The True Story Of The 2007 WWE Steroid Scandal 

5:28 oh and there's me under the assumption they were all independent contractors 😅

All that I heard from Batista is "I didn't get my roids from THAT place, I have my own" seeing as he denied signature pharmacy of Orlando but not steroids.

After seeing this the next timeline has to be 2007

Roid rage and brain trauma, that’s a very scary cocktail

RKO looks bigger now than he was back then

The late 90s to late 2000s are arguably some of the darkest year's so many dying so young.

I remember when getting busted for steroids was a really big deal in the mid 00s and early 10s, now its barely a blip on the radar

There's a whole generation of wrestling fans that are broken by this. Personally, Benoit was a childhood hero and 2007 was the flashpoint of my wrestling obsession. It permanently created a skepticism in me.

This is not a matter of opinion. But it's a fact! 2007 will go down as one of the darkest years in wrestling history.

How did he get away with it? Going to court and being found not guilty smh 🤦‍♂️ rich people

I don't understand how they had the rock work when he is using HGH....he is 52 and looks that jacked?!

If I had a nickel for every WWE wrestler that died in a Minneapolis hotel room, I'd have two nickels, which isn't a lot, but it's weird it happened twice

To quote Daniel Tosh: "I want the best athletes science can create; just don't come crying to me when some Free Safety takes your head off in the end zone."

man i love when cultaholic does docs. their so well done

Definitely not surprised that the Chris Benoit tragedy lead to the steroid scandal.

The chilling timeline of the Benoit murders still gets me

Amazing video man! Really surprised with you added that is your first video. Subscribed!

I wasn't watching in 07, but I *thought* I had caught up with a ton of stuff I missed over the years . . . I didn't even know this happened, though. Great video, as usual.

Let’s be real, steroid use is still around in WWE. It’s just handled a lot better and safely. AJ Styles didn’t balloon to that size with thoughts and prayers 🤣

Wwe hasn’t changed. Only a fool would think otherwise

Eddie broke my heart . I remember that day like it was yesterday. These guys wanted to be the best so bad

Now Mr Kennedy was trying to be a good soldier for Vince McMahon in WWE but he did not work out his talking points well enough. Maybe he should have just shut up.

It’s amazing how WWE recovered from this.

What gets me is how it took them so freaking long to have a real concussion protocol. The Benoit thing had little to nothing to do with steroids, period. It was that his brain was annihilated and the hits just kept coming and coming.

Top quality production! Been here since Day 1, not ish!!!

I grew up with Chris in Edmonton. He started in the mid 80s. Grade 10 ('84)

Why Batista never came under Wellness policy is a mystery to me ?

Background music is such a vibe

This documentary needs a follow up. Quite frankly you could a whole series on Steroids in Pro Wrestling.

Crazy how benoits dr would die a decade or so later on the same date as benoits death

Excellent video guys, kudos.

18:17 I'd be remiss not to point out the irony of having a champion who violated the wellness policy drop the belt to Jeff Hardy of all people

Considering what was (is) expected of wrestlers, and how they need to hold onto their opportunity once the finally have it, and the money involved, one can’t e shocked at a steroid scandal.

Eddie was not some innocent drug free angel when he died. Chavo and Benoit flushed his stuff he had when they found him.

Somas is a nasty drug

Another great video

Suspending people when they are having a hard time is a bad move. With so much money,you should always have options open for guys to guide them into healthier life.

Your traps give it away 100 times out of a 100. You can say your clean but the traps never lie

My take away from the scandal is that wwe, (Vince McMahon) didn’t want to acknowledge the brain trauma on Benoit so they pinned it as a roid rage incident which makes no sense… which therefore caused the Benoit case to be closed quickly without a deep investigation… still to this day no one knows what truly happened and most fans don’t care… although he was the greatest in ring wrestler ever

I remember my friends were like people are surprised wrestlers do steroids? and thats why it went away.

A long history of CTE and taking 10 months worth of steroids in less than a month? Benoit was doomed either way. I think I remembering hearing he wasn't going to make it another year or two anyway which is downright tragic

Ken Anderson really shot himself in the foot with that interview.

2007 started off really well then by the summer…everything went to putts. Thank you for this video.

Omg what? 59:1 I'm lost for words what the hell I don't understand how he was doing anything

Is where my mind goes when the ghoulish Stans mock All Petite Wrestling

Million scandals then & now WWE 🤦‍♂️

Why do you think big names never get busted in MLB?

Watching this, as each wrestler’s name comes up, I’m like “hmm yeah I guess I could see that they were using *some* type of steroids, but nothing major,” and then Chris Masters’ suspension was covered…..

WWE has only insulated itself since 2007. Go on the corporate site and read the policy. They have a team of doctors now on the payroll that can prescribe things instead of risking it with an outside agency. So if wwe are planning to move I to the Indian market and wanna get someone ready to hold the world title.......ehhh naaaah. That would never work, pal.

Who was the wrestler that missed their flight at McMahon's meeting 15:20

I get TRT and they barely give me enough to pass a testosterone test.

