Update On Drug Usage In WWE
By Steve Carrier on October 2, 2014
Since Randy Orton’s 60-day suspension for a violation of WWE’s Talent Wellness Program in May 2012, only one talent has been officially punished for a drug-related infraction—Ricardo Rodriguez in July 2013. Although no WWE talent has been suspended for a Wellness violation in over a year, that does not necessarily mean that the roster is completely drug-free.
On Tuesday, UFC announced in a statement on its website that 42-year-old fighter Cung Le tested positive for an excess level of Human Growth Hormone (HGH) following his fight at UFC Fight Night in Macao, China on August 23 and was being suspended from competition for nine months. However, after revisiting the evidences against Le, the UFC suspended him for a year. Dave Meltzer reported on the story on Wednesday in the Wrestling Observer Newsletter, where he again addressed the subject of drug usage in WWE.
Meltzer has cast doubt on the WWE talent roster being completely clean. In March, he was asked on his radio show whether the lack of drug test failures in recent years means the WWE locker room is now substance-free and responded, “You shouldn’t believe the roster has been clean for two years…I wouldn’t even believe two weeks."
Although WWE bans the non-medical use of HGH, talents aren’t tested for it. HGH can only be picked up in blood testing, not the standard urine testing, which is why athletes in most sports use it with impunity. According to Meltzer, that is also the case in WWE as some talents circumvent the drug testing policy by using high dosages of HGH combined with low dosages of Testosterone (also prohibited).
Within the bodybuilding world, this is known as a stack; two or more supplements are taken at the same time in order to increase their overall effectiveness (compared to the effectiveness of one supplement alone).
“For those who are using PEDs to beat WWE testing, the standard stack is to use low doses of testosterone and higher dosages of HGH, because HGH, as far as enhancing a physique and gaining strength, works far better in synergy with a steroid to enhance its effects, and low doses of testosterone can keep one below the 6:1 T:E ratio," Meltzer stated.
Meltzer received this information from sources within the company after attending the February 7 live event in Oakland, California headlined by John Cena vs. Randy Orton. In March, he noted on the F4WOnline.com message board that he was “struck at how obviously enhanced more guys were than I had noticed on TV."
He then wrote, “Then asking around, I was told exactly how they beat the system (GH with low dosages of test, usually taken on Wednesday, that’s out of the system within a few days to beat the tests)."
Last year, WWE quietly changed its policy to allow therapeutic use exceptions for banned substances and introduced a redemption program that would enable performers who have violated the policy twice to get one of their two strikes removed. In addition to Orton, currently employed talents who have been suspended due to a violation are Booker T, Darren Young, Dolph Ziggler, Heath Slater, Mike Chioda, Rey Mysterio, Ryback and William Regal.
Update On Drug Usage In WWE
posted on 2/10/14
Who do we think has stacked?
cena,randy.
posted on 3/10/14
I'm pretty sure u cannot test for designer steroids.
Also as a gym rat, I can tell when a guy is on gear and what he is likely taking/stacking.
Food for thought: To build a quality rugby sized physique, u need hours in the gym, diet and REST!
When not in the ring, they are backstage practising, when not rehearsing they are jet setting, when not jet setting they are doing TV appearances, when they are not on TV shows, in between those they get gym time. So where is the rest? They need rest from smashing their bodies, and rest for muscle growth.
Their is no way that a timetable like that will give all the variables to build a physique like Cena, Orton or Batista. The only way to ensure their bodies recover faster and perform around the clock in this case is steroids and or HGH.
The E just feed us a line! They clearly have a hush hush vendor who regulates the stuff properly.
Cm punk, Del Rio and Ambrose are all what I would call a realistic image of the aforementioned timetable.
posted on 3/10/14
Good points you made there, but WWE want profit so I expect this to be around a long time.😢
posted on 4/10/14
more got done for drugs that kept off the weight as opposed to putting it on anyway, damn fatties
posted on 9/10/14
http://usatmmajunkie.files.wordpress.com/2014/08/cung-le-jacked-photo.jpg
never would've believed this guy was juicing
posted on 10/10/14
he banded for a year by the ufc 😄