The Think Tank: What WWE Superstars Eat

By Pete Ellis

Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may diet?

Ever wonder what some of your favorite pro wrestlers eat? I did, and the results are interesting, if not quite what I expected.

My research indicates that most of these athletes eat a fairly standard diet, which means a lot of the same foods and portions over and over. I would expect that to get boring, but it has an impact on how the body processes food.

One training regimen suggests eating the same three meals every day will encourage your digestive system into a design of "expectation," meaning your stomach will eventually know what's coming and your system will make more efficient use of the food.

A different program says that if the meals don't include enough variety, you might develop allergies to the foods you eat most often.

One plan outlined in California suggests four egg whites and Tabasco first thing in the morning to give your insides a wake-up call. This program recommends you follow that up with meat and salad at lunch, then non-fried poultry for dinner everyday.

Looking for specifics?

Chris Benoit claims that baked or grilled chicken is always the main food for almost every professional wrestler. High protein, low fat, low carb, and quite versatile. You cat eat chicken with everything from a honey glaze to wasabi.

Green vegetables seem to be the next most common component. Anyone remember the Warlord? He was once in a tag team called The Powers of Pain along with The Barbarian. A pair of real muscle heads, but pretty good wrestlers and an old magazine article points to their passion for shark steaks as a main protein source.

Meanwhile, former WWE women's champion Trish Stratus (pictured, because she's hot) outlines her diet with very simple foods: Tuna, skinless chicken, and everyone's favorite... protein shakes.

I suppose it really makes a difference what kind of results you are trying to achieve. The late, great Yokozuna was once suspected of eating close to 20 pounds of fish and rice in one sitting.

That may not sound like much for a person who weighed over 500 pounds, but if you wanna find out what a meal like that is, like try this formula:

500/20 = 25. Yoko ate 1/25 of his body weight. If you weigh 200 pounds, you'd have to eat eight pounds of food to match it. That's 32 hamburgers from McDonalds, or eight of those lard ass-man frozen dinners that boast a pound of food per box.

Give your mom a call when you get past the first four so she can call the hospital and get your stomach pumped... pansy.