Randy Orton appeared at Saturday night's Raw house show in Terre Haute, Indiana in a title match with John Cena. Cena retained his title by pinning Orton after an FU. Due to Orton's appearance at the house show, his WWE status remains highly unclear at the moment. We should know at by the end of tonight's Raw taping if he's been suspended or not by the company. If his title match at Unforgiven with Cena is still on, then obviously he hasn't been suspended. Wrestlers within the company are under the belief that Orton hasn't been suspended. In a press release sent out on Friday by WWE for the Raw house show, they were still advertising a match between Orton and John Cena. On the other hand, Umaga and Mr. Kennedy were pulled off the press release after apparently being on it before.
Sports Illustrated reported on Thursday night that Orton received Somatropin (HGH), Nandrolone (anabolic steroid) and Stanozolol (anabolic steroid) through Signature Pharmacy from September 2004 until the firm was busted in February 2007. Stanozolol and Nandrolone are anabolic steroids. As noted several times before, buying steroids and other drugs through the Internet is prohibited by the WWE Wellness Policy and could result in a suspension. In Orton's case, it would be his second offense, which would call for a 60-day suspension.
-- Conspicuous by their absence were the previously advertised Umaga and Mr. Kennedy. It definitely appears as though that those two individuals are facing suspensions. This notion especially rings true in the case of Umaga because WWE is advertising an Intercontinental Championship match between him and Jeff Hardy to kick off tonight's Raw taping.
Mr. Kennedy claimed in a recent interview that he stopped doing steroids cold turkey as soon as the WWE Wellness Policy was instituted in February 2006. According to Sports Illustrated, between October 2006 and February 2007, Kennedy received Anastrozole (which is not a steroid, but used to counter affects of steroids such as development of female breast tissue), Somatropin (a Growth Hormone) and testosterone, which is an anabolic steroid. Regarding Umaga, according to Sports Illustrated he received Somatropin through Sigature Pharmacy between July and December 2006. Somatropin is a Human Growth Hormone drug. Considering that it is a violation of the WWE Wellness Policy to purchase drugs through an Internet firm, one would have to assumed that both individuals are facing suspensions from WWE because both of them did just that.
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