STAMFORD, Conn. --World Wrestling Entertainment suspended two wrestlers Friday for violating its substance abuse and drug testing policy.
Chris Mordetzky was suspended for 60 days for his second violation, and Harry Smith for 30 days for his first violation, WWE spokesman Gary Davis said. Mordetzky wrestles under the name Chris Masters, and Smith goes by D.H. Smith in the ring.
Under the WWE substance abuse and drug testing policy begun last year, which requires tests for steroids and other drugs, a wrestler faces a 30-day suspension without pay for a first violation, a 60-day suspension for a second violation and firing for a third violation. Performers are tested at least four times per year.
The Stamford-based company wouldn't identify the drugs either man tested positive for. The WWE suspended 10 wrestlers in August for drug violations, but didn't identify them. As part of its new policy that began Thursday, the company now identifies the performers. Davis wouldn't comment on whether Mordetzky was one of the 10 wrestler suspended this summer.
"WWE is very serious about eradicating the use of steroids and the abuse of prescription drugs," Davis said. "And we hope by making the names of our performers public it that will be a further deterrent to the other performers."
The WWE said the August suspensions were based on independent information from the Albany County New York District Attorney's Office, which has been investigating illegal sales of steroids and growth hormones.
So, not watching wrestling, are these just to choads that got scapegoated or have people actually heard of them?
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WWE suspends 2 wrestlers for substance abuse violations
Date: 2007-11-03 01:28 pm (UTC)STAMFORD, Conn. --World Wrestling Entertainment suspended two wrestlers Friday for violating its substance abuse and drug testing policy.
Chris Mordetzky was suspended for 60 days for his second violation, and Harry Smith for 30 days for his first violation, WWE spokesman Gary Davis said. Mordetzky wrestles under the name Chris Masters, and Smith goes by D.H. Smith in the ring.
Under the WWE substance abuse and drug testing policy begun last year, which requires tests for steroids and other drugs, a wrestler faces a 30-day suspension without pay for a first violation, a 60-day suspension for a second violation and firing for a third violation. Performers are tested at least four times per year.
The Stamford-based company wouldn't identify the drugs either man tested positive for. The WWE suspended 10 wrestlers in August for drug violations, but didn't identify them. As part of its new policy that began Thursday, the company now identifies the performers. Davis wouldn't comment on whether Mordetzky was one of the 10 wrestler suspended this summer.
"WWE is very serious about eradicating the use of steroids and the abuse of prescription drugs," Davis said. "And we hope by making the names of our performers public it that will be a further deterrent to the other performers."
The WWE said the August suspensions were based on independent information from the Albany County New York District Attorney's Office, which has been investigating illegal sales of steroids and growth hormones.
So, not watching wrestling, are these just to choads that got scapegoated or have people actually heard of them?
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