Ric Flair says WWE legend The Ultimate Warrior "absolutely" took steroids

Publish date: 2024-04-17

WWE legend Ric Flair says he's never taken steroids in his existence but said that The Ultimate Warrior did take steroids.

WWE was once enveloped in a scandal involving steroids in the 90s, when it used to be alleged that a ringside doctor had equipped steroids to wrestlers and Vince McMahon. The doctor, Dr George Zahorian, was once given a three-year prison sentence, while the corporate tightened its drug policy.

On his To Be The Man podcast, Ric Flair mentioned his first run in the company in 1991, and the have an effect on the steroid scandal had on the company.

"I never thought of Kevin Nash being associated with steroids at all. Ultimate Warrior, obviously. I don't even need to mention their names, you know who they are [steroid users]. And that's not even... that's not even stuff I like to comment on. But, I mean, that was just a way of life, not just in wrestling, it was a way of life in sports. Everybody was looking for the advantage, and for us - I don't look at it so much as it enhanced anybody's skill, it just gave everybody an edge in their appearance," stated Flair. [From 29:48 to 30:35]

Flair said that he's never "looked good" indicating that he's never indulged in steroids in his pro wrestling occupation.

Several WWE stars reportedly did steroids

Former WWE Superstar The Mountie, aka Jacques Rougeau, published in an interview that there have been only a handful of Superstars who didn't take steroids during his run with the company.

"I could count on my hand, maybe two if I'm lucky, the guys that weren't on steroids. Everybody was on steroids, everybody but I can think of few," stated the Canadian big name.

He stated that the British Bulldogs, the tag workforce of Davey Boy Smith and Dynamite Kid, had been on steroids during his time with WWE in the 80s.

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