have built up enough testosterone to mentally suplex Mark Henry. Then, getting involved
in an argument, I’m sure would change me. And my thoughts go to any person that bucks my thoughts. It’s that “I’ll show
you� attitude.
Football player Lyle Alzado was strung out so bad that if he got injured on the football field, and had to sit on the bench, the substance he
took backfired on him and it took his life away.
When you make as much money as Chris was making, naturally he wanted to hold on to what made him famous by swan diving off that
top turnbuckle and doing the impossible suplexes with much heavier opponents than himself.
So, to you, the young public who read these comments, I have based them on my past experience and what now will be revealed shortly,
that yes, steroids played an important factor in this tragedy. Wisen up!
We are all controlled by emotions and seasons. God takes care of the seasons, and natural food and determination should take care of
one’s body and not alter their emotions. Only doctors should prescribe steroids, and only when they are truly needed.
