A WOMAN once married to world wrestling superstar "Stone Cold" Steve Austin is on a crusade to clean up drugs in the sport.

Jeanie Williams - also known as Lady Blossom - fought in America with her long term boyfriend Chris Adams, but fell for his apprentice Steve, and joined him ringside on his rise to stardom.

But it wasn't all glamour and glitz. Jeanie said she witnessed the dark side of the sport and the deadly effects of freely available steroids and drugs.

Now 48, she turned her back on wrestling and returned home to Southend six years ago.

More than 100 wrestlers have passed away during the last decade - including former partner Chris - and she has begged the industry to get its house in order.

She said: "It is time the governing body - World Wrestling Entertainment - brought in tougher regulations to clean up the sport.

"I have seen first hand how easy it is for wrestlers to get hold of drugs. There are plenty of doctors on the circuit who are more than happy to write out prescriptions for as many as 300 pills a day."

Jeanie has three daughters, Stephanie and Cassidy, fathered by Steve, and Jade, her first born with former partner Chris, who was linked to drugs and killed in a shooting.

Jeanie was catapulted into the ring after meeting Chris at a wrestling bout at the Cliffs Pavilion, Westcliff, during the 80s before moving with him to Los Angeles.

But he began having aggressive tendencies and although Jeanie says she was never a victim, he was imprisoned for three months after assaulting an airline pilot in 1986.

Steve, who at his peak on the wrestling programme packed out Wembley Arena, could also go off the rails.

"Drugs can change people," admitted Jeanie, who was addicted to sleeping pills and painkillers herself for two years.

"It's an easy trap to fall into because the wrestling schedule is so tough. Some of the fighters are taking part in 300 bouts a year."

Jeanie says vanity-fuelled steroid intakes were another big problem, which could lead to mood swings and unpredictable cases of aggression.

"All the wrestlers want to have good bodies and look the best," she said.

"But taking so many steroids can lead to roid-rage' which can make the user unpredictable and aggressive."

Jeanie wants the WWE to test wrestlers for drugs every two weeks.

"At the moment they get tested something like four times a year so it is easy to get away with it.

" If any illegal substances were discovered they should be suspended immediately and helped to rehabilitate before coming back into the sport.

But is wrestling fixed? "Yeah, it's all theatrical, but people still get hurt and the spectators love it," Jeanie admitted.