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Bro? Conflicting Reports On Matt Riddle’s Absence And Possible Suspensions From WWE TV

Hold on a second. WWE is a huge wrestling company and does what it can to take care of its wrestlers. This includes a full medical staff to take care of various issues, but there are other instances where additional help is needed. Occasionally WWE will send wrestlers to get help outside of the company and that seemed to be the case with one of its stars. That just might not be what happened though. IN CASE YOU MIsSED IT: Clean Bill: NXT Star Announces He Is Medically Cleared After Two Month Absence Earlier this month, a report surfaced saying that Matt Riddle had been sent to rehab following a second failed drug test. The Wrestling Observer reports that this is not the case though, as Riddle’s situation violates the WWE Wellness Policy. Riddle’s first positive test resulted would have likely resulted in a thirty day suspension (as per WWE’s policy), but he did not wrestle from July 25 until August 20, which is less than thirty days. A second failed drug test usually results in a si..

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Longtime WWE Name Gone From Company After 14 Year Tenure

He was a big deal. There are all kinds of people who work together to make WWE programming a success. While the wrestlers are the ones who get the most attention, several other people are there to make the show come together as well. Some of these people will almost never get any recognition and now one of them is departing the company after a long time. According to PWInsider.com, Dr. Chris Amann has left WWE after fourteen years with the company. Amann reportedly gave notice earlier this year and wrapped up his time with WWE earlier this month. Amann is most well known as the doctor who sued CM Punk and Colt Cabana over their comments about his work on Cabana’s podcast. In addition, he also helped establish the WWE Wellness Policy. Opinion: This is the kind of thing that might not seem like a big deal but Amann has been around the company for a very long time now. It is going to mean something to see him gone, even if there will be another fully qualified doctor in his place soon. ..

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Bodybuilder Urges WWE to Drug Test Jinder Mahal for Steroid Use

<p>Natural Bodybuilder Nick Miller published a new <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/video/" title="video">video</a></strong> to his YouTube channel that questions Jinder Mahal’s transformation from a “dad bod” to current physique.</p><p>After Miller <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/pulls/" title="pulls">pulls</a></strong> up the WWE Wellness Policy from the company’s website and he points out he believes there are at least four signs that Mahal has been using steroids. He urges that WWE should test him.</p><p>While Mahal has been very vocal about his transformation in recent interviews, he claims that he has been tested several <strong><a href="http://www.ringsidenews.com/tag/times/" title="times">times</a></strong> and has passed every test.</p>

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Dean Ambrose pulls a Double Duty.

As we noted earlier Roman Reings was suspended due to his first violation of his WWE Wellness Policy affected this week's WWE Live Events. Originally Seth Rol...

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Suspended WWE Superstar makes his return.

One-half of the Ascension,Konnor made his first ever appearance after he was suspended by WWE for failing in the WWE Wellness Policy this was the second time th...