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Do you believe in the Wellness policy now?

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#1 ·
To me after the Roman incident the Wellness policy is very legit and still are people questioning it.
Some say "there´s no way WWE is gonna test John Cena" why not? They did it to the Roman, the most protected superstar in the last 10 years and the face of WWE. not only they suspended Roman but also they are punishing with clean losses.
So yeah after all this policy is very something real and not some BS.
 
#2 · (Edited)
Yeah but they don't have to pop John Cena because his push isn't an utter failure. I'm not convinced this test failure wasn't a scheme by Vince to do a redemption storyline in the attempt to get him over by "paying for his mistakes". They've tried everything else, desperate times called for desperate measures.

I'm sorry but one wellness policy failure to a guy whos push has bombed harder than ANY push in the history of the company does not just magically erase the fact that we hadn't had a wellness failure of a top star in YEARS. Who was the last major star? Jeff Hardy in 2009? Other than that, it was only Hornswoggle, Ricardo Rodriguez, Adam Rose, and names like that. You can't convince me that nobody else in WWE is dirty.

Just look at Brock. I know it wasn't a WWE wellness failure, but he very publicly failed a test, a lot more publicly than Roman, and they're just treating it like because it's a UFC suspension, it doesn't apply to us. That's bullshit. When you get suspended in one combat sport, you should be suspended from all combat sports. No commission would ever say you're banned from UFC but you can do boxing, that's idiotic. WWE is just ignoring it because Brock is a major success and they don't have a reason to pop him.
 
#29 ·
We still don't know what the Wellness suspension was for. Several wrestlers in the past have tested positive for synthetic marijuana, not steroids. Others have tested positive for drugs designed to counter the effect of breast tissue growth. Just because Roman failed a test does not mean it was for steroids, HGH, or another body enhancing drug. It could be recreational, or simply a banned supplement. The latter happens enough in the NFL.
 
#4 ·
My feelings on the Wellness Policy have not changed one way or the other given the whole Reigns thing.

On one hand yes Reigns was a big name (in their minds) so I can see how it shows to some people the policy is legit now.

On the other hand I can totally see Vince using the failed drug test as a way that he can depush Reigns without making it look like Vince admitting he was wrong about him.
 
#49 ·
I can totally see Vince using the failed drug test as a way that he can depush Reigns without making it look like Vince admitting he was wrong about him.
This 100%. It was way too convenient for this to come up at this time. For all we know the WWE lied and there never was a violation. Vince can now claim his push was eventually going to work until "Roman screwed Roman".
 
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#15 ·
The issue is a lack of transparency surrounding it. They're not clear about who is tested and how often. Is it random or are they informed ahead of time when it will be? All we know is when there's a suspension. They say only active or full time or whatever the wording is wrestlers are tested so are Hunter, Brock and Taker not tested? If so then that makes it a bit of a sham.

Nobody with a brain would argue that they don't test. They quite obviously do. The issue is how stringent it is and how much it allows wrestlers or certain wrestlers to get away with things.
 
#17 ·
Fuck no. If you believe in the Wellness Policy, you're a very naive person.

I think this has more to do with Vince using it as a reason to do what he's probably WANTED to do, but couldn't do because of his own arrogance, and that's get Roman Reigns out of the spot he has no business being in. These Wellness violations almost always coincide with WWE being upset at someone for something.

John Cena mysteriously comes back from injuries months before he's supposed to, while WWE and himself sell it as "John Cena has super-human healing abilities!!" LOL....yeah...they're called steroids. And he's far from the only guy on them. The Wellness Policy is in place to protect WWE in case another wrestler goes Benoit on them, it's a complete joke, always has been and always will be.
 
#32 · (Edited)
If he is, he would be investing the money to get the best possible PEDs and beat the test. It's not WWE refusing to suspend him. It's a simple arms race (I've seen it described elsewhere), and those with the most resources win. The higher the quality of HGH, the more likely the product is to beat the test, the more expensive.
 
#40 ·
Roman got suspended because they expected Brock to fail and took it upon themselves to suspend a top name in a manner that wouldn't ruin a PPV,but make the Wellness Program look legit. The fact that Brock hasn't wrestled since WM gives them an excuse to maybe keep the government off their back.
 
#42 ·
Geez, some of you people lack real-world perspective and get so caught up on minute details.

Compare the health of the talent in 2016 to the health of the talent in 1986 and tell me you don't believe in the wellness policy because of whatever narrow-minded definitions you decide to adopt in order to maintain a self-justified fit of frustration and injustice.

Look at the bigger picture, it's pretty obvious.
 
#50 · (Edited)
The dumbest argument I've heard on here:

- A degree of PED use still occurs, therefore the wellness policy doesn't work.

The policy isn't designed to eliminate the use of 100% of the potential enhancers, supplements, steroids, or whatever else, are out there.

It's designed to make life very difficult and force athletes to really pay attention to what goes into their bodies. It means anything they take will at least be overseen by a qualified doctor, for starters.

This alone will save lives.
 
#63 ·
Most of the roster look like a semipro bodybuilder?
Thats s a big fat lie none of these guys look like a bodybuilder.

Ambrose, Owens, Rollins, Sami Zayn, Nakamura, Samoa Joe, Rusev, Bray, Eric Rowan, Xavier Woods, Viktor, Konnor, Sin Cara, Kalisto, Tyler Breeze, Goldust, The Miz, kofi kingston, AJ Styles, Anderson, Gallows.
 
#12 ·
Is anything gonna happen to Brock ?

Also, didn't they make an exception years back that you can have wellness violation strikes taken off your record strictly so Orton wouldn't get fired ? :hmm:
 
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