The world of professional wrestling has been embarrassed by a report filed by United States Senator Henry Waxman to the Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Director, John P. Walters, which provides results of the Congressional Oversight Committee’s investigation into the steroid use within the wrestling industry.

The report reveals that 25 per cent of the TNA roster tested positive for steroids during the promotion’s first baseline test in January 2008, while an additional 11 wrestlers in the company tested positives for other substances.

It also reveals that Chris Benoit tested positive for steroids three times prior to the double-murder suicide tragedy in June 2007 that saw Benoit kill his wife and seven-year-old son before killiing himself. Despite testing positive on three occasions, WWE issued Benoit “only a warning.”

You can read Waxman’s complete letter, in which he points out issues with the policies that both WWE and TNA currently have in place, by clicking here.

We’ll have much more over the weekend on a story which has to result in changes for the wrestling industry.

Phil Lowe
phil@ifight365.com