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#2 Vince McMahon's WWE steroid scandal
In the 1980s and 90s, WWE was filled with larger than life Superstars and many wrestlers used steroids and other performance drugs to maintain those physiques. Many of these drugs were being passed to wrestlers and the promotion's CEO Vince McMahon himself by a doctor called George Zahorian. According to the memoirs of Roddy Piper, Zahorian supplied many wrestlers with any drugs that they needed, including a variety of steroids and PEDs.
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In 1988, US federal prosecutors began investigating Dr. Zahorian as steroids began to fall under stricter laws. Prosecutors were able to record Zahorian selling steroids to power-lifters, body-builders and professional wrestlers. After being convicted, Zahorian was pressured by prosecutors to provide them with names of people who he supplied. In 1993, McMahon was indicted under charges of distributing steroids to the wrestlers after receiving them from Dr. Zahorian. In 1994, federal prosecutors circled in on McMahon with four key testimonies, two from former wrestlers, one from a former secretary of WWE, and a former booker for the promotion.
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The secretary, Emily Feinberg, testified to how McMahon routinely organized shipments of the drugs while working at WWE's corporate headquarters. The former booker, Anita Scales, testified how she warned both Pat Patterson and Linda McMahon of Zahorian's record with drug sales. However, it was the testimony of the two wrestlers that were the most telling. The first testimony, that of Hulk Hogan, admitted to steroid usage while performing with the company, but stopped short of implicating McMahon.
The second was former WWE Superstar Nailz, who testified that Vince McMahon not only gave him steroids but pressured him into using them. According to former Nailz's testimony, the wrestler claimed that McMahon told him he needed to start taking steroids. While the wrestler states that he never followed the CEO's directive, his testimony was picked apart by the lawyer for the defense. While testifying, the lawyers representing Vince McMahon got Nailz to admit on the stand that he hated McMahon.
As a result of the testimonies of Hogan and Nailz, McMahon was acquitted of all the charges and allowed to return as the head of WWE.
