Larry Gude said:
...how come, when some pencil neck geek comes back after a few month layoff with perhaps a pound or two or 25 packed on and looks like they're chisled out of stone, everyone instantly cries steroids?
Why, just because Eddie had bi-ceps as large as Scott Steiner doesn't mean he was using some sort of help...
I mean, look at Nick Foley. He's a wrestler and looks just like Eddie, sort of. Nobody is accusing him of anything untoward. So his 'six pack' is a keg...
Seriously, though. Eddie was the doll of the wrestling fanbase. Every internet site had been screaming for him to get a title shot for years, because of his great work. He was also a human interest story because of his overcoming his problems with drug and alcohol abuse earlier in his career.
In the past year, he was finally elevated. Sure, he was in his late 30s, but he held the title earlier this year against some of the bigger names, and did it convincingly. It was said that he cried in the ring and after the event the night he won his first title, overcome with emotion, because he had thought he would never get his shot to carry the WWE banner due to his size and because of all those demons early in his career. Even though he was smaller than the average heavyweight (Shawn Michaels anyone?), he really held the fan's attention.
As I said earlier, to my knowledge and to most of the 'insiders' knowledge that you see on some of the wrestling news sites, Eddie Guerrero had been sober for years.
I only hope that his early death was caused by a weakened heart from those early years, and not from something current. It will have let down a lot of fans and it will ruin his legacy if that's the case.