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10 Superstars Suspended
Topic Started: Aug 30 2007, 03:49 PM (285 Views)
James
From werstlinginc.com

-- World Wrestling Entertainment officially suspended ten of its performers today, based on information from investigators in the Albany, NY district attorney's office.

None of the names have been released, although it will be obvious over the next week who they are.

The suspensions would most likely be based on proof that performers were using Signature Pharmacy or another Internet prescription type firm after the company's implementation of its Wellness Policy.

WWE also informed its performers that beginning on November 1st, they would be releasing the names of anyone who is suspended after drug policy violations.

When more information is available on this we will pass it along.
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Mayhem
well their goes 10 superstars wonder who they are
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James
Probably not anyone real big.
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bet masters gets it for steriods again
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Credit: PWMania


WWE suspends 10 for violating policy that requires drug tests

Updated: August 30, 2007, 6:18 PM ET

World Wrestling Entertainment, under fire since one of its top stars was involved in a double-murder suicide, announced the suspension of 10 of its wrestlers on Thursday.

They are being suspended for violating the WWE's "wellness policy."

The move comes as investigators from the Albany, N.Y., district attorney's office have been gathering information about steroid use by WWE wrestlers as part of a wide ranging investigation into online pharmacies and the doctors who write prescriptions for them.

WWE did not release the names of those suspended. A source close to the investigation said that WWE was told that the following wrestlers were among the clients of one of the pharmacies under investigation, Signature of Orlando: Shoichi Funaki, Dave Bautista, Adam "Edge" Copeland, Chris "Masters" Mordetsky, John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan, and Shane Helms. Chris Benoit, the wrestler who killed his wife and son before hanging himself in June, was also a Signature client, as were two other wrestlers who recently died, Eddie Guerrero and Brian "Crush" Adams.

The Albany district attorney's office is examining online prescription mills where doctors get paid as little as $25 to issue online prescriptions, which in turn are filled by friendly pharmacies. In addition to Signature, its investigators raided pharmacies in Mobile, Ala. and Bay Ridge, N.Y.

Among those who have pleaded guilty are a Florida doctor named Claire Godfrey, who has admitted to prescribing performance-enhancing drugs at least two WWE wrestlers. In exchange for a plea that will keep her out of prison, she is cooperating with prosecutors.

The suspensions, which were accompanied by a WWE pledge to make future actions public after Nov. 1, comes at a time of mounting pressure on the WWE. A spokesman for the House Energy & Commerce Committee said Thursday that its commerce subcommittee will be holding hearings into the WWE in late September. The aide said a witness list has not been finalized.

Also looking into the company is the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In a request that parallels what was asked of Major League Baseball, the committee is seeking a list of drugs covered by the WWE's policies, the number of tests it conducts annually, the protocols followed after a positive test and the procedures for awarding exemptions.

The issue of steroids and WWE largely faded until late June, when Benoit killed his wife and son in their suburban Atlanta home before hanging himself. His body was found to have 10 times the normal level of testosterone, as well as the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and the painkiller hydrocodone, authorities said.

The WWE instituted its current drug testing policy after the November 2005 death of Benoit's best friend, Guerrero, 38, who was found dead in a hotel room in Minneapolis. On Aug. 15, a day before WWE officials met with the Albany prosecutors, Adams, 44, was found dead of undetermined causes in his Florida home. Toxicology tests are pending.

The WWE has insisted that it randomly tests its 180 athletes at least four times a year. But its program has been criticized by a number of people, including David Black, the president of Aegis Sciences, a laboratory in Nashville that runs the WWE's testing program. "The intention is not to punish, but to get them [the wrestlers] to engage in a different lifestyle," Black said in a July story in the New York Times.
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wow that is so sad, but u know of all people I thought Lashley's name would've been among the list
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I know most of you think this is bad news.. and in a big way it is. But. I'm looking forward to seeing how the work around this. I think Mysterio will take Batista's place on the top of smackdown... along with Kahlie Undertaker, and Mark Henry.

Umaga is the IC Champ... so something has to be done with that.
Same with Morrison.. and the ECW World Championship.

So yeah... there is some good new here. WWE will be forced to change things up.. mix things up, and that's what I'm looking forward too.

I haven't heard all the names yet... is Kennedy and Orton on the list?
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Chris
Holy crap! Hope they are not suspended for a long time...
It would be good to get Cena out of the picture for some time, though
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Hol-ee Jesus! What is that? What the fuck is that!

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James
Thats not a confirmed list of the suspended wrestlers. They were just buying drugs online.
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