During his WWE run, Chris Masters’ entire gimmick was built around his finely-tuned physique. Nonetheless, like many on the time, Masters was using steroids, something he detailed during a recent interview with “TMZ’s Inside The Ring.”
“I got here in looking like – I set the bar so high for after I got here in, that it was something that I needed to compete against for, now, the remaining of my profession,” Masters admitted. He added that this sense didn’t sink in until his stint in rehab, where two months of not training resulted in a noticeable lack of muscle. “I got here back and I used to be perhaps 15 or 20 lbs. lighter, but , it was drastic and it … was such a giant thing, Hunter [Triple H] even made a joke about it the following week that was real controversial.”
Masters felt that he at all times needed to chase his debut physique, but said that if he truly tried to take care of it, he’d have suffered a heart attack by now. In line with the wrestler, WWE began to alter its policies and stance on steroids after Eddie Guerrero’s death, and particularly following Chris Benoit’s murder-suicide.
“We were being tested before however it felt like there was just a little more, sort of, leniency,” he recalled before noting that the strict latest policies helped clean up the business. “Now, we’ve got a much cleaner business. You already know, you do not get all of the crazy like you probably did back within the ’80s, ?”
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