Kennedy Declares: I had a legit reason to take steroids. *More stuff added*
 

Taken from the Charleston Post-Courier, as part of an interview to promote tomorrow night's RAW.

And how would steroids help his situation?

Funny. I always thought that Anti-Biotics were used for infections not Steroids.

But hey, what would I know, I only went to University for 4 years and got a Pharmacy degree.

Oh and 45 pounds in three days??? Give me a break. This isn't the Biggest Loser...or is it?

That's what they all say.

At least the ones who deny it. The ones who are open to it are usually like Warrior.

It helped save his life.

Or was that the Wellness Policy?

Or was that Pat Patterson's cock in his asshole?

I've lost track of what he's said over the last 6 months.

Is being injected with Pat Patterson's cock covered in the wellness policy?

Wait you can get a Pharmaceutical degree in 4 years college?

He should of just shut the hell up about it, it had slipped the mind of alot of people, I'm sure and he's just digging himself a hole.

No, but I think anything regarding Harvey Wippleman's cock is though.

45 pounds in 3 days?

How does one lose 15 lbs a day? Where does it go? Was he sweating buckets?

In Australia, you can get a Pharmacy Degree at the Major Universities (in my case Sydney Uni) in 3 years. I did an extra year of Clinical/Hospital Pharmacy.

In the States, I believe you have to do a certain number if "Humanities" subjects - who needs to learn Latin these days? - which is why it takes longer.

Steroids are used by doctors to treat testosterone deficiency, breast cancer and severe injuries.

Kennedy.

Is this Kennedy's Pharmacist?

I really do hope that nobody's actually dumb enough to believe this sort of shit. I mean, honestly. "How was I supposed to know my doctor was a quack?"

You fucking moron.

What a fucking idiot

It's uncommon, though.

The story sounds horrible, too.

And why would he need to go through a shady online pharmacy to obtain these "legal" steroids?

If he had a legit prescription, he could've gotten from a legit pharmacy.

Yeah, you'd probably only go through an online pharmacy (Especially one that already violates the rules of your company's policies) if you had some reason to hide something.

You know, like the doctor being bogus, or the script being bad.

in the US the fastest university track i know of is 6 years to get your PharmD degree. 2 years undergrad and prep work to take the PCAT, then 4 years in pharmacy school.

Kennedy declares: I am a fucking moron

I dunno, staph infections are extremely serious. I don't want to completly discount this.

I don't doubt he took steroids because he may have been legitimately prescribed them by his doctor. I do completely doubt his "I only took them because I had an infection and lost weight" story. He said in an interview that he was on roids a few years ago, but isn't currently on them because he doesn't need that extra 10 lbs of muscle... then he got busted for getting roids and is now saying he only took them because of the infection or whatever. We're not that stupid. I don't give a shit that he's roided up though. It's a fake sport. I just don't see why he has to lie so much about this.

lol... wow

for shame Mr. Kennedy



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KENNEDY

steph or staph ? more like steph said :take these fucking pills and get your ass in that ring.

Because he didn't have any of these conditions:
Well, he was injured, but not severely.

Come on now. This would make sense.

Hang on, didn't the wellness policy state that if you have a prescription it's ok?

That's why what Mr. Blabbermouth said is full of shit.

....MORONNNNNNNNNN!

They can be extremely serious. That doesn't mean that he legitimately had one, or that steroids were a legitimate course of action. Especially with....

Yup.

A Steph infection is much more insidious.

Doctors do prescribe them for other reasons, too, but at the point you have to go through a dodgy pharmacy to get them....

And that can't happen with carnies. There's an unspoken rule.

Yup, but he went through signature, a no-no period. Pay more attention to the reason these people were suspended; they did more than just take steroids to violate the wellness policy.

No, why what he said is full of shit is unrelated.

Ken Kennedy went to a dodgy pharmacy for drugs from a dodgy doctor. Said doctor prescribed them, and according to reports, prescribed him MULTIPLE COURSES of steroids over a short period of time, like Benoit's doctor did. Unless Vince was greasing his palm, there's no reason to believe the Doctor just decided to give him multiple courses. One should be more than enough to "gain back weight," and probably shouldn't have been prescribed, but Kennedy's lying.

Just like Edge was. Wait, wasn't he "the man" when he defended himself against Sports Illustrated claims, despite also being a lying sack of shit?

In fact, Kennedy having a script for steroids changes nothing, because he went about getting them in a way explicitly prohibited by WWE's Wellness Policy. The same as the rest of the guys who were suspended. It doesn't matter if you have the Pope, the Surgeon General, and Doctor Dre arguing your case for steroids, if you break another element of the Wellness Policy, you're going to go down.

