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During Linda McMahon's 2010 United States Senate campaign, the steroid trial was used by her political opponents to attack her. [27] A lawyer representing WWE stated that she was unrelated to the scandal. [24] In a 2023 interview, Nailz claimed he was forced to testify by federal prosecutors.
According to a statement attributed to WWE attorney Jerry McDevitt, an eleventh wrestler was later added to the suspension list. [ 300 ] [ 301 ] [ 302 ] On September 13, 2010, WWE updated their list of banned substances to include muscle relaxers .
The following is an incomplete list of sportspeople who have been involved in doping offences. It contains those who have been found to have, or have admitted to having, taken illegal performance-enhancing drugs, prohibited recreational drugs or have been suspended by a sports governing body for failure to submit to mandatory drug testing.
A three-year suspension for taking clenbuterol kept sprinter Katrin Krabbe from competing in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and effectively ended her athletic career. [91] [92] In 2006, San Francisco Giants pitcher Guillermo Mota, while a member of the New York Mets, received a 50-game suspension after testing positive for clenbuterol. [93]
The ring boy scandal was a sex scandal in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF; now known as WWE) centered around allegations that in the late 1980s and early 1990s ring announcer Mel Phillips (1941–2012) had recruited teenage boys for the purposes of sexual exploitation.
The use of performance-enhancing drugs (doping in sport) is prohibited within the sport of athletics.Athletes who are found to have used such banned substances, whether through a positive drugs test, the biological passport system, an investigation or public admission, may receive a competition ban for a length of time which reflects the severity of the infraction.
Anabolic steroid [14] Leonidas Sampanis Greece: Weightlifting Testosterone [7] Maarten Sampermans Belgium Volleyball Cannabinoids [15] Olga Samulenkova Russia Rowing Testosterone [16] Chris Salem Lebanon: Rugby league Methylhexaneamine [17] [18] Yann San Biagio France Water polo Cannabis [19] Alex Sánchez Cuba: Baseball Steroids [20]
Throughout its history, especially since its international expansion in the 21st century, thousands of wrestlers from different countries have had the opportunity to fight in the professional wrestling company WWE, some marking a milestone for wrestling in their country. This is a list of foreign male wrestlers who have been in WWE.