Former WWE Attitude Era Star Bob "Hardcore" Holly Opens Up About His Addiction To Pain Pills
Bob "Hardcore" Holly was a mainstay in WWE during the Attitude Era, and like many other Superstars around that time he wound up getting hooked on pain medication. Now, Holly opens up about his addiction...
If you were a WWE fan around the time of the infamous Attitude Era, you'll no doubt have caught a Bob Holly match or two.
Though never a main even star, Holly gained popularity in the Hardcore Division, where he earned his extreme moniker.
Like many wrestlers of that era, the former "Sparkplug" ended up getting hooked on pain meds when he sustained a serious injury, and has now opened up about it for the first time while appearing on "Stone Cold" Steve Austin's podcast.
“When I broke my neck, I did end up getting into the pain pill thing and getting on those. And I was able to get off that stuff. And so, but that wasn’t easy, so I had to have help. I wrote about that in my book. I had to have help to get off that stuff and I did.
But that was the worst I did. I didn’t get into the alcohol. I didn’t get into the cocaine. I didn’t get into anything heavy like that. I mean, I did steroids. Whoop-dee-doo. But that goes without saying. When I broke my neck, that was the worst, the heaviest I got into anything as far as that you shouldn’t be doing, but, like I said, I got off that and everything.
I never drank and I never did anything else. I started taking too many [pills] and I was like, ‘this is ridiculous – I’ve got to stop,’ so I did.”