Guess we have to wait for the autopsy report. My guess is an overdose of prescription drugs that caused the heart to stop. Anyway 29 is way to young to go. Not sure he was an avid drug user or used alchohol to help the meds go down or whatever the case may be. But it seems to me that he was suspended once or twice for failing the drug tests. If he asked for help and WWE didn't give it to him then that may have hurt him also.

A 29 yr old death is always a shock but unfortunately not him with his past. Sad but predictable.

I clicked on Ring Posts out of my list of bookmarks, and then this smacked me in the face.

Yet another wrestling death. I don't know what the answer is.

Wrestling isn't the problem. The problem is that we have a medical system based on drugs. While necessary for emergencies, you cannot drug your way to better health.

Because of the demands of the schedule and the physicality of the sport, Wrestlers need to have a huge amount of physical work ranging from chiropractic, massage, different forms of body work and a range of nutritional supplements.

If it is found that this doesn't work, a lighter schedule is the only option.

Drug reactions kill ordinary people every day. Wrestling just takes the flack because it is high profile. Once people finally learn that the drug centered health care system is fundamentally flawed, then wreslters and ordinary folks alike won't be dropping like flies.

Hey Kev. Dont know if you're a fan of Bill Simmons on ESPN. But he recently did a podcast with HBK. Dont know if anyone has brought that up on this board. But there you go.

RIP Lance Cade.

rob,

You sound suspiciously like C.M. Punk but most of what you say is correct. I am not a young man anymore and in my life I have seen my share of deaths due to drug use. Unfortunately many times that usage is under the care of a physician. Drugs should only be used in an emergency or for a very short time period. The medical industry needs to start looking at alternative therapies over the use of prescriptions although given the power the drug companies wield I doubt we will see it happen.

i suggest that people stop trying to sugarcoat when these wrestlrs die, many a year. It is Steriods, painkillers to keep performing and the unchecked ability of these wrestling organizations to look the other way. In no other sport, business or organization do their members knowing look the other way on steriods and drug use all the time prestending that they have any real rehab programs. The money is made on the mat and that is all that is cared about from the scums like vince mcmahon down to the wrestlers who are under tremendous pressures to keep going as they continue to try to out do themselves night after night in the name of entertainment. if the wrestlers want to make the money they have to perform to a certain level whether their bodies are capable or not. the drug use is swept under the rug until another one dies. yet nothing ever changes as long as the next card is more exciting then the last one. A shameful business who promotes the things that kill pretending that they are against it.. they are all whores and unfortunitly, the wrestlers pay the price with their lives.... Many more will follow and knowing that, what is truly being done. I refuse to watch for years because it has become a steriods fueled business with no regard for the collatural damage.

Christopher, the answer is-Don't Do Drugs. Not to say Lance's death was because of drugs, but he did have a history of drug use, and we all know that it probably greatly contributed to it.

It's easy to say just don't take pain killers when you aren't putting your body through the equivalent of a car accident every night. If the WWE treated their wrestlers as employees rather than contractors, maybe they wouldn't feel compelled to wrestle 200 shows a year.

Godspeed mr.Cade. People take risk to do what they love, regardless of the hardship and pain.

It's all a part of the game.......if we appreciate the entertainment side of wrestling, then we should highly respect what the individual wrestlers go through to provide that entertainment......anyone who thinks it's easy being a wrestling superstar is nuts......from what I read and hear, these people go through the depths of hell to get themselves over enough to get themselves into the spotlight.....constantly working out, traveling, performing.....on very high levels.......it's a risky way to make a living....and I'm sure the constant pain, whether mentally, physically, emotionally or spiritually..has to drive these individuals toward a negative direction.......God bless them for their efforts....because their goal is to entertain us......the ones who enjoy the business, but also critcize the talent because they are not good enough.......God bless Lance Cade (McNaught).

A real shame the independent contractor lawsuit went away so quick. As long as they are labeled as such, these guys are doomed.