Title: Eddie's cause of death...
Scrooge McSuck - November 15, 2005 05:52 PM (GMT)
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From WWE.com: After the untimely passing of Eddie Guerrero, WWE and the entire sports-entertainment community is still reeling from the devastating loss of a champion. The initial autopsy reports on Guerrero have come in. WWE.com spoke with Eddie’s widow, Vickie Guerrero, earlier today.
“It was heart failure. It was from his past – the drinking and the drug abuse. They found signs of heart disease. She (the examiner) said that the blood vessels were very worn and narrow, and that just showed all the abuse from the scheduling of work and his past. And Eddie just worked out like crazy all the time. It made his heart grow bigger and work harder and the vessels were getting smaller, and that’s what caused the heart failure. He went into a deep sleep.
As soon as they saw his heart, they saw the lining of his heart already had the heart disease. There was no trauma, and Eddie hadn’t hurt himself in any way. It answered a lot of questions. I knew Eddie wasn’t feeling very good for the last week. He was home and kept saying he wasn’t feeling good and we thought it was just “road tired.” So we thought he just had to rest. It answered a lot of my questions, too, because he was just so exhausted. She said it was normal because the heart was working so hard.
When he didn’t call me last night and the night before I knew it was for real, because he would call me every night. I miss his phone calls. I cried through the whole thing (last night).
I loved his laugh. His laugh was the best.
We just celebrated his four-year sobriety last Thursday. We just thought we had life by the handful. We thought we had it all figured out. He worked so hard to make a better life for us.
I’m just overwhelmed by how people are coming out. It’s touched my heart a lot.
Everybody was just in awe last night in how beautifully everything was put together.
All my life was wrestling. All he did was take care of them and live for that. And I don’t know what to do now.”
Credit: WWE.com |
I don't think anyone is surprised, but at least it wasn't something like drugs or alcohol poisoning.
TheGreatWhiteChoate - November 15, 2005 06:30 PM (GMT)
I figured that's what it was. I just hope the WWE does something good for his family.
Mad Dog - November 15, 2005 07:19 PM (GMT)
Sounds like steroids played a role in this as well but of course the WWF will never say that.
whitemilesdavis - November 15, 2005 07:35 PM (GMT)
You mean from past years? Or are you saying he wasn't presently clean?
Mad Dog - November 15, 2005 07:52 PM (GMT)
I wouldn't be surprised if he was currently on steroids. I think we'd all be surprised if a list of every WWF star on the steroids was released tomorrow. I'd say 3/4 of the roster is easily on them. But they aren't going to kill you. I think the last 5 or so years of steroid use and his other problems contributed heavily to his death. But the way it's described in that article makes it sound like steroids to me.
The Last Free Voice - November 15, 2005 08:14 PM (GMT)
I'm glad it wasn't a drug relapse. If it was, I would have lost a lot of respect for him. I refuse to feel bad for anyone who OD's, but this truely is sad. How this man, who got himself clean can die but Jake Roberts is still breathing is a fucking travesty.
TheGreatWhiteChoate - November 15, 2005 09:41 PM (GMT)
You're probably right about the 'roids, sadly. I don't lose any respect for Eddie if he was on them, because as you said, 80% of the WWE roster probably is, and it's not like baseball or football where it's pretty much a disgrace to use them. It just sucks that Eddie of all people would suffer this from it.
Mad Dog - November 15, 2005 09:43 PM (GMT)
With Vince being the only game in town a lot of guys probably have to be on steroids to keep their job in the WWF.
dynamite kido - November 15, 2005 10:02 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mad Dog @ Nov 15 2005, 03:43 PM) |
| With Vince being the only game in town a lot of guys probably have to be on steroids to keep their job in the WWF. |
It's sad that steriods probably played a part in his death. Although I don't think that Eddie used them to get big though...............I think that he used them to stay injury free.
Nonetheless, the industry will never be the same again.............thank you Eddie
TheGreatWhiteChoate - November 15, 2005 10:04 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mad Dog @ Nov 15 2005, 05:43 PM) |
| With Vince being the only game in town a lot of guys probably have to be on steroids to keep their job in the WWF. |
That's the sad truth of it, really. I wouldn't be surprised, with the Steroid Scare going on right now, if somebody higher up doesn't want to take a closer look at the WWE.
But I hope they leave Eddie the hell out of it.
Mad Dog - November 15, 2005 10:10 PM (GMT)
I think it would be hilarious if Jim Ross just says "fuck it" and totally throws them under the bus when his contract expires next year.
TheGreatWhiteChoate - November 15, 2005 10:10 PM (GMT)
| QUOTE (Mad Dog @ Nov 15 2005, 06:10 PM) |
| I think it would be hilarious if Jim Ross just says "fuck it" and totally throws them under the bus when his contract expires next year. |
The only thing funnier than that would be him actually throwing Vince under a bus.
:)