I'm betting about a third of the roster has passed a bogus script at some point. Probably more, even. That's not what Kennedy was suspended for, though. He should be, but then, so should everyone else. But that would mean Trips and Vince and probably Cena.

Honestly? I don't care about steroids. I get it. You want a big physique, and dozens of former wrestlers have talked about how you just don't get enough time to work out on the road. It's noncompetitive, so I don't care about sportsmanship or whatever. The thing is, Vince and company are talking about cracking down on things, health concerns, etc., and if they were serious, they would go after such sources.

But they won't. It would hurt business (In more ways than one).

KK is loving the multi-quote right now. (You're welcome)

Anyone know when the article said Kennedy was purchasing roids from Signature? A lot of the names on that list were buying in 2006, trying to find out if Kennedy's dates match up at least.

October 2006-February 2007.

When was he out with a quad tear? I mean, five-ish months is a long time to be on steroids for a staph infection anyway, but...

Also, he had testosterone, HGH (Somatropin) and a drug used for hiding gynomastia listed under drugs received. Makes his story sound all the more bullshit, especially since short term use of steroids as prescribed by a doctor shouldn't cause gynomastia.

Yeah, it actually WORKS since the update. :love:

He was out in early 2006 I remember, so that doesn't match up.

And one cycle on a recommended dosage wouldn't cause gynomastia

Kennedy really needs to learn to keep his mouth shut.

I think he's counting on people looking to justify wrestling to just act like good little apologists. Remember when Benoit's tox reports came back, and people were saying the media should retract the steroid claims, even though he was found to have a high dosage of testosterone in his system, a STEROID?

Yeah, people who like wrestling, or anything else will make excuses.

Sure, it falls apart under any real scrutiny, but I don't think they're expecting scrutiny.

But yeah, the more he says about it, the worse he's gonna sound.

You know what'd be nice? Someone saying "Yeah, I did steroids, I got caught, I'm sorry." Or "It was dumb." Even if you don't think it's a bad idea, one of the concerns people have is the message it sends to children. Well, it'd be nice if someone would come forth and say it was a bad idea, they shouldn't have done it, even if they don't strictly mean it. I mean, obviously, Kennedy is willing to lie, so why not a lie that doesn't make you look like a horrendous douchebag?

Oh, and BTW, good call on asking about the dates. I forgot the articles gave specific time frames.

I think Kennedy is just in character :shifty:

Yes, and I'm sure nobody else that got in trouble for the online pharmacy shit ever had any type of legitimate injuries... :roll:

Look, just because his doctor greeted him with "HI EVERYBODY!" was no reason to assume he was dangerously underqualified.

HI, DOCTOR NI....

Sorry, force of habit.

But all wrestlers, including Kennedy, DO have a legit reason to take steroids. Taking something that results in making more money and having a better position in your company isn't a legit reason? I guess there isn't a legit reason to taking college classes either

Well, according to CNN, the side effects of steroids are killing your family with pillows and bowflexes. So, I guess that kind of overshadows the making money in the wrestling business thing.

I think killing your family with pillows and bowflexes over a long weekend is indicative of something far deeper and disturbing than steroid use, not that it's good. But if that was the direct correlation Ultimate Warrior and Scott Steiner would be the equivalents of Jeffery Daumer and John Wayne Gacy

College classes aren't particularly illegal or anything, though.


Of course, one of the very real side effects of steroid abuse is delusions. You know, the kind of delusions that people close to Benoit said he was suffering from, the kind that cause people to, you know, behave like Benoit did before hanging himself?

I mean, it wasn't really CNN's claim, but funny how the stuff they actually did say is kinda, you know, true?

It's true I have it out for CNN so I slander them whenever I get the chance. I'm in agreement that performance enhancing drugs could have definitely been a factor and are really one of the only leads the police have reguarding the case. Also Jeritron, I do not believe taking roids to get successful is reason enough for them to be legalized or perscribed heavily, considering they have been linked to rage and in some cases murder.

I was kidding to a certain degree. I don't condone it, but if you condemn the action you need to examine the motivation and what causes it to be a sound decision to people, and thats risk/reward.

