Professional wrestlers Lance Storm and Charles 'Konnan' Ashenoff have blasted the industry's 'drug scene' in the wake of fellow sportsman Chris Benoit's death. Earlier this month (Jul07) it emerged World Wrestling Entertainment star Benoit was under investigation for buying large quantities of steroids before killing his wife Nancy and son Daniel on 22 and 23 June (07) respectively, before hanging himself on 24 June at their Atlanta, Georgia home.But both Storm and Ashenoff have called for tighter controls on drug-taking in the sport to prevent such a tragedy happening again.Former World Wrestling Entertainment champion Storm says, "I think one thing is clear, regardless of the role drugs played in Chris Benoit's state of mind, the wrestling industry has some serious drug issues..."We have seen deaths in this industry due to drug overdoses, drug-related heart attacks, suicides due to possible drug-related depression and now perhaps even drug-related murder."Ashenoff adds, "All these guys are dying and nobody gives a s***. Everybody - from top to bottom - everybody's either on steroids, painkillers, they drink or they take recreational drugs, and in the case of half the guys, all four."His wife Nancy filed for divorce from the wrestling star in 2003 claiming that there marriage was 'irrevocably broken' as well as accusing Benoit of 'cruel treatment'. But she dropped divorce proceedings as well as the restraining order against her husband.
Benoit has two other children, a son and a daughter, from his previous marriage.