WWE suspends 10 wrestlers

[Enigma 0]

Misterrrrrrrrrrrrrrr UNEMPLOYED..........UNEMPLOYED

 

Damn I didnt even wear my Kennedy shirt yet, now its a collectors items, maybe. that sucks for who ever is suspended, but they really need to stop taking roids already, have they learned nothing from Eddies death? From Angles general behavior?

 

It's likely that some of these people stopped being customers a long time ago. Kennedy admitted to steroid use before February 2006. It does go way back, considering that Eddie Guerrero was one of the names on the list, and he's been dead for almost two years now.

[Dobbs 3K 0]

Well, this is going to be really amusing.

[Bix 0]

It's an anti-aging/rejuvenation bullshit place and part of a steroid investigation, they're steroid prescriptions.

 

If you're injured, your downside is withheld.

[razazteca 0]

have they learned nothing from Eddies death? From Angles general behavior?

When the owner and his (extended) family is on the juice then nothing will ever change.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

KENNEDY!

[Downhome 0]

Man... at this rate, The Brooklyn Brawler will be revealed as Vince's son.

 

Nah, it'll be Paul London. Remember the smile...remember the smile. He knew all along!

 

And, oh yeah, this shit is huge.

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

Well all that empty space was sure worth that joke.

[Bix 0]

Update! http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2007/08/...ng_scandal.html

 

Eddie "Umaga" Fatu

[Vigo 0]

Update! http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2007/08/...ng_scandal.html

 

Eddie "Umaga" Fatu

 

Funaki?

 

[TheSSNintendo 0]

I just saw on ESPNews that John Morrison/Johnny Nitro/John Hennigan was suspended as well.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

Well, I saw the headline on ESPNews. Let this be a lesson WWE Super Stars. Don't get all you steroids and pain killers from the same pharmacy.

[goldengreek 0]

Cant believe Cena keeps his nose clean. The one guy we need to get suspended never has his name on any list

[LJSexay 0]

time for manymany fun tournaments to take place! There is NO way things can go along as usual if some of these guys - let alone all of them - are suspended.

[USC Wuz Robbed! 0]

Cant believe Cena keeps his nose clean. The one guy we need to get suspended never has his name on any list

 

Yes, we definitely need the top guy to get suspended for no reason. Good thinking there.

[Vampiro69 0]

Cant believe Cena keeps his nose clean. The one guy we need to get suspended never has his name on any list

 

Great idea, lets hope that the top guy in the WWE gets busted.

[Prophet of Mike Zagurski 0]

What about HHH and HBK? They must be getting they're stuff from a 3rd party.

[goldengreek 0]

Cant believe Cena keeps his nose clean. The one guy we need to get suspended never has his name on any list

 

Yes, we definitely need the top guy to get suspended for no reason. Good thinking there.

For the much needed title change

[Enigma 0]

Boy, what a disaster this would have been had Batista and Orton won the titles at the PPV.

[Enigma 0]

CURRENT CHAMPION REVEALED IN CUSTOMER LIST

 

The New York Daily News is now reporting that Eddie Fatu, better known as WWE Intercontinental Champion Umaga, is on the list of customers of Signature Pharmacy.

[Hawk 34 0]

Leave it to someone here to express disappointment that John Cena wasn't among those on the list. The fact Cena keeps himself clean or at least has the intelligence to avoid having his name caught in these investigations is a blessing for WWE.

[milliondollarchamp 0]

If it is 30 days for first time offenders how long will orton be suspended for?

[DrVenkman PhD 0]

WWE wrestlers are so screwed this time

 

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Sports Illustrated has received information on the drugs and dates received by various WWE wrestlers, all of whom fall after the institution of the Wellness policy.

 

Based on these dates, the entire policy's credibility is shot in the sense there were detectable drugs purchased by talent through Internet doctors, a practice banned by the company's Wellness policy.

 

In addition, Ken Anderson (Mr. Kennedy) comes across like a complete fool becasue his last package was sent in February, one full year after he claimed to have gotten clean due to the Policy. Between October 2006 and February 2007, Anderson received Anastrozole (which is not a steroid, but used to counter affects of steroids such as development of female breast tissue), Somatropin (a Growth Hormone) and testosterone (an anabolic steroid).

 

Others listed in the article were:

 

Chris Benoit receiving Nandrolone and Anastrozole in February 2006.

