Top Names Stars Suspended

[Slim99]

World Wrestling Entertainment, under fire since one of its top stars was involved in a double-murder suicide, announced the suspension of more then 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:

Stars Suspended
Randy Orton,
Charles Haas, Jr.
Adam "Edge" Copeland
Robert "Booker T" Huffman
Shane "Gregory Helms"Helms
Mike "Nova/Simon Dean" Bucci
Anthony "Santino Marella" Carelli
John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan
Darren "William Regal" Matthews
Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson
Chavo Guerrero
Dave "Batista" Bautista
Shoichi Funaki
Chris "Masters" Mordetsky


Chris Benoit, was also a Signature client, as were two other wrestlers who recently died, Eddie Guerrero and Brian "Crush" Adams.
are listed on espn.com

[ac-n-mike]

my opinions on each of these guys etc (30+days is the suspension)

Randy Orton-----this KILLS the angle he is currently in, but a suspension for KICKING Cena's dad in the face could be thier excuse

Charles Haas, Jr.----does it really matter?

Adam "Edge" Copeland---he's out having surgery anyway..BUT it's interesting to note that he was REALLY close to Benoit

Robert "Booker T" Huffman---this ruins his push, AND his Housotn based training facility since he said he was "one of the clean guys left in the industry"

Shane "Gregory Helms"Helms---again...does it really matter?

Mike "Nova/Simon Dean" Bucci---this guy hasnt been on TV in months! LOL

Anthony "Santino Marella" Carelli---who cares

John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan---does anyone actualyl still watch ECW? the WWE ruined it a LONG time ago

Darren "William Regal" Matthews---he's the COMISH on RAW so this should be interesting..but he's not wrestling so...who cares?

Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson--this DESTROYS the WHO IS VINCE'S baby storyline..he was supposed to be the BASTARD child and it was to be revealed on MONDAY...BUT>..yea this is ROUGH

Chavo Guerrero---DISCUTS me that this UNCLE Eddie died becasue of steroid use and he is doing them himself...DISCUSTING!

Dave "Batista" Bautista---wow he is using I'M SHOCKED lol his VEINS are bigger than my arms LOL but this sux I like this guy

Shoichi Funaki---for the love of god WHO CARES LOL!

Chris "Masters" Mordetsky---looks like the MASTERPIECE isnt all natural LOL


this will mess up a few storylines but ONCE AGAIN they will come out of it fine.....people are NOT surprised that wrestlers do the ROIDS...just surprised it took YEARS to do something about it

[RX24]

batista was prolly the most obvious. he was pretty thin when he was in evolution then all of the sudden he gets all that muscle

[02viperacr]

WoW ... that is a Preety Big List of Suspended Guys .. and some big Names ... CraZZZZ


C

[Hands]

What are they gonna do about Mr Kennedy's storyline now?
Will be waiting for your next spoilers Slim

[Slim99]

WWE talent executive Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci was released today by WWE

Bucci worked as a high-up in all the developmental territories. Dave Scherer is reporting that the word among the wrestlers is that Bucci was called in for a meeting today by WWE in the wake of his name being mentioned by the The New York Daily News yesterday as being someone on the list of workers named in the Signature Pharmacy growth enhancing drug scandal.

Bucci's dealings with Signature took place when he was still an active wrestler, not a manager.

[stanandgee]

they should check john cena also

[ac-n-mike]

Originally Posted by Slim99

WWE talent executive Mike "Simon Dean" Bucci was released today by WWE

Bucci worked as a high-up in all the developmental territories. Dave Scherer is reporting that the word among the wrestlers is that Bucci was called in for a meeting today by WWE in the wake of his name being mentioned by the The New York Daily News yesterday as being someone on the list of workers named in the Signature Pharmacy growth enhancing drug scandal.

Bucci's dealings with Signature took place when he was still an active wrestler, not a manager.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH big loss LOL this guys hasnt been on TV since .....hmmmm....when ws the last time he was on tv? LOL

[Slim99]

Orton Not Suspended?

WWE is also holding a Raw House Show tonight in Terra Haute, IN. A press release for the event has seen Mr. Kennedy and WWE Intercontinental Champion Umaga already pulled from the card. Randy Orton is still listed on the card leading people to believe he hasn't been suspended. There are people within WWE who are under the belief Orton wasn't suspended

P.S
CM Punk just defeated John Morrison to capture the ECW Title at the SD! and ECW TV tapings in Cincinnati, OH.

