Pro wrestling has to be the most unhealthiest sport. It's brutal. They have to do everything a pro bodybuilder does as far as hormones and pain killers plus they have to actually perform. And though it might be fixed those falls are real falls. And they aren't 90 lb gymnasts. And being constantly on the road with the different time zones has to be a killer. How can you train consistently and get those meals in to maintain that size when you live out of a suit case?
I agree that it was at one time the most unhealthy sport/profession (or whatever you want to call it) even more so than bodybuilding.
However I think in recent years, especially since the Chris Benoit thing, WWE has had a complete turnaround in terms of injury and drug policies. I think for the most part, steroid and painkiller abuse is something that has been stamped out (although I'm sure there are still some exceptions). Concussions, injuries and bleeding are actually being treated seriously now. And they apparently have a strict drug testing policy, the effects of which can be seen in the much smaller physiques of most of the current wrestlers.
But if you go back to the heyday of wrestling it's hard to believe just how brutal and seedy a lifestyle it was. When you consider that most of the roster were walking around at 260+, in shape (most much bigger in fact) and the toll that matches and travelling would take on such large frames, it was no wonder that steroids, painkillers and recreational drug cocktails were the norm.