 

Eddy Guerrero receiving Nandrolone, Testosterone and Anastrozole two weeks before his death.

 

Chavo Guerrero receiving many drugs, including Somatropin, Nandrolone and Anastrozole as late as May 2006.

 

Shane Helms receiveing testosterone, Genotropin (Growth Hormone) and Nandralone as late as February 2007.

 

Randy Orton receiving Somatropin, Nandrolone and Stanazolol as late as February 2007.

 

John Hennigan aka John Morrison getting Somatropin, Anastrozole, Testosterone, Stanazolol and HCG as late as February 2007.

 

Shoichi Funaki receiving Somatropin in March 2006.

 

Brian Adams received Nandrolone, Testosterone and Somatropin in December.

 

Charlie Haas received Aanstrozole, Somatropin, Stanazolol, Nandrolone and HCG as late as January

 

Edward Fatu (Umaga) received Somatropin as late as December.

 

Darren Matthews (William Regal) recieved Stanozolol, Somatropin, Genotropin and Anastrozole as late as November.

 

Adam Copeland received Somatropin, Genotropin and Stanazolol as late as February. This must have included new evidence because government evidence on Copeland received by the Observer in May listed Copeland as not having received anything doctors were under investigation for in several years.

 

Sylvan Grenier received Somatropin, Nandrolone, Genotropin and Stanazolol as late as July 2006. Grenier has was fired by the company two weeks ago for unrelated reasons.

 

The company by the wording of its policy would be forced to suspend these wrestlers, aside from Benoit and Guerrero, because this would indicate flagrant violations of the policy after implementation.

 

The company suspended ten wrestlers, but this list only includes nine active wrestlers, two of whom, Helms and Copeland, are out indefinitely due to injuries.

 

Orton, Morrison, Matthews and Fatu were all key characters on television. Given the nature of the television as late as Tuesday, WWE could not have made the decision to suspend until Wednesday at the earliest, and most likely the decision was made this morning.

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Here is the list of names, the drugs they got, and when they got them. Everything from February 2006-current would be not allowed under the Wellness policy and would require a suspension.

 

Since last summer, Sports Illustrated reporters Luis Fernando Llosa and L. Jon Wertheim have been investigating an illegal steroid distribution network that has implicated pro athletes. On Feb. 27, the reporters accompanied federal and state drug enforcement agents on a coordinated raid of an Orlando compound pharmacy and a Jupiter, Fla., "anti-aging" clinic that investigators allege conspired to fraudulently prescribe steroids, human growth hormone and other performance enhancing drugs over the Internet.

 

With its rare confluence of hot button topics -- sports, kids, death, and drugs -- the double-murder, suicide case involving pro wrestler Chris Benoit and his family made for a cause celebre last summer. When the news cycle passed and the media turned its attention to a corrupt NBA referee and an NFL quarterback financing a dogfighting ring, investigators continued to explore the pipeline that enabled professional athletes to obtain steroids and human growth hormone through a chain of compound pharmacies, "anti-aging" clinics and venal doctors who often rubber-stamped prescriptions, sometimes without treating their "patients."

 

As the WWE is embattled by charges that its wrestlers die early and unexpectedly with alarming frequency, it must now counter evidence that the culture is awash in illicit drug use. That cause wasn't helped on Thursday, when, based on information provided to the WWE by the Albany District Attorney's office, the organization suspended 10 wrestlers for violating the company's drug policy.

 

While the WWE declined to release the names of the suspended athletes, SI has learned that a dozen professional wrestlers have received steroids and/or human growth hormone through the drug network. The WWE would not confirm which, if any, of the following wrestlers are among those suspended:

 

• Benoit, who died June 24, 2007, received nandrolone and anastrozole in February 2006. (Anastrozole is used by athletes to counter side effects of steroid use, such as water retention and breast enlargement.)

 

• Two weeks prior to Eddie Guerrero's death on Nov. 13, 2005, he was sent nandrolone, testosterone, and anastrozole. Guerrero died in a Minneapolis hotel room due to what a coroner later ruled as heart disease, complicated by an enlarged heart resulting from a history of anabolic steroid use.

 

• Chavo Guerrero, who found his uncle Eddie dead in the Minneapolis hotel room, received, among other drugs, somatropin (HGH), nandrolone and anastrozole between April 2005 and May 2006.