[Slim99]

Huge Must Read Update: Full List Of All Past Suspended Stars

Randy Orton - Suspended twice; in April 2006 and August 2006. What lead to Orton's first suspension was when he decided to openly smoke a rolled marijuana cigarette backstage with people present at the March 28, 2006 SmackDown taping in the Kemper Arena in Kansas City the week prior to WrestleMania. An official (Bruce "Brother Love" Prichard) found out about it and notified other people in management. Orton was already in hot water with management over several past infractions and that action was the straw that broke the camel's back. On April 4, 2006, Orton was suspended for 60 days for "unprofessional conduct." While suspended, Orton spent four weeks at an anger management clinic in Atlanta. Orton returned to action on June 7, 2006 for a feud with Kurt Angle.

Orton was suspended again in mid-August 2006 for a Wellness Policy violation. After the liver enzyme deal broke out, which ruined a number of matches for the Great American Bash in July 2006, Vince McMahon made the decision to dock pay from all Wellness Policy violators for however long the suspension would last, while keeping them on the road in the meantime. McMahon wasn't fond of the suspensions ruining ongoing storylines, so that's why he made his decision. Violators would continue to work television, but be kept off house shows. At the time, Orton was in the midst of a high-profile feud with Hulk Hogan as they were building towards a match at SummerSlam, and there was no way that they were going to remove him from television. Orton kept appearing on television, but without pay. He was removed from house shows for a little over a month. His last match at a house show event was on August 12, 2006. He didn't appear at another house show event until September 20, 2006 during a tour in Mexico. To save face, Orton claimed that his house show hiatus was due to him moving into a new home with his fiancée -- which is actually true, however, he was indeed serving a suspension during this time frame as well.

It would appear that Orton has two strikes against him, but more than likely, only has one strike against him. In the original WWE drug policy that was introduced on February 27, 2006, when it came to marijuana, if not legally prescribed by a physician, any use of it would fit under violation of the new policy. The original policy stated, "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." Orton was indeed in possession of marijuana, seeing how he was openly smoking a rolled marijuana cigarette backstage at the SmackDown taping the week before WrestleMania 23. However, the company doesn't test for marijuana, not to mention that the company labeled his suspension as "unprofessional conduct." So well, it would appear as though that Orton's first suspension was more of a conduct violation in WWE's eyes, rather than a Wellness Policy violation because it didn't involve law enforcement like in the case of Rob Van Dam. Orton doesn't appear to be danger of being terminated from the company after what WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt said in a recent interview.

McDevitt stated in an interview with Newsday last night that eleven wrestlers were being suspended for violating the WWE Wellness Policy. McDevitt noted than ten of the eleven wrestlers were first-time offenders and that only one individual was a second-time offender. The second-time offender will be suspended for 60 days. He didn't say anything about a possible third-time offender who would be in danger of being fired. Of the twenty-one wrestlers named as clients of the corrupt Internet drug firm Signature Pharmacy, only Randy Orton and Chris Masters have previous Wellness Policy violations on their respective records -- at least that we know of. However, the only wrestler that has been confirmed of purchasing drugs over the Internet after the WWE Wellness Policy was implemented in February 2006 is Randy Orton. Masters wasn't listed in the Sports Illustrated article so he's not totally guilty yet. Sports Illustrated noted that Orton received Somatropin, Nandrolone and Stanozolol through Signature Pharmacy from September 2004 until the firm was busted in February 2007. Stanozolol and Nandrolone are anabolic steroids. Somatropin is a Growth Hormone drug. Considering that Sports Illustrated's findings on Orton would be a direct violation of the WWE Wellness Policy, more than likely, Randy Orton is the second-time offender McDevitt noted that will be suspended for 60 days.

Orton was in hot water last April after causing $30,000 worth of damage to a hotel room in Germany while WWE was on tour. Orton was sent home from the European tour after he was found passed out in the wrecked hotel room. He was never suspended. He was simply ordered to pay restitution for the damage he had caused.

Chris Masters - Suspended in May 2006. Contrary to popular belief, he was suspended for painkillers, not steroids. He subsequently went to rehab. Masters was listed as being a client of Signature Pharmacy on Thursday night, so he could very well be facing a 60-day suspension for a second offense if he purchased drugs from the corrupt Internet firm after February 2006 when the Wellness Policy was implemented.