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| Breaking News: Top WWE Stars Suspended; Names Revealed Written by: Steve Carrier - August 30th, 2007 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. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2007/08/...ng_scandal.html |
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| And I'm sure all of you know that Mike Bucci was Simon Dean/Nova. |
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| ESPN has an article online about the WWE suspensions, as well as the list of wrestlers that were clients of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando. ESPN is naming Shoichi Funaki, Dave Bautista (Batista), Adam Copeland (Edge), Chris Mordetsky (Masters), John Hennigan (Morrison), and Shane Helms as being clients of Signature Pharmacy. Batista, Funaki and Masters are new names to the list, while the others were included in the list published by the New York Daily News earlier today. Source: PWInsider. |
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| Based on records obtained through sources by the Observer months back, Copeland's last reported prescription came several years ago, when he was recuperating from neck surgery. So many of these incidents here may have predated the Wellness policy implemented in February 2006. It is known Orton and Helms' had transactions that predated the policy, and that the timing of both Copeland and Helms' transactions at the time came during periods of injury rehabilitation. So it may not yet be the time to make Ken Anderson look like a fool, depending on the date, because he has admitted use prior to February of 2006. wrestlingobserver.com/wo/news/headlines/default.asp?aID=20579 |
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| In an update that calls into question the credibility of WWE Wellness Policy, which bans the purchase of prescription drugs from Internet doctors, Sports Illustrated revealed that numerous wrestlers (many under WWE contract) allegedly received steroids, growth hormone and other prescription drugs via a supposed Florida-based Internet drug network in the past two years. __ Chavo Guerrero received somatropin (HGH), nandrolone and anastrozole from April 2005 to May 2006. __ Shane Helms received testosterone, genotropin (HGH) and nandrolone from November 2003 to February 2007. __ Randy Orton received somatropin, nandrolone, and stanozolol from September 2004 to February 2007. __ John Morrison was prescribed somatropin, anastrozole, testosterone, stanozolol and chorionic gonadotropin from June 2006 to February 2007. __ Mr. Kennedy received anastrozole, somatropin and testosterone from October 2006 to February 2007. __ Funaki received somatropin in March 2006. __ Charlie Haas was prescribed nastrozole, somatropin, stanozolol, nandrolone and chorionic gonadotropin from August 2006 to January 2007. __ Umaga received somatropin between July and December 2006. __ William Regal received stanozolol, somatropin, genotropin, and anastrozole from November 2004 to November 2006. __ Edge received somatropin, genotropin (both HGH), and stanozolol from September 2004 and February 2007. __ Recently released Sylvan Grenier received somatropin, nandrolone, genotropin and stanozolol from February 2005 to July 2006. __ The late Brian Adams, who was not under WWE contract, received nandrolone, testosterone and Somatropin in December 2006. -- The late Chris Benoit received nandrolone and anastrozole in February 2006. -- Eddie Guerrero received nandrolone, testosterone, and anastrozole two weeks prior to his death in November 2005. WWE announced that ten wrestlers were suspended in response to information it received from the Albany County DA office. It did not reveal the identities of the ten names. |
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| A meeting was held with talent at the Smackdown/ECW taping yesterday afternoon. Details are below. - Stephanie McMahon said 13 wrestlers have been suspended for buying drugs from online pharmacies and two others have been suspended for drug screening failures. WWE has only confirmed 11 suspensions publicly. This means that either Stephanie said the wrong number or four others have been suspended. That means a total of 15 wrestlers could be suspended, plus the firing of Mike Bucci. - Stephanie also told the wrestlers that Vince McMahon was looking forward to the upcoming Congressional hearings on pro-wrestling, saying that he was thinking of wearing a clown wig and shoes to make a point about the entire process. - Batista spoke up at the meeting, saying the reports that named him as a customer of Signature Pharmacy were false and that he has never received anything from online pharmacies. He asked Stephanie what he could do legally about that and she told him that he needs to discuss that with his personal attorneys. Batista was apparently very upset about his name being in the reports, standing by his statement that he has never purchased drugs from online pharmacies. - At the end of the meeting, Triple H gave a speech to try and raise morale. He told the wrestlers that they may feel like they are in a horrible business right now, but to remember that they have the greatest job in the world and a job they have all dreamed of doing. He said he was proud to be a pro-wrestler and that it is important that all the boys stick together and work through this tough time for the pro-wrestling industry. Credit: PWInsider.com |