Van Dam, Sabu - Busted in Ohio?
 

According to TPWW's own news and other sites Rob and Sabu got busted driving back from a show when a cop busted Rob for speeding. They immediatly smelled pot, and searched the car. They found pot and vicodin on Rob, and other medication on Sabu. So here's what i'm wondering:

a) is this true?
b) what the fuck action is WWECW going to take?
c) will anyone even care?

The Ironton Tribune is reporting today that Rob Van Dam and Sabu were arrested Sunday night as they were driving from yesterday's ECW show in Huntington, WV to tonight's Raw taping in Philadelphia, PA. RVD was driving the car near Hanging Rock, OH when they were pulled over for speeding. When the trooper approached the car, he smelled marijuana and performed a search. The story reported that RVD, real name Robert Szatowski, was found to have 18 grams of marijuana and five Vicodin in his possession.

The story also stated that Sabu, real name Terry Brunk, "was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and also had nine pills that were not immediately identifiable, but were known to be controlled substances, according to the OSHP." They were cited and posted bond at the scene. They are both scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. on Thursday in Ironton Municipal Court.

Source: http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=18912&p=1

If this is true, and the WWE enforces their policy, they just lost their ECW and WWE champion and main non-champion ECW star.

Boy, if ECW wasn't fucked before, it is now.

If Van Dam loses the title tonight or tomorrow, we'll know why...

lol at ECW

is it possible to be addicted to pot?

Are you being serious?

Of course pot is addictive, what drug isn't addictive?

But on subject, Sabu and RVD put the high in Ohio.

Paul Heyman is on death watch right about now.

Looks like Ecw may soon take a nose dive right the shitter, for me these were the few I watched Ecw for, and If they leave, Cena gets his title back, and Ecw not have anyone to shine the spotlight on besides Angle, it may be a rough time, thankfully Angle is good enough to M.E by himself and still have a great match :P , but seriously I can see Ecw pull through this but it will add some turmoil to Raw and Smackdown to help fix things, Anyone have any insight on what may happen?

I'm guessing there may be a few more drafts to replace rvd and sabu, if they have to leave for awhile.

Too bad Angle is taking time off.

Angle's taking time off, so you can forget about him carrying the company, unless he stays on in what could be an emergency situatation.

yeah, ecw losing angle, rvd and sabu is pretty much a deathblow, and I had forgot angle was taking time off.

Like I said they may have to draft a few people at least for a bit until angle rvd and sabu come back after they heal / suspension runs up

The following is from the WWE's policy, and basically says that we can say bye bye to both Sabu and RVD...

"13. DISCIPLINE FOR VIOLATION OF LAW

Any Talent who is arrested, convicted or who admits to a violation of law relating to use, possession, purchase, sale or distribution of prohibited drugs will be in material breach of contract and subject to immediate dismissal.

Source: http://www.pwinsider.com/ViewArticle.asp?id=18913&p=1

Since the WWE went so public with this (considering it was covered on the news), they have to follow through if it's true, otherwise there could be problems with stockholders, among other things.

Now that sounds as bad as it can get!

In the words of Carlito

"That, Thats not cool"

ya, kinda shitty. Both PWBTS and Wrestleview have it up too, and both are usually pretty reliable.

Bye bye Rob. At least your title reign lasted longer than Kane & Edge's.

You have to laugh though, if ECW dies, then Vince will nail these two to the cross for it. He now has the scapegoats he needs.

Very interesting situation all around.

On one hand, we now know for a complete and certain fact that RVD's stoner character isn't kayfabe, which is kind of cool in it's own way.

On the other hand, Van Dam is probably at the highest peak of his career right now what with main eventing both RAW and ECW shows and holding both the WWE Championship and ECW Championship. It's a shame that he's going to have to lose the belts and his push this way.

Will WWE give RVD and Sabu full releases? Would they go so far with this drug testing enactment as to get rid of two of their biggest stars and let them go to another promotion?


In my opinion, it's just weed, and RVD and Sabu both take enough high impact risks to need pain medication. They definitely don't deserve to be fired over this stupid bullshit.

If WWE goes through with their policy then people at TNA must be fucking dancing right now.

If Van Dam goes to TNA I will watch it every week until it dies.

I think we may have a get out clause for not releasing Van Dam at least. The words "subject to" means they shouldn't be surprised if it happens, but it doesn't mean it WILL happen.

RVD will get sent to rehab and Sabu will be released.

i was waiting for rvd to get busted it was only a matter of time.

Yeah, you'd NEED to be stoned to be involved in this shit.

Nobody gets higher than Rob...Van...Dam.

Well except for maybe Sabu, but then again 90% of the time he botches it.

Have you ever heard the phrase "subjected to ______?"

Subject doesn't mean that it might happen, it means it will happen to them.

Of course, WWE won't fire RVD. But did ANYONE think that their wellness plan was worth the paper it was printed on?

But they sent Joey Mercury to rehab, so it must be working!

Check the facts, Weed isn't addictive. Now yes, when theres some around people will smoke a great deal of it, but that doesn't mean its addictive. Addiction is when you can't cope with out a drug, and many people who smoke weed can go without it. (I know many people who smoke weed, very well educated on drugs they're to, like me, and they all say the samething)

Btw, I can name quite a few drugs that aren't addictive.

LSD, ketamine, mushrooms, just to name a few. Go research drugs before you claim every fucking drug is addictive, alright, just from that statement of yours its clear I know far more on this subject than you do.

lol There goes ECW!

Actually I think RVD's punishment will be is that he will be subjected to having sex with Lita.

I think that was Edge's punishment for having his lackluster babyface run in 2004.

Thanks Doogie Howser.

lmao.

The story of the WWE right now: even when good things happen, they end up unhappening.

You say "many people" can go without it. What about the people who aren't lumped into the "many" category? It would have to be addictive to some extent to say "many" and not "ALL" people (who use it) can go without it.

Actually, considering habit-forming drugs are considered psychologically addicting, check your facts before you dismiss someone. And please, check what your description of addiction is, as you're kind of, well, wrong there.

Many people can go without niccotine, too. I guess that's not addictive.

OH WAIT I GUESS THERE GOES THAT THEORY.

ROFL maybe they might get the Orton threatment by getting "injured" whilst suspended or something.

http://www.irontontribune.com/

I want a copy of the front page of their newspaper.

Awesome, Tanner Brooks will be racing at the County Fair Next week.

Maybe Edge will win the titles tomorrow

ROFLCopter

Two wrestling superstars from Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment may be tough in the ring, but they didn’t have enough muscle to escape drug charges after being stopped

LOL, kicking them when they're down.

Now, I'm all for legalization, since marijuana is a lot less dangerous than tobacco or alcohol, and a ridiculous percentage of the U.S. prison population is incarcerated on pot-related charges...

HOWEVER

It's not "just" weed when your company has gone very public with an anti-substance policy and you're two of the most visible aspects of that company. I love RVD and Sabu, but this was absolutely fucking idiotic.

I know it's cool (for some ridiculous reason) to rebel against authority by lighting up, but they HAD to know they were going to get caught, and they deserve to be punished for their own stupidity.