Holy Shit! 10 WWE Superstars suspended
 

WWE suspends 10 wrestlers



by Dave Meltzer

WWE today officially suspended 10 of its performers based on information received from investigators in the Albany, NY district attorneys office.

None of the names have been released but it will likely be obvious over the next week who at least some of them are.

The suspensions would likely be based on proof that performers were using Signature Pharmacy or another Internet prescription type firm after the implemenation of the Wellness policy.

The company also has informed all performers that beginning 11/1, the company will publicly release the names of anyone who is suspended under drug policy violations.

source: WO

This could potentially fuck up Unforgiven.

Not if they're all jobbers, or in development.

Um, it is probably Rey Mysterio, and now that he is gone again Batista is back up to #1 contender.

This is swweeeet... I hope Rey is on that list, as well as Khali and Batista.

Hmm, wow. I guess they aren't f'n around anymore...

Or if they are all bums then I guess they're just trying to act like they mean business...

Tista Contendership Comin' Up!

I hope the list looks something like this:

Batista, John Cena, Rey Mysterio, Randy Orton, Great Khali, Bobby Lashley, Snitsky...

Watch there be somebody really odd on their too....




Shannon Moore.

Santino Marella and Eugene, are names I can see on that list for some reason.

EVERYONE! Make your fantasy list of 10!

Santino Marella
Eugene
Highlander Rory
Jeff Hardy (if he is on that list, he is one dumb fuck for being suspended after a suspension)
Lance Cade
Balls Mahoney
Jimmy Wang Yang
Shelton Benjamin
Major Brother #1
Major Brother #2

The list will likely be a bunch of lower card guys with or two semi big names on it.

No, just typical.

The 10 are: Shannon Moore, Paul London, Brian Kindrick, Jimmy Wang Yang, Jamie Noble, both Majors, Dave Taylor, Kenny Dextra, and Rey Mysterio. All guys they don't do anything with any ways, and Rey because he is Bats' way of eternal #1 contendership.

1. Batista
2. Great Khali
3. Bobby Lashley
4. Shelton Benjamin
5. Jeff Hardy
6. Lance Cade
7-10 are guys we've never heard of

It won't be any champions, so guys like Khali, Cade, etc won't be on there.

Cade could still be on. You know damn well that the Texas guys with the big gold belts aren't REALLY Champions.

Neither Khali nor Cade would surprise me at all.

"In what can only be called perplexing, Vince McMahon has been suspended, without pay, for one month."

:shifty:

John Cena is on the list; thankfully, he will overcome the odds and make it to (insert name of next shitty PPV).

You think that's bad? He once sued himself.

Hornswaggle

hmmm
 

From the NY Daily News:

- The WWE was rocked again today, after several of wrestling's top names emerged in the Albany district attorney's probe into a widespread Internet doping scandal.

The wrestling congomerate based in Stamford announced that it will suspend 10 of its biggest stars for violation of its wellness policy.

Top wrestlers Randy Orton, Charles Haas, Jr., Adam "Edge" Copeland, Robert "Booker T" Huffman, Shane Helms, Mike Bucci, Anthony Carelli, John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan, Darren "William Regal" Matthews, Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson and Chavo Guerrero were all identified as clients of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, the site raided by Albany County and Florida law enforcement agencies in February for distributing steroids and other prescription drugs to clients who had not been examined by doctors. The investigation is part of a probe into illegal Internet drug distribution by Albany D.A. David Soares

John cena FU's the test results

If that is accurate, "Holy Shit".

WOWWWW cena could be champ for another year.

Yeah i know, not sure how reliable it is though, just looked through some pages.

lol if Edge and Helms got suspended while injured

Fuuck, Not Kennedy.

chris benoit killed his family

I wonder if their suspension will run concurrent to, or after their injury time off.

Shocked about Edge if this is all true, after reading his book, would not think the guy to dabble in that stuff. Oh well...

Buuuttt Kennedy stopped taking steroids, he said so himself. :'(

Plus i guess that would be the Triple H, King Booker angle down the shitter!

Havent they known about all of that since like March?

1. Great Khali
2. Batista
3. Rey Mysterio
4. Randy Orton
5. Santino Morella
6. Umaga
7. Chavo Guerrero
8. Dunno
9. Dunno
10. Dunno

Wait, are all those guys heels? That's funny!

Yeah that angle ended at Summerslam.