 

• Between November 2003 and February 2007, Shane Helms, a/k/a The Hurricane, received, among other drugs, testosterone, genotropin (HGH) and nandrolone. (As previously reported by SI, he allegedly received HGH from an Arizona doctor in 2005.)

 

• Starting in September 2004 through February 2007, Randy Orton received somatropin, nandrolone, stanozolol.

 

• John Hennigan, a/k/a Johnny Nitro, a.k.a. Johnny Morrison, is the current WWE Extreme Championship Wrestling's heavyweight champion. Between June 2006 and February 2007 he was prescribed somatropin, anastrozole, testosterone, stanozolol and chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone produced naturally during pregnancy. (HCG is taken by anabolic steroid users to stimulate the production of testosterone, which is suppressed as a result of steroid use.)

 

• Ken Anderson, a/k/a Mr. Kennedy, lost to Eddie Guerrero in Guerrero's final match on Nov. 11, 2005. Kennedy received shipments of anastrozole, somatropin and testosterone between October 2006 and February 2007.

 

• Shoichi Funaki received somatropin in March 2006.

 

• Brian Adams, a/k/a Crush, who retired from the pro circuit in 2001, was found dead of unknown causes on Aug. 13. He received nandrolone, testosterone and Somatropin or HGH in December 2006.

 

• Charles Haas was prescribed anastrozole, somatropin, stanozolol, nandrolone and chorionic gonadotropin between August 2006 and January 2007.

 

• Edward Fatu received somatropin between July and December 2006.

 

• Between November 2004 and November 2006, Darren Matthews received stanozolol, somatropin, genotropin, and anastrozole.

 

• Adam Copeland, a/k/a Edge, received somatropin, genotropin (both HGH), and stanozolol between September 2004 and February 2007.

 

• Sylvain Grenier received somatropin, nandrolone, genotropin and stanozolol, starting in February 2005 through July 2006.

 

Through WWE spokesman Gary Davis, the applicable WWE wrestlers listed above declined comment.

 

In the wake of Eddie Guerrero's steroid-related death, the WWE instituted a "Talent Wellness Program" in February 2006. The policy "prohibits the use of performance-enhancing drugs, as well as other prescription drugs which can be abused, if taken for other than a legitimate medical purpose pursuant to a valid prescription from a licensed and treating physician. For purposes of WWE's policy, prescriptions obtained over the Internet and/or from suppliers of prescription drugs from the Internet are not considered to have been given for a legitimate medical purpose."

 

Under the Talent Wellness Program, an initial positive test triggers to a 30-day suspension and a second positive leads to a 60-day suspension. A third positive yields a termination.

 

After Benoit's death, Representative Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) contacted the WWE requesting more information on the Talent Wellness Program. In addition to the rash of recent wrestler deaths, Congress has expressed concerned that the WWE counts more than more 500,000 kids among its weekly viewership.

 

 

[Hawk 34 0]

Will they at least have Umaga and Morrison drop the titles before serving the suspensions? Umaga could easily be written out with the routine "Because he can't be controlled, he is therefore, stripped of the title" but Morrison would probably have to hot shot the title over to Punk or knowing WWE, to Big Daddy V. Orton won't hurt because they can use the same aforementioned act with Umaga on him as well.

[BorneAgain 0]

Curious if Booker is gone as well, as he's not mentioned in the SI article and this is the first time he's been mentioned in connection with something like this.

[Brett Favre 0]

Now Cena can retain the belt for a year, and when Orton comes back he'll win it then.

 

At least CM Punk will become ECW Champ now.

[JustJoe2k5 0]

With the rules of what would fall under the "wellness policy" and the list of names given, this looks like the ten guys:

 

Chavo Guerrero

Shane Helms

Randy Orton

John Morrison

Mr. Kennedy

Funaki

Charlie Haas

Umaga

William Regal

Edge

[Guest Pythagoras]

Now Cena can retain the belt for a year, and when Orton comes back he'll win it then.

 

At least CM Punk will become ECW Champ now.

 

I doubt they put a belt on any of the suspended guys for a while once they get back. That would look really, really bad.

[Brett Favre 0]

I wouldn't put it past them. Plus if they run that "Is too dangerous and can't be controlled angle" while he's suspended, he'll look like a badass.

[bob_barron 0]

Damn John, don't use it all in one place

[Diamonddust 0]

Get ready for an extended path of destruction by Snitsky on Raw.

 

I'm guessing I'm not alone in saying that Chavo is the most disappointing name on the list, all things considered.