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By: Tiffinny Siciliano
5/25/2002 9:54:07 AM

Former ECW star Electra and NWA TNA announcer Ed Ferrara were guests this week on Chairshots radio. The show can be heard exclusively at www.chairshots.com 24/7. Rod Siciliano is the host. Here are some thoughts from Electra on the passing of her ex-husband and friend Alex Rizzo a.k.a. Big Dick Dudley:

-On what happened the day Alex Rizzo passed on: "The day he did pass on, he woke up, he had stomach pains all week because of a change in prescription on Monday. And he woke up, he had stomach pains all week, he had woke up and tried to go to the bathroom and actually couldn't urinate. So he became a little concerned because he did have the sensation to go. I know it sounds really gross but this is the truth. So he called my sister-in-law and he asked her what to do. Should he go to the hospital because he really felt lousy. She told him to try a glass of cranberry juice, thinking is was likely a urinary tract infection or something to that effect. Then if he still couldn't go and didn't feel good maybe it was a good idea to go to the doctor but it didn't seem like any kind of a big deal. Which that, the woman he was with, I'd assume, I'm not sure if they were married or not, I don't think they were. I think it was a boyfriend/girlfriend type of thing, who was living with him, he sent her out to get some cranberry juice. So she came back and poured him a glass. He went into the living room to sit and drink his juice. He just didn't want to be bothered because he didn't feel very well. He got up to use the lavatory, and that's where he just fell face first and passed away."

-On how she met Alex: "It's real funny actually on how we met. When I had come back from actually Moolah's camp in South Carolina, I really needed to learn to work like the American workers. Which would be off of the left because Moolah trains off to the right, more like to go to Japan or overseas, that's where there is more work for the women. So I started training at Johnny Rodz`s school, which at the time was at the Galaxy Gym, it wasn't yet at Gleason's. And me, Tazz, Alex and this guy Bialo(?), who died a couple of years ago, The Giant, were his only American students. So we all actually met together at one time, at Johnny Rodz`s camp at Galaxy Gym."

- On how much the wrestling life style contributed to Alex's death: "175 percent, it was what killed him. I know it sounds cold and horrible but it's the wrestling business killed him. Let's just say he was no choir boy. We're going to be honest. It's a known fact that he did have a pill problem a couple of years back which he had went to rehab for and cleared up but once the damage is done, it's done. People don't realize that they get off the stuff but once you damage the body, it's damaged forever. That's it. There is no fixing it. He fell into a depression after ECW and this is what happens. They start up with the pills, 'Oh my back hurts. Let me take some pills'. It starts off as a pain thing. You know, they masked the pain then it turns into a part of every day life."

-Whether or not pain killers are a huge problem in wrestling: "Yes and no. If that makes any sense. I think Vince has got a pretty good stranglehold over who works for him and you know, it's basically, in my opinion, it's look like it's to be a no tolerance type of situation, but outside of that situation, I'd assume, yeah, like people I run into, things that I really don't do the indy circuit because of that. I just don't want to be involved in the middle of that stuff. I`m not a choir girl either and I've had my share of drinks in the past. I was never one for the drug scene."

-On whether there was a lot of use of painkillers in the ECW locker room: "I wouldn't say it was a lot of guys. It was a select few. And the select few who did, that ruled their life. Basically. They almost lived for the high. But it wasn't in abundance. It wasn't like the entire company was walking around on pain pills. Because it wasn't that way at all. But there were a select few that were...bad. A lot worse off than Alex was. That's why I'm amazed he was the first to go."

-Her advice to anyone abusing pain pills: "You don't even realize, that you think it's good for your body but it is totally not. This just goes to show he was clean when he passed away. It was a change of prescription and his liver was just too weak to handle the stronger medication. It does such damage. People just don't realize what it is actually doing inside your body. They feel good for the minute or the moment you are taking them, but you know you've got a problem when you have to snort the pain killers opposed to swallowing them. That's when you know there is a problem.'

An emotional interview with Electra. It's something all wrestling fans should hear as it sheds a lot of light on an ongoing problem in the world of professional wrestling. Our thoughts and prayers go out to her, her daughter and the rest of the family on this tragic loss.

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