‘It turns you into an animal’, admits WWE legend as he opens up on how taking steroids affected him during career

WWE legend Jake 'the Snake' Roberts has opened up on the impact steroids had on him during his career.

Roberts had an illustrious career in the ring, fighting for the biggest organisations in the business - AEW, WWF and later WWE.

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But to keep up with the demand of the job, which sometimes meant he had to fight twice a day, Roberts turned to steroids.

He previously explained his motivation behind taking the performance-enhancing drug, stating it led to a quicker recovery.

Roberts, 69, has now revealed the extent to which steroids affected him.

He said on podcast: "It [steroids] turns you into an animal, it really does. You hunger for lifting.

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"That's all you want to do is lift."

Roberts is a former AEW heavyweight champion and he has several titles to his name, which led him to be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame.

He now hosts a podcast alongside former wrestler Diamond Dallas Page where the pair reflect on their careers - Roberts also revealed an accident in the ring crushed his voice box.

Roberts shared how steroids affected many of his colleagues, claiming some took it too far.

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He said: "I went on it for a short period, especially after my neck surgery cause I wanted to heal quicker, but in the WWF at the time we were working so hard, seven days a week, twice on Saturday, twice on Sunday.

"You needed a little bit of steroids to help with the healing process.

"Now some guys took that and went completely off the charts with it, but that was their choice and you know, so many of those guys are gone now and I'm sure that had something to do with it, whether that was Randy [Savage] or The Road Warriors or Mr. Perfect, right on down the line, man."