Friday, August 31, 2007

ESPN on WWE Suspensions


ESPN.com has a full page article from Shaun Assael on the breaking news about the WWE Suspensions. At the time of the article, there was no official list of names of the suspended wrestlers.

The following names are clients of Signature, the same company that both Eddie Guerrero and Chris Benoit were part of that prescribes various medications:

Shoichi Funaki, Dave Bautista, Adam "Edge" Copeland, Chris "Masters" Mordetsky, John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan, and Shane (Gregory) Helms. These are not confirmed names of suspended wrestlers as of this entry.

From ESPN.com:

"The Albany district attorney's office is examining online prescription mills where doctors get paid as little as $25 to issue online prescriptions, which in turn are filled by friendly pharmacies. In addition to Signature, its investigators raided pharmacies in Mobile, Ala. and Bay Ridge, N.Y.

The suspensions, which were accompanied by a WWE pledge to make future actions public after Nov. 1, comes at a time of mounting pressure on the WWE. A spokesman for the House Energy & Commerce Committee said Thursday that its commerce subcommittee will be holding hearings into the WWE in late September. The aide said a witness list has not been finalized.

Also looking into the company is the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. In a request that parallels what was asked of Major League Baseball, the committee is seeking a list of drugs covered by the WWE's policies, the number of tests it conducts annually, the protocols followed after a positive test and the procedures for awarding exemptions."

More news and info as this story continues to develop.

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