WWE News: Surprising News On One WWE Superstar’s Social Life Affecting His Performance

Back in the 1980s and a good portion of the ’90s, WWE and WCW superstars were notorious for their partying lifestyles as they traveled from city to city, routinely taking over restaurants and hotel bars. Alcohol was as common as a snap-mare take-down, as the wrestlers spent the majority of their time on the road, bonding with one another instead of being able to be with their families. Drugs were a major pastime of a good portion of the rosters as well, something that would shorten the lives of many popular stars over the years.

In 1999, WWE became a publicly traded company and purchased World Championship Wrestling shortly thereafter. Not long after that, the WWE transitioned from the cutting edge Attitude Era into a more family-friendly product rated PG. With new shareholders and a younger target demographic, WWE instituted a Wellness Policy that would help clean up the locker room and create a cleaner environment. An initial violation of the policy would result in a 30-day suspension. A second strike would cost them 60 days, and a third strike would result in termination.

Since the policy was implemented in 2007, several superstars have been suspended for one drug violation or another. Most notably, Randy Orton, Jeff Hardy, and Rey Mysterio violated the rules. Most recently, Adam Rose and Konnor of The Ascension were suspended for 60 days following failed drug tests. Both suspensions were announced on the same day last month, after there were just two suspensions total since 2013. Point being, the Wellness Policy has kept the majority of the locker room on the straight and narrow.

However, there is an interesting report posted Wednesday night from Daily Wrestling Newsstating that one WWE veteran has been pushing the limits when it comes to his partying. As of now, the identity of the superstar has not been released, but if anything changes for whatever reason, an update will certainly be posted. Other WWE superstars have been talking internally about their displeasure over this veteran but clearly did not want to make it known to the public just yet.

Some of these same WWE superstars that have offered up this information claim that the partying from this veteran has caused his in-ring work to suffer, and some of them have talked privately about not wanting to work with him until he improves himself. It’s ironic that whoever the veteran is has also been called out by many WWE fans this year for “mailing it in” as it pertains not only to individual matches, but entire feuds and programs as well.

The WWE roster has been injected with an influx of new talent over the last few months, so the actual number of veterans is down slightly. There’s no exact definition as to how many years it would take to describe oneself as a veteran, especially since many of the wrestlers have been competing all around the world even before making it to the WWE.

Naming anyone at this point in the development would be pure speculation, guesswork, and somewhat irresponsible. Two veteran leaders in the WWE locker room, Randy Orton and John Cena, have been away from the ring due to injury for long stretches. The Big Show, Mark Henry, and Kane have been used sparingly at best, but it’s unknown whether any of that is related. Goldust overcoming his own drug-related demons has been well documented, but he’s been clean, according to all reports, since his return to the company.

In this day and age, this is as eyebrow-raising as it gets, and the WWE can ill-afford any negative publicity during a down period when it comes to ratings. Who knows if the identity will ever be revealed, but based on the clues of the superstar being a veteran, and fans claiming that he’s mailed it in, who do you think it might be? Sound off in the comments section below.