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Shocking News: Apparently, Wrestlers Use Steroids!

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Total Coverage.
    • Top WWE names emerge in doping scandal
    BY T.J. QUINN
    DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

    The WWE was rocked again today, after several of wrestling's top names emerged in the Albany district attorney's probe into a widespread Internet doping scandal.
    The wrestling conglomerate based in Stamford announced that it will suspend 10 of its biggest stars for violation of its wellness policy.
    In a list obtained exclusively by the Daily News, top wrestlers Randy Orton, Charles Haas, Jr., Adam "Edge" Copeland, Robert "Booker T" Huffman, Shane Helms, Mike Bucci, Anthony Carelli, John "Johnny Nitro" Hennigan, Darren "William Regal" Matthews, Ken "Mr. Kennedy" Anderson, Eddie "Umaga" Fatu, Shoichi Funaki and Chavo Guerrero were all identified as clients of Signature Pharmacy in Orlando, the site raided by Albany County and Florida law enforcement agencies in February for distributing steroids and other prescription drugs to clients who had not been examined by doctors. The investigation is part of a probe into illegal Internet drug distribution by Albany D.A. David Soares. Continued...
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    http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/2007/08/30/2007-08-30_top_wwe_names_emerge_in_doping_scandal.html

    Also picked up by SI, which adds a couple more names and more detail...

    Fourteen wrestlers tied to pipeline
    'Crush,' 'Edge' among those who received 'roids, HGH

    Since last summer, Sports Illustrated reporters Luis Fernando Llosa and L. Jon Wertheim have been investigating an illegal steroid distribution network that has implicated pro athletes. On Feb. 27, the reporters accompanied federal and state drug enforcement agents on a coordinated raid of an Orlando compound pharmacy and a Jupiter, Fla., "anti-aging" clinic that investigators allege conspired to fraudulently prescribe steroids, human growth hormone and other performance enhancing drugs over the Internet. Continued...
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    http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/more/08/30/wrestlers/index.html

    Now, I don't follow rasslin' that closely anymore, but I do catch it on occasion. Aren't most of the "main guys" listed in that article? If I owned any stock in WWE, I think I'd trade it for half a jar of peanut butter right about now...
     
    bearonu;916397; said:
    [sarcasm]Surprise, surprise. Vince's son-in-law, HHH, shows up nowhere on the list.[/sarcasm]
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    Considering the list is not from the wwe not surprising at all, the list of wrestlers showed up in some docotors files...Just means he is smart enough not to buy his roids from mail order, or at least use a fake name.
     
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