WWE/WWF Wrestlers suspended for taking steroids/drugs

Since the WWE introduced it’s wellness policy in February 2006 a total of 23 well known wrestlers have been suspended for taking drugs. We’re not necessarily talking illegal drugs here! If a wrestler is found to have anything from pain killers to steroids to cocaine in his system he/she will be suspended with out pay.

The WWE wellness policy works on a 3 strikes and your out rule. If they test positive once it’s a 30 day suspension. If they test positive twice it’s a 60 suspension and if they test positive 3 times they’ll be fired from the WWE.

I’ve only included the the bigger name wrestlers in this list.

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Wrestlers suspended for 30 days for taking drugs.

Joey Mercury: Adam Birch was suspended in may 2006 because he was taking pain killers and failed the wellness policy drug test.

Festus: Drew Hankinson was suspended in October 2006 for failing the WWE drug test. I don’t know what drugs he failed it for. Festus was still a developmental wrestler when he was suspended.

Kurt Angle: Kurt Angle was suspended in June 2006 for violation of the wellness policy because he was found with taking deca-durabolin in his system after his prescription had expired.

Rob Van Dam: Robert Szatkowski was suspended in July 2006 not for violating the wellness policy but because he was arrested of possession marijuana. Marijuana isn’t tested for in the WWE but they felt they had no choice but to suspend him for 30 days.

Balls Mahoney: Jonathan Rechner was suspended in September 2006 for violating the wellness policy. Traces of the pain killer demerol were found in his system.

Test: Andrew Martin was suspended in February 2007 for failing a wellness test. He was suspended for taking steroids.

Umaga: Edward Fatu was suspended in August 2007 because he was receiving somatropin from an on-line pharamacy between July and December 2006.

Mr. Kennedy: Ken Anderson was suspended in September 2007 because received shipments of anastrozole, somatropin and testosterone from an online pharmacy between October 2006 and February 2007.

Charlie Haas: Charles Haas was suspended in September 2007 for receiving anastrozole, somatropin, stanozolol, nandrolone and chorionic gonadotropin from an on-line pharmacy between August 2006 and January 2007.

Funaki: Shoichi Funaki was suspended in September 2007 for receiving somatropin from an online pharmacy.

John Morrison: John Hennigan was suspended in September 2007 for receiving somatropin, anastrozole, testosterone, stanozolol and gonadotropin from an on-line pharmacy between June 2006 and February 2007.

Edge: Adam Copeland was suspended in September 2007 because he received somatropin, genotropin and stanozolol from an on-line pharmacy between September 2004 and February 2007.

Gregory Helms: Shane Helms was suspended in September 2007 for receiving testosterone, genotropin and nandrolone among other drugs from an on-line pharmacy between November 2004 and February 2007

Snitsky: Eugene Snitsky was suspended in September 2007 for failing a wellness drug test. It’s not known what he was taking.

Harry “DH” Smith: Harry Smith was suspended in November 2007 for violating the wellness policy. It’s not known what kind of drugs he was suspended for taking.

Jimmy Wang Yang: James Yun was suspended in June 2008 for for violating the wellness policy. It’s not known what he was taking when he got caught.

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Wrestlers suspended for 60 days for taking drugs

Randy Orton: Randy Orton was first suspended in April 2006 for openly smoking a marijuana joint back stage. He had been in trouble with management to many times before and this was the last straw, so he got suspended.

His second suspension was in August 2006 for violation of the wellness policy. The liver enzyme deal had just broken prior to his suspension so it’s assumed he was involved with that.

Jeff Hardy: Jeff Hardy was suspended in July 2007 for violating the wellness policy. It’s not know what he was suspended for taking.

His second suspension was in March 2008 for his second violation of the wellness policy. Again, it’s not clear what he was taking at the time.

William Regal: Darren Matthews was suspended in August 2007 for receiving stanozolol, somatropin, genotropin and anastrozole from an on-line pharmacy.

His second suspension was in May 2008 for violating the wellness policy. It’s not known what drugs he failed the test for.

Chavo Guerrero: Chavo Guerrero’s first suspension is unknown. Apparently it wasn’t reported and is forgotten about! The only reason there’s any hint of it is that he got suspended for 60 days for his first reported violation. Meaning that was his second violation.

His second suspension came in August 2007 for receiving somatropin, nandrolone, and anastrozole from an on-line pharmacy between April 2005 and May 2006.

Rene Dupree: Rene Goguen was suspended in June 2006 for violating the wellness policy. It’s not known what drug’s he failed it for.

Rene’s second suspension was in February 2007 for once again being in violation of the wellness policy. It’s possible that Rene Dupree was caught violating the wellness policy a third time because he was let go from the company suddenly. That’s just speculation though.

King Booker: It’s not known when Robert Huffman was first suspended or what he was suspended for but apparently he was.

Booker’s second suspension was in September 2007 because he received drugs from an on-line pharmacy. It’s not known what kind of drugs he received though.

Chris Masters: Chris Mordetzky was suspended in May 2006 for taking pain killers.

Chris was suspended a second time in November 2007 for violating the wellness policy, It’s not known what he failed the drug test on.

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Wrestlers fired for taking drugs

Chris Kay (referee): Chris Kay was fired in July 2007 after failing a drug test for the third time.