Where's Don West screaming about how bizarre it is when you need him?

So...shouldn't that mean Orton is fired?

BTW, I don't trust that list. If William Regal has been taking 'roids, then he needs to get his money back.

Then again this could be pain pills.

Bad Chavo. For shame.

Mind you these had to be done prior to Feb.... And no one knows how far before Feb.

If that list that sorta ends a few things right now...

1. Orton Vs Cena is now done with (Cena remains champ untill Mania Vs Triple H)

2. Booker T Vs Triple H feud is now done with

3. We will have to wait even longer now for Mr. Kennedy to be revealed as the bastard child (or they could just pick someone else now)

4. CM Punk is now ECW Champ

But then again how many of those are actually the ones who got suspended?

And also what kind of suspensions do they mean?

Remember, their suspension terms are shady. They could still be put on TV, but not get paid. Or get kept off of house shows or whatnot.

Yea, I assumed some were probably for pain medications.

Full article
 

I have just checked this out myself now, this is the full article on the NY news site...


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The WWE was rocked again today, after several of wrestling's top names emerged in the Albany district attorney's probe into a widespread Internet doping scandal.

The wrestling conglomerate based in Stamford announced that it will suspend 10 of its biggest stars for violation of its wellness policy.

In a list obtained exclusively by the Daily News, top wrestlers Randy Orton, Charles Haas, Jr., Adam "Edge" Copeland, Robert "Booker T" Huffman, Shane Helms, Mike Bucci, Anthony Carelli, John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan, Darren "William Regal" Matthews, Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson and Chavo Guerrero were all identified as clients of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, the site raided by Albany County and Florida law enforcement agencies in February for distributing steroids and other prescription drugs to clients who had not been examined by doctors. The investigation is part of a probe into illegal Internet drug distribution by Albany D.A. David Soares.

The WWE said in a statement that it issued suspension notices based on independent information received from the Albany D.A.

The WWE's announcement comes as members of Congress prepare to investigate steroid use in professional wrestling, as the Daily News reported today.

Two of its recently deceased stars - Chris Benoit and Eddie Guerrero - also received steroids and other drugs from Signature, as prescribed by Florida physician Gary Brandwein, who has pleaded not guilty to criminal sale of a controlled substance and criminal diversion of prescription drugs. Benoit murdered his wife and son before killing himself in June and Guerrero died in a Minneapolis hotel in 2005 from heart disease.

Guerrero received the steroids testosterone and nandrolone, along with the estrogen-blocker anastozole, a drug commonly taken by men on steroids to prevent developing breast tissue, Nov. 2, 2005, just 11 days before he died of heart disease.

Guerrero's nephew, Chavo Guerrero, found Guerrero unconscious in the hotel room.

Benoit received steroids from Signature, based on a Brandwein prescription, in February, 2006.

The WWE stars are among the first athletes to face discipline for their part in the nationwide Signature Pharmacy scandal, the Internet steroid ring that has already led to guilty pleas from nine doctors, anti-aging clinic owners and operators. Law enforcement sources have said they expect the names of numerous NFL and Major League Baseball athletes to emerge as well.

WOW, if all of this is true. If it is, Cena will be champion for another 5 years, and it looks as if Orton won't be now. Punk might actually be champion as well now.

See there is a problem with that.

11 people are mentioned and only 8 of those are currently active. And they said that 10 WWE Superstars were suspended.

So I still don't see some of those guys mentioned being taken off TV.

That's not the list of the suspended workers, just a list of who were clients of the online pharmacy in Orlando.

Oh and if anyone is wondering, Anthony Carelli = Santino Marella.

When asked for comment one wrestler, under the condition of anonymity, said, "Kennedy!"

Yup. I think this is violation number 713.

I'm from the uk, so not sure how reliable this site is...

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/20...g_scandal.html

Have a look for yourself. :)

Now...how old are these records?

Now I want to see which ones actually get suspended.

Yeah, there's 11 names on there and two of them are off injured.
There's no way that the list is the people who got suspended, but even if some are they won't be taken off of TV; they'll just work without pay or something of that nature. Even Vince isn't stupid enough to screw with his shitty storylines even more.

I am excited for names to be made public in the near future, though.

I'd mark out now if CM Punk cuts a huge promo saying how John Morrison only beat him because of steroids, being that Punk's 'straight-edge hardcore' and all.