Hey!!! Kay Fabe!!

the year i hanged up my fandom and wouldn’t pick it up til late last year, it was just a dark time and bad product save some angles, smh

3 strike Rule (unless you are Randy Orton)

I think it’s important that every sport and pro wrestling organization has frequent random testing.

good video

Hey.....it's my boy Jack! Nice to hear you again bud.... Please, just once in a video say "what the deuce" lol. It will be epic.

They call it the Randy Orton Rule 😂😂😂

I still thought wrestling was 100% real when Vince McMahon came out and broke the 4th wall referring to himself as a character in a storyline before announcing the death of the Benoit family

Thanks 🎉

3:51 moral of the story WWE needs to stay away from Minneapolis

2007 year before the 08 crash blessed to see all from 1980-Now

Imagine if wrestlers took time off back then how they do now .. Bet money Eddie would still be here

I love these videos so much.. (true story videos not videos about steroids)

Orton didn’t get suspended in 2007

Do Not Age Restricted and Viewer advise for this video!!!! Thanks Cultaholic!!! ❤❤❤❤

Was only 9 and 10 years old when this was going down like it or not this is what lead to the PG era of wwe wouldn't be surprised if kids were banned or not allowed to watch wwe anymore after that stuff with Chris Benoit came out thankfully me and my friends weren't our daddy would supervise us watching wwe here and there them going PG after this didn't really concern me there were still good stories that went down afterwards

McMahon, albeit slowly, will get his comeuppance!

Wrestlers arent as big as they used to be! Well we know why and you better be happy about it.

Cena benefited from this massively.

Zombie Benoit confirmed for Wrestlemania

The year I got back into pro wrestling and then 2014 happened.

What was the chance of this happening, 30 minutes ago, I got recommended Benoit last match and 15 minutes later this video is put out.

Februrary?

The Mr Kennedy story is so stupid, why couldn't he still be Vince's son and kayfabe fired.

Remember when Sports Illustrated released actually news & not wuteva they do now

Wait i thought kennedy was fired because orton convinced cena to help get rid if kennedy for being unsafe to work with

After Eddie sadly passed, WWE decided to do a wellness policy check for drugs, steroids, pills etc etc, starting in the summer of 2006. For 12 months from the summer of 2006 to the summer of 2007, fucking everyone and their mothers were getting suspended for wellness violations, be it drugs, pills or steroids. Randy Orton and Mr Kennedy were the two main offenders that kept getting suspended. Fucking tons of talent got suspended through wellness violations in July of 2006, so much so that The Great American Bash 2006 card had to be changed, Big Show had to replace Khali to face Taker in a Punjabi Prison match, and tons of other changes to the show as well. WWE had to explain it all in kayfabe by saying these talents had Elevated Liver Enzymes as to why they weren’t on the show. In July 2006 WWE didn’t have to do a wellness check for RVD as the cops did that for them, RVD lost his titles and got suspended for getting caught with a DUI while smoking weed. Funny enough Hulk Hogan missed a Raw episode where they were doing wellness tests as he was due to face Orton at that years SummerSlam. Hulk Hogan was like, nah that don’t work for me brother. Randy Orton and Mr Kennedy as I said were the two that would always fail a wellness test, Orton was on thin ice backstage at the time because of that, but because of Orton’s friendship with Hunter and Vince liked him, Orton would just get out of the dog house. Kennedy wasn’t as lucky though, Vince wanted to push Kennedy to the moon in 2007, but Kennedy kept failing the wellness tests, and Vince had enough and stopped his push. Then the Benoit tragedy happened, which was the darkest day in WWE history, so much bad press, the media was having a field day grilling WWE about steroids use. So Vince and WWE had to proper get tough on the wellness testing. But it wouldn’t be until 2010 when WWE fully got a handle on the wellness policy and no longer had so many wellness fails, mostly because WWE had released or let talents leave about 90% of the 2006 roster by 2010.

2007 is very unforgettable to me wwe had a BIG TARGET OR HEAT on them

Nothing and nobody can convince me that Chris did this. He loved his family so much. He was framed and I think he was the scape goat because of the problem he was having losing his brother and the constant feeling of not being enough for the profession to which he delivered some of the greatest moments ever. I DONT CARE. Eddie and Benoit are two of the most incredible stars of all time. I miss them both and I hope one day that Chris is vindicated.

12:41 that's because he was natural

If you are a wrestler dont go to a hotel in mineanapolis

I think I have proof of what really happened that night

Edge still never received consequences.

Everybody is on steroids, got it.

Its thier bodies. If they were getting them from a doctor zahorian or whoever. A legal prescriptions are legal. I get testosterone shots every monday. Im not raging out or going crazy or killing anyone piss on Benoits memory

We miss Sat E Days

Funaki was on the juice

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If They Only Came Up With That Wellness Policy Back In '98 Or 2000 Eddie Guerrero And These Other Wrestlers That Passed Away They Would Still Be Here.

funaki!? shame on you! lol

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Interesting at how you never hear about the female wrestlers taking steroids

Lol, and nothing has changed

Oo

Februrary 😂

Good job jobber

Chris Benoit driving headbutt against her son

Chris Benoit is innocent. That is all.

That’s not how steroids work even if he used them right before the incident what he had just used wouldn’t have even taken effect yet in almost every circumstance, unless he was using some very obscure substances that would make no sense for him to use. I don’t think it had anything to do with the steroids.