A PROFESSIONAL wrestler killed himself after getting heart failure from taking muscle-building steroids, an inquest heard.

Mark Gedge, 44, known as Dynamic Domino, went into a "deep depression" when doctors banned him from the gym.

3 Pofessional wrestler Mark Gedge killed himself after discovering his heart was packing up because of steroid abuse Credit: Athena Picture Agency

3 18st Mark wrestled professionally as Dynamic Domino Credit: Athena Picture Agency

An inquest heard his heart was working at just 36 per cent of the normal capacity because of his use of bodybuilding drugs.

Mark, a presenter with Sunshine Radio in Hereford, told bosses he needed time off work and was going camping.

He was found dead from carbon monoxide poisoning in a tent on the Brecon Beacon mountains in June.

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His mother Shirley Barber told the inquest in Brecon, South Wales: "It seems that because of steroid abuse he had the heart condition.

"His ex-wife said he had been injecting steroids.

"A scan showed his heart was only working at 36 per cent.

"It meant he couldn't workout in the gym and he went into a deep depression."

3 Mark's heart was working at only 36 per cent capacity after years of steroid use, a coroner heard Credit: Athena Picture Agency

Eighteen-stone Mark, of Ledbury, Hereford, wrestled on the European circuit and had just returned from the States when doctors discovered his weak heart.

Powys coroner Andrew Barclay said: "It appears he was upset about his health condition and deliberately killed himself."

Verdict: suicide.

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