If there was no reward, it wouldn't be done. I'm against steroid use, but I can see why some people give in. Theres a reason why Lashley will probably come back and win the title, and somehow not come up positive in tests.
Lets use our heads, theres no evidence to support this claim other than an educated hunch, but I think everyone knows that Batista and probably HHH are using steroids and being protected. It's just you can't throw those accusations around when they have a wellness policy in place that uses scapegoats and can deny it. Paperwork and lawyers are more tangible than common sense and blatant visual evidence.

And Hell, I agree. And I think that the idea of prohibiting steroids in non-competitive ventures is stupid, anyway. Not to mention these guys are doing coke and heroin, and we treat steroids like it's the reason they're dropping like flies. Well, it might be, but howabout we rule out other factors, first? I mean, the radical volume of drug abuse, period?

Of course, that comes down to the fact that the wrestling "type" tends towards addictive personalities. It's not universally true, but there's a serious trend there.

I still say that the WWE picked and choosed who they wanted to suspend, because people like Orton went about scot free with everything, yet those that actually have a deserving chance to break the glass ceiling from those people that are ALWAYS there get shafted.

It sounded like they were trying to single people out. The WWE is FULL of hypocracy!

Orton had already been punished for this offense. If there are other "people like" Randy Orton who got off "Scot Free" I'd like to hear it, but not punishing one guy twice is not picking and choosing.

And believe me, I have no desire to stick up for Randy Orton.

Orton, to my recollection, is the only one not suspended that was on the list which was broken not by WWE, but by news agencies and the Government.

Actually, Scott Steiner is known as one of the biggest hot heads in wrestling. He hasn't killed anybody but it might be just a matter of time.

Not to mention, steroids don't affect everyone equally.

No drug does. that's why antidepressants can lead to suicide. Think about it: That's pretty much the exact opposite of the desired effect. It's not that they don't work, it's that different people have different body and brain chemistry.

I drink enough caffeine in a day to kill a bull elephant, and my blood pressure is better than normal. Doesn't mean that it wouldn't make your heart explode. Or DT's, or whoever. Chemisty's a fucked up thing, and Steiner may not hear the little voices Benoit did (Exaggeration; he was paranoid, but not necessarily hearing shit), or be quite as affected.

Who knows? maybe Helms will snap before Steiner or Warrior.

I agree. I have no doubt that Kennedy has used steroids in the past for medical issues. The timespan doesn't exactly make sense, though. However, my big question is "Who the fuck cares?"

The guy uses steroids, big fucking deal! Wah, wah, he lied. *Gasp* You mean a guy is telling some lies to make the industry he works in look less drug-ridden? I didn't care when I saw Kennedy and Regal got suspended for using steroids, despite speaking out against usage. It was a tough time for the WWE, and these two guys did their best (even if it meant lying) and saying "It's not a prerequisite, you don't need them, look at me."

Kennedy probably should have let it go, but really, all he is trying to do is say "Yeah, I used steroids...here is why" bending the truth a little to avoid saying "I want Vince to push me."

I'm personally not worked up about it, at all. The guy wants to sugarcoat his story, let him. He's still one of the better performers the WWE has.

But that's not to say that steroids did make Chris Benoit kill his family. You really don't know, KK. They could have, but I tend to go with the brain damage thing they found.

Never claimed steroids were responsible.

All I've claimed is that the specific symptoms Benoit had do match up to an actual side effect of steroids. And responded to a hypothetical, of course. A hypothetical that asked "If Benoit really did kill everyone while on 'roid rage...." et al.

You know, basically, I've refuted a claim that CNN had mislead the public, and chased the potential argument of why Steiner might not have blown up if that's what caused Benoit to. I'd like to think everyone understood that.

As for me... I just enjoy slandering Scott Steiner.

A fit of roid rage would under almost no circumstances last 3 days long, it's almost impossible. That isn't to say though that the roids he was taking didn't add extra stress or anxiety to his already travel-hectic life.

And, you know, there's also that "brain of an elderly Alzheimer's patient" thing too.

Who doesn't?

Well, I don't think it was literally "roid rage."

Well, that is to say (To be explicit), I don't think the steroids' contribution would be "roid rage."

Someone who takes steroids can, however, end up with paranoia, delusions, and mood issues which far outlast bouts with "Roid Rage."

Yep.

Which, to be honest, is the more likely culprit.

It just doesn't mean that steroids can't do it, or that CNN was necessarily wrong to think steroids might be a culprit, here.

Here is more from the same Kennedy article.

Yeah, the drug problem isn't as bad as it used to be. That's why more than a tenth of the active roster was suspended at once, there have been two major deaths in the last couple of years, and so on.

I know he's being a company face and all, but still, it just makes them all look like lying carnies.