The Connecticut Senate hopeful Linda McMahon can’t shun her critics especially those who questioned how the WWE handles internal matters such as steroid issues. When the WWE Hall of Famer Ted Dibiase admitted that he also took steroids proves that the WWE is not clean of steroids as the McMahons claim. The death of Lance Cade which was ignored by the WWE prompted another former WWE employee to air his sentiments against the World Wrestling Entertainment.

Former WWE employee Chris Nowinski told the media that the WWE should be held responsible for the death of Lance Cade. The company’s way of handling employees like the tight work schedules pushes the wrestlers to the limit. These resulted to relying too much to drugs such as anabolic steroids and painkillers. This was also revealed by Lance Cade during an interview before he died of heart failure. Cade admitted that for him to become a star in the WWE, he has to use steroids and claimed that top WWE officials tolerates and even encourage this practice.

And Nowinski also bolster that claim saying that WWE encourages the use of steroids by professional wrestlers. He said that the use of anabolic steroids in WWE is inherent. He told the Hill that those performers who do get the top billing are those who are willing to take everything. “The point I was making was that they reward people who take steroids,” Nowinski said.

Nowinski A Stranger Said WWE

The World Wrestling Entertainment lashed out Nowinski’s claim. “It is very dubious that [Nowinski] ever had a conversation with Lance Cade, much less Lance Cade confiding to a total stranger that he used painkillers and steroids,” they said in a statement. Nowinski on his part knows that he has no proof that Cade really used steroids. “I can never prove I had that conversation with Lance because Lance died when he was 29 years old. They want to call me a liar — the person who can confirm it is dead after he worked for them for [almost a decade],” Nowinski said.

The claim of Nowinski that wrestlers perform 200 times a year is not factual. “In 2009, the average active roster talent performed 135 days,” said in the WWE press release. The company said that while Nowinski believes that it was unsafe to perform in the ring he still performed for the company.

Nowinski Worked With Cade

Nowinski told The Hill during an interview that he was surprised on WWE’s statements questioning his relationship with Cade. “They don’t think I’ve ever met my 2003 tag-team partner in the WWE developmental system, who I worked with in Cincinnati and Louisville in 2002-2003 almost daily and saw regularly while working with WWE until 2007?” he said. He also lambasted McMahon for spending $24 million on a campaign but can’t even hire a decent PR person.

Nowinski, who now works as a concussions expert, believes that he must speak now because of Linda McMahon. “When someone would disrespect a deceased former employee, when she’s seeking [a Senate seat], as a patriot you have to say something. You want to make sure good people are in those jobs,” Nowinski added.

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