Add Pro Wrestling to the list of sports that is dealing with steroids among it athletes.
A report issued on Monday by Si.com states that eleven pro wrestlers have joined the ranks of professional athletes nationwide under investigation for steroid use.
SI.com reported Monday that Randy Orton allegedly received eight prescriptions for six different drugs — including stanozolol, nandrolone and testosterone — between March 2004 and August 2004.
According to the documents SI.com reviewed, two doctors whose names also appear in Gary Matthews Jr.'s file, wrote prescriptions for Orton. Orton, through the WWE, declined comment, SI.com said.
Like many other sports, the WWE issued a statement saying performance enhancing drugs are prohibited, but the WWE did not state if any wrestlers have tested positive under their programs.
There has long been a debate on if professional wrestling is even a sport, but with the money given to entertainers and professional athletes, it was only a matter of time before performance enhancing drugs were linked to other sports and entertainment areas.
Also linked to the scandal, in various reports, are baseball's Jose Canseco, John Rocker, Jerry Hairston Jr. and David Bell, former heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield, Pittsburgh Steelers doctor Richard Rydze, 1996 Olympic wrestling gold medalist Kurt Angle and bodybuilder Victor Martinez.
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