WWE’s Wellness Policy has caught several wrestlers the last few months, including Samoa Joe, Andrade, and Robert Roode showing WWE are taking the policy seriously again, having not had any failures since 2016.
Ryback would discuss the policy on his Shooting Blanks Wrestling Report podcast, saying that the policy has holes in it and call out the time taken between failure in suspension, potentially referring to Samoa Joe’s suspension, which seemingly took three weeks to be announced.
Ryback would comment on this saying:
Ryback would also shockingly share that some referees would warn the wrestlers about upcoming tests when he was with the company, seemingly allowing them time to take steps not to fail.
Ryback would add that not all PED’s were just for making wrestlers look better.
Ryback himself did fail a Wellness test himself back in 2006 while wrestling for part of WWE’s then developmental territory Ohio Valley Wrestling promotion. The failure was for taking over-the-counter bodybuilding supplements that were eventually removed from sale due to this effect. Despite this, his strike was not removed. You can listen to all of Ryback comments from the 29 minute mark.