Right, it's much better to tell the wrestlers "you're still going to get a push, just not get paid"... A push can lead to more money.

Vince needs to take them off TV and send a message to the rest of the roster. Otherwise this is just going to continue until they drop the wellness plan all together.

ESPN picked this up and they got some same names and a few different names. Here's the article.

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.

But then you're using logic, something that WWE officials have proved time and time again that they're not capable of.

I honestly think that nothing major will change TV-wise. Same characters, same storylines.

So lets no jump to any conclusions.

If it gets Morrison off my tv, i'm all for it

BDC, a Boogen title run could be in the future

Damn, even more names and details are being listed now.

From SI.com:

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.

ESPNEWS just ran a brief version of the story, mentioning that there were ten suspensions (which we know), but only naming Copeland, Orton, and Hennigan by name. I would think if they were just speculating based on the list of clients, they'd have gone for a bigger star (i.e. Batista or Chavo - with Chavo's connection to Eddie) than Hennigan, so I think those three are actually among the suspended.

Look at all the pill poppers.

lol Funaki

Seriously though I've always said to people that Cena is the one guy who has not done roids and not that he never will but he is not that guy.

I am splitting this list up four ways.

First off, the "GOD DAMN IT" list.
Randy Orton
John Morrison
Mr. Kennedy
William Regal

M'eh, I could do without a month of thse guys
King Booker
Chris Masters
Batista

M'eh
Simon Dean
Chavo Guerrero
Funkai
Charlie Haas (as long as it turns into a singles push for Shelton)

Who cares, they're injured
Edge
Shane Helms
Santino Marella

omgf kennedy is the mang1!1!1

Randy Orton sucks, where as King Booker does not, make note for next time 450.

Orton could have been the man to end Cena's year long title run. I would have gotten Unforgiven just to see Cena drop the title to Orton.
As of Kennedy, that man is money. He's the only saving grace behind the Vince's kid storyline. Just think of Kennedy vs Shane, or Kennedy vs Triple H. Kennedy is money.


....Money!

Yeah and both Shane and Trips will be carrying his ass.

Be interesting to see how things go. Sadly we might see more of BDV, Snitsky, Henry, and Khali on our screens.

People didn't bitch too much when Eddie and Angle were carrying Lesnar.

Okay, Trips might carry Kennedy, but Shane, the man who isn't a full time wrestelr? The man who has spent more time in mid air for spots than on the mat? I think Kennedy could hold his own vs any spot monkey.

Yeah but Shane will bump his ass off for Kennedy.

Actually Shane is a better seller than half of the current roster.

Kennedy can not carry a match to save his life, the last two weeks should be an indication of that.

My thoughts exactly.

:mad:!!!



.......:mad:!!!

I would also like to note that Shane McMahon is awesome.

So....HHH number one contender match on RAW?


Cause if it happens and we win, we all know Cena loses at Unforgiven :lol:

I think WWE should drive a dump truck full of money to Chris Jericho's doorstep.

I wish WWE would just say who is suspended so the speculation will end.

That is 2 months away, that is silly.

Vince on his knees would be way better.

Good God if this gets Jericho in the WWE, then fuck all the Roiders:love:

Heck Vince might even make a call to Hogan.

Yeah the King of Roids is the last guy Vince needs right now.

http://www.pwtorch.com/artman/publis...le_21532.shtml

"[WWE Attorney Jerry] McDevitt said there may be two more suspensions tomorrow. He said they have to talk with the talents to confirm information first."

No one is talking about Stiener.

Someone go check Trips, Austin, Rock, Taker for steroids right now. If they were ever heavy takers I would be very surprised. I'm sure they had their run-ins with the stuff but I doubt very much it was ever serious. The four best WWE have ever had really.

And park a private jet in his backyard.

Nah, Hogan has been taking them since Steiner was just a little kid.

But of course, when Hogan croaks, Steiner will take the crown.

And move WWE Headquarters to Jericho's home.

I'm pretty sure by this point they'd be obligated to offer everything as far as the eye could see.

Can I just add that Jericho is a God?

For no specific reason.. it's just a fact.

It's worth stating.

Cos it is. Break down the walls.

Jericho should come back, single handedly beat Cena and Khali for their titles and then feud with CM Punk for the ECW Title.

Why are the good ones always shat on?

Is that the meaing of life?

The good ones are always shat on...???