Kevin, in my opinion, the WWE is only tackling 1/2 of their issue with the wellness program. Yes, it's great that they have one, but on the other hand, it seems to me they create a work enviornment that steers their "independent contractors" to use pain killers and steroids to keep working. Cutting back on the number of house shows and pay-per-views, as well as having something of an off-season, would do wonders for letting these guys heal and not having to use drugs to keep their bodies working.

If a profit decline is the rebuttle for that one, then sorry Vince, you'll still be able to afford that mansion in CT, and you won't have to worry about who is the next wrestler to need the "in memory of" spot before the show begins.

Additionally, just as Vince "programed" the masses to accept his version of "sports entertainment", as opposed to the wrestling I grew up and loved, he can program them to accept watching wrestlers who aren't all jacked up and larger then life. Heck, just look at how popular Matt Hardy is and how not over Chris Masters is. The audiece would accept it, why Vince can't see that, I don't know.

Hey Kevin,

As terrible as the drug and steroid abuse is, let's put it aside for a minute and focus on one of the reasons why we watch wrestling every week. If the names that SI reported are true, what happens to the storylines and how does it affect the already-dropping ratings for WWE? If this list is right, you're talking about two wrestlers who were supposed to main event Unforgiven, a world champion and other top stars. What are your thoughts on how this affects the company from a non-drug or steroid standpoint?

WOW! You're trying to tell me these guy's aren't natural? Wrasling and rampant steriods goes way back to years at Steamboat's gym in Charlotte. Steriods were practically out on the counters in plain site. I love how people will say we're on a witch hunt for athletes such as Bonds and everyone else, and how they pass test so how can you prove it. I wish the media would educate folks on steriod testing. Steriods can only be detected in a blood test not urine. They may have passed a Urine test but when was the last time the likes of Barry "the cream" Bonds and the others gave blood. I truly don't care if wrestlers do performance enhancing drugs. Wrestlers are here to entertain us IT''S NOT REAL IT'S ENTERTAINMENT. The outcome is a fixed soap opera. Baseball, football, tennis, hockey they have a real ending. Performance enhancing drugs to give a player or team an advantage is 100% wrong. IT'S CHEATING! Leave the Rasler's alone let them destroy themselves if they want too. They know they have no medical coverage thru WWE and other federations, there is no union to protect them. If they chose to do this then so be it.

while I agree that steroids are a big issue in wrestling I find it unfair to criticize TNA in such a way. "it has welcomed with open arms wrestlers who have a history of drug issues."
while people like scott hall may have been fired by WWE for thier drug and alcohol problems it is TNA's choice if they chose to hire talent with past history of abuse. for years WWE let macho man work for them even thought everyone in the back room knew what he was doing. but he made it to the shows and was able to perform and so they kept him on. others were fired, rehired, and fired again. and a few such as the kings son, grand master sexy, were fired and never came back. all this was before any drug policy was in place. the fact that they have such a policy now is only because of the beniot "roid rage" incident and to stop people from remembering the steriod scandal of the 80's WWF where vince was forcing wrestlers to take steriods of face lower card spots or fireing. The fact that TNA has no such policy is because they have never run a pro-roid federation. as such they are able to run their drug policy as it should be run, on a per case basis.

I think that we should be able to be know who the people are because we should know if are favorite wrestler is the one doing it.

Wrestling is a pretty tight knit community, so it's safe to assume that there are a few TNA wrestlers who have purchased the drugs from the same suppliers.

I was a huge wrestling fan for many years. I even went so far as to see Smackdown when it came to Albany not this last time but, the time before that. To give you a better idea, it was when John Cena lost his U.S. Championship to Booker T. Back then, it was really fun to watch these guys, absolutely jacked, throwing each other about the ring and pounding each other. It was very entertaining. Now I'm a little older and a little bit smarter. Coincidentally, I am a pretty big Red Sox fan and have followed the steroids controversy pretty well too. I have followed George Mitchell and his steroid investigation in sports and it finally clicked that there is no way that someone with veins sticking out half an inch on their body could be natural ad not chemically enhanced. It is shameful what the WWE has done, especially after the Chris Benoit tragedy occurred. As I visited their web page in the wake of the murders/suicide they decided to cover their own butt and tell the world that they test their athletes for HGH and don’t condone them using it, instead of doing something to console the living family of Chris Benoit and the entire country for that matter. I don’t follow the WWE anymore; they have disgraced what once could be called entertainment. I don't have a vendetta against them by any means at all however; their acts regarding steroids have been despicable. People are dying and no one seems to care. I hope George Mitchell digs deep and finds a lot to get steroids out of the sport and restore some dignity to it in the process.

Jordan Sherman
Bennington VT

This is the biggest waste of taxpayers money ever !

When you investigate Major League football players or Major League baseball players, that is fine, those sports are REAL ! To investigate the WWE is a joke.

What's next?

I have to admit, I did notice quick huge muscle mass gains in Spiderman, Bart Simpson, and the red Power Ranger. Congress, are you listening?

It looks like the report of John Morrison and Umaga are true. CM Punk won the ECW title during a taping and Umaga is wrestling Hardy for the title on RAW. If Umaga loses, I would say that answers that. We'll have to see about the rest.

This is the stupidest thing I every here of. Its to bad that so of the superstars think they need performance enhancing drugs to perform better but thats the WWE's problem. NOT THE MEDIA'S. Baseball and Football I can understand because that is real not scripted, and it is cheating. But the wwe is NOT REAL! I will repeat, NOT REAL! so it isn't cheating. If vince wants to do this then that ok. But everybody else needs to get a life and shut up!!

In my opinion the WWE is the best wresting organization for any wrestler to become a part of. And the WWE has no place for drugs in there organization. If the WWE suspensions are effective, then this will send a message to the INDY scene to keep it clean also. As more and more people get involved in the sport of professional wresting, the use of steroids and other drugs are going to always be a tempting solution. These drugs offer a huge advantage to building a bigger, stronger body much faster without the need of many hours of working out to achieve the same body mass. The WWE suspensions will help to keep a great industry like WWE. These high standards will set the stage for the next generation of wrestlers coming into the wrestling industry