Henry A. Waxman of the U.S. House of Representatives from California's 30th district issued a letter to the Officer of the National Drug Control Policy dated January 2, 2009 with a recommendation that pro wrestling organizations, namely World Wrestling Entertainment and TNA, have not effectively dealt with the steroid issue in the industry. In the letter, Waxman points out issues with WWE and TNA policies currently in place.

In December 2007, WWE's Vince and Stephanie McMahon and TNA's Dixie Carter, took part in interviews regarding the use of steroids in their respective organizations. Following the interviews, Waxman concluded: "the information provided during interviews indicate that steroid use is pervasive in professional wrestling and that the organizations involved have not taken adequate steps to address this problem."

Waxman revealed in his letter that during WWE's first year of steroid testing under the new Wellness Policy, which began in March 2006, 40 percent of the company's wrestlers tested positive for steroid use "even after being warned in advance that they were going to be tested."

As the months wore on, the policy became less stringent with regular exemptions being made on WWE's part. WWE eventually hired Dr. David Black, an independent third party to administer the company's drug testing policy, However, he too became fed up with the program and WWE's way of dealing with things.

Waxman quoted Dr. Black, saying "it was becoming difficult to deal with talent who were being suspended." Black also added that he was "unaccustomed to programs that suspend and you're not suspended." This is of course referring to WWE amending the policy in August 2006 that a violation would lead to suspensions from house shows, but not from pay-per-view events or television tapings. At the time, Vince McMahon was upset with suspensions ruining his storyline plans. Perhaps the best example of this case is Randy Orton, who was technically suspended for 30 days in August 2006 after failing a drug test for steroids -- just before his showdown with Hulk Hogan at SummerSlam '06. Under the new provision, Orton was able to wrestle Hogan at SummerSlam as scheduled. Today, the match would be off no questions asked.

Regarding TNA's drug testing policy, it didn't fare any better than WWE in the eyes of Waxman. TNA implemented a drug testing policy last January and every active performer was tested -- 60 in all. Of the 60 TNA wrestlers tested, 15 tested positive for steroids. As if that isn't enough, an additional 11 wrestlers tested positive for a random assortment of other drugs. This was a baseline test, so no one was punished. Although, it should be noted that TNA still has yet to punish anyone for illegal drug use one year into the policy.