Really sad their almost all gone. Pretty depressing when you think about it
Yeah, Trukker, unfortunately the life of a pro wrestler lends itself to a vicious cycle of heavy steroid use almost year round with little to no time off (they have to look good, in micro shorts, on TV in front of millions of people every single week), sporadic sleep cycles (performing some time between 7 to 11 pm most nights, followed by travelling to the next town), always eating on the road, and frequent pain killer abuse due to the combination of physical abuse and the lifestyle, etc.
Add in the fact that most of them can be cut with out pay at anytime (only the big time stars have guarantees), and the pressure to accomplish all of the above is very high. There are basically 3,000 guys all fighting for about 150 jobs. Try going to your boss (Vince McMahon) and saying "I can't go on tonight, my knee hurts" and you risk being unemployed by sunrise the next day.
One last thing to consider on my pity party I am holding here for these guys. Once the business is done with them, the great, great majority have absolutely nothing else to fall back on. Try applying for jobs in the real world with "Pro Wrestler" as the only previous experience you have. It is almost the equivalent of checking 'Yes' in the "Have you ever been convicted of a felony" box when applying for a job.
The pressure to maintain your spot in the business is immense, and causes the guys to do things, for years on end, that lends itself to putting oneself in an early grave.