I’m still trying to understand the train wreck best known as the Bollea Divorce Scandal.  Accusations of Bollea, aka Hulk Hogan, fooling around with women half his age, accusations of his wife, Linda, fooling around with men half her age, declarations of understanding OJ Simpson’s mentality, accusations of steroids and rage….it goes on and on.  Meanwhile, their son recently served jail time for destroying his friend’s life due to his “need for speed” and the consequences of racing at 100+ speeds in a car no one should be allowed to own before they’re 25.  That pesky testosterone gets in the way every time.

Where and when does it stop for these people?  Their over-the-top lifestyles clearly didn’t include room for any level of dignity or self-respect.  That’s truly sad because at one time, at least in the wrestling world, Hulk Hogan was the hero in every kid’s eyes.  This hero was quoted as saying just this week, “I could have turned everything into a crime scene, like OJ, cutting everybody’s throat” to a reporter for Rolling Stone.  The Mrs. has struck back as a result of his latest verbal assault with accusations of fights that went too far and yet another mention of steroid rage due to his chosen career.  They both have excellent attorneys who are most probably lying awake at night figuring out new ways to keep their clients quiet.  Their very public

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lifestyle is left wide open for public ridicule, which is happening on a daily basis.  Keep in mind, this is the same family that had the once-popular reality series, “Hogan Knows Best” that painted a relatively sane picture of an American family - or so we thought.

Neither of these people is hiding their affairs.  Bollea has seen “some shaggy haired pool boy” who’s thirty years younger than his wife driving his Escalade and knows is playing happy homemaker in his house, with his wife and in his bed.  On the other hand, he’s not even tried to keep his own affairs secret.  But despite all of this, and just when you think it can’t get any worse, there’s one fact that seems to have gotten lost in this insanity: They’re still married!

After nearly two years, the doctor accused of providing anabolic steroids to WWE star Chris Benoit, who murdered his wife and son and then committed suicide, has had his day in court. Phil Astin was accused of providing the steroids that resulted in “roid rage”. After first pleading not guilty, the doctor changed his plea to guilty. He hasn’t been sentenced yet, but he’s potentially looking at twenty-plus years and over one million dollars in fines. His guilty plea essentially says he knowingly prescribed illegal prescription drugs to patients who then became addicted to them. The indictment covered the years 2002 through 2007.

His attorney insists he’s a country doctor who was acting in his patients’ behalf and meant no harm. He still hasn’t admitted to any wrongdoing, despite the fact there had been the equivalent of ten months of testosterone and steroids prescribed to Benoit within a three week period. There were over fifteen patients referenced in the 175 count indictment, but none were named nor asked to testify.

In June 2007, Chris Benoit, after failing to appear for a scheduled wrestling match, was found in his home, along with his wife and son who he’d strangled. He then hung himself. These deaths set off a huge controversy regarding steroids and caused Vince McMahon, the head honcho of WWE to issue statements that reiterated his organization’s zero tolerance policy. Many former wrestlers came forward and insisted that not only was there not a zero policy regarding drug use, there was simply no policy at all. Further, they claimed Dr. Astin was a regular visitor to the WWE locker rooms and was always ready to write prescriptions without a medical exam.

Side effects from using steroids include fits of rage, severe depression, acne, dependence on the drug and changes in one’s appearance. Long term damage includes liver damage and tumors, and even hair loss.