Paige Suspended AGAIN for Second Wellness Violation

[Good Golly It's Ollie]

http://corporate.wwe.com/news/company-news/2016/10-10-2016

STAMFORD, Conn., October 10, 2016 - WWE has suspended Saraya-Jade Bevis (Paige) for 60 days effective immediately for her second violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.

So Paige hasn't even returned and has already been nuked for a second violation. Gone until early December this time. Really not sure what's going on with her right now.

 

[CyberPunk]

WWE has suspended Saraya-Jade Bevis (Paige) for 60 days effective immediately, for her second violation of the company’s talent wellness policy.

I don't know what to think. She hasn't returned to TV yet and is already on her second strike. Is she going out? If yes, why would WWE suspend her and not release her? I just don't understand.

So what's going on with Paige?

 

[Kodo Sawaki]

Her brother just said it was because of painkillers for her neck. Makes sense but she either should be more carefull with rules or they just went out on her to get rid of her soon. More leaning toward first because there are more efficiant ways of doing second then just give her violation.

 

[THTRobtaylor]

There's something smelly about the whole thing... like maybe she or ADR or both have been "going off reservation" to get meds? After all that bizarre stabbing thing he had, gave a "deal gone bad" vibe about it... not saying that was it at all... but you could see how those kind of situations could easily become "stabbings" where there is sketchy police involvement...

She's already broken silence and tweeted a sarcastic response, so this is likely the beginning of the end. There was talk of her lawyering up before and I wouldn't be shocked if she ends up in a suit against WWE and their policy, or joins Punks as a witness of WWE's "dodgy approach" to medical situations.

Reality is if she was clear to return, on paper she shouldn't need the pills but if WWE has decided she don't need them, or they don't need her then it's a very difficult battle to win. They're supposed to offer rehab or termination at this point as per the policy if rehab is rejected...so already there is something like sketchy ground here... if medically she does still need pain relief and has a legit script, then it's hard for them to hold up the suspension in court... and if they offer her rehab she declines their policy says, like Umaga etc. they must be released.

With their lawsuit situation right now they're likely erring on the side of caution if there's even a sniff of anything dodgy about her pill use... but ultimately it's situations like these that eventually someone is gonna win in court... if there is the dodgy side to it, they have to offer her rehab... they made that rule... or release her if she declines... if that hasn't happened orl if she could demonstrate they in anyway forced the medical use to get her back sooner or treated her unfairly to others then it's only gonna take one judge to side against Vince and his business model is fucked. A case like this could very quickly be 1994 all over again.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

So...yeah. Paige's suspension for her first Wellness Policy violation only recently ended, though she still hasn't been active as she's reportedly letting injuries heal up. However, she's been suspended again, this time for 60 days and has taken to Twitter over it.

"Same shit different day. Kids..Please don't get prescriptions or doctors notes. Not acceptable. Rules apply depending on your status."

Did we ever find out what was in her system that led to her first suspension? Based on her Twitter post, she indicates that she has prescriptions for whatever is in her system. Maybe it's whatever she was using before?

My guess is that Paige just effectively ended her career in WWE if not for the 2nd violation then for the Twitter posts as the "rules apply depending on your status" comment will probably stir up a shit storm among haters and conspiracy theorists alike.

I can't help but wonder if Paige ultimately just wants to be fired from WWE. I don't know all the details surrounding her relationship with Alberto Del Rio, nor do any of us on these forums for that matter, as it seems that things have gone downhill for her professionally and I can't help but wonder why.

At any rate, it sucks for Paige and for fans as she's so young, has a lot of talent and, seemingly, a bright future.

 

[Loveless]

Apparently this suspension is for getting a prescription from her own Dr instead of a WWE approved one. She may have a point about being victimised.

 

[laodaron]

This is just her saying that if she can't get out of her contract, she'll just violate it and have them cut her.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

Apparently this suspension is for getting a prescription from her own Dr instead of a WWE approved one. She may have a point about being victimised.

It's possible. After all, if she genuinely is in a lot of pain stemming from her injuries, and she's on painkillers, it's possible that a WWE approved doctor might not think she really needs them. In Kentucky, abuse of prescription drugs is a major problem and, truth be told, there are and have been many physicians who'll prescribe powerful painkillers with virtually no questions asked while some are so vehement against using powerful painkillers that they'll almost never prescribe them which sucks if you're someone who genuinely needs them.

On the other hand, during the early days of the Wellness Policy, Sports Illustrated reported that 9 WWE wrestlers had all acquired steroids from the same doctor, for which they had prescriptions, and they weren't the last wrestlers who tried to game the system by going to other doctors. MAYBE that's what WWE is worried Paige is doing?

Paige's mother posted some comments on Facebook and ultimately just wants her to come home and the message was sorta cryptic:

"sometimes letting out a scream just doesn't sound loud enough, banging your head against a wall doesn't reach the spot, closing down emotionally causes inner demons to surface, asking for help creates rumours, being in a sea of people but being alone, sometimes life just sucks..."

The part about "inner demons" and "asking for help creates rumors" makes me wonder if MAYBE she thinks or even knows Paige has some sort of problem.

 

[Dave]

There's something strange going on here, no doubt about it. When she was suspended a month ago, surely she would have ditched the stuff that was making her fail in the first place? Sounds to me like this is nothing to do with managing pain and more to do with sonething habitual. Whether that habit is Steroids or drugs, I have no idea. But what I do know is that something habitual is hard to kick between the space of a month. Painkillers can be changed to something that does fall within the scope of the Wellness Policy. Cocaine can't.

 

[LBGetBack]

Yikes. Her career has really gone off the rails quickly. She's still very young and has a ton of talent. Hopefully she'll get it all back on track soon enough.

 

[Y 2 Jake]

Let's be honest, we want her carer to derail so she goes the Sunny route before she's Sunny'Saturday age and mass.

 

[Navi]

Her career has gone off the rails, but to be honest I'm not sure it's not her fault. Just because Del Rio isn't with the company anymore doesn't mean she has to act out, and she has been acting out since she joined really. Like I've said before, Paige strikes me as the type to act first and think about it later.

The WWE has never been able to fully control her actions or what she says. Sometimes I think she is her own worst enemy. She was given every opportunity, I would love to see her straighten up and fly right, but by the looks of things, she's the one who doesn't want too.

 

[FromGlasgow]

Does anyone know the point of the wellness policy if people are openely using steroids like Brock Lesnar and never gets touched by the testing and others like Paige and Adam Rose violates it due to taking prescribed medication? It does just seem one rule for some I can't picture someone like John Cena or Triple H ever getting tested.
It makes the whole policy seem pointless and just their for show incase anymore incidents happen WWE can show the evidence of all their recent suspencians.

 

[Navi]

Does anyone know the point of the wellness policy if people are openely using steroids like Brock Lesnar and never gets touched by the testing and others like Paige and Adam Rose violates it due to taking prescribed medication? It does just seem one rule for some I can't picture someone like John Cena or Triple H ever getting tested.
It makes the whole policy seem pointless and just their for show incase anymore incidents happen WWE can show the evidence of all their recent suspencians.

I think it's been mentioned somewhere that Lesnar is a part time player in the WWE, so they don't test him. Also I'm not sure he takes steroids all the time, maybe it was just for that fight in UFC 200. Because even after failing two tests he was still allowed to compete at Summerslam. It seems the WWE needs him more than he needs them.

As for Adam Rose, he was lower mid card and made a huge fuss when he was suspended, also the domestic violence charge that happened afterwards didn't help either. If he had kept his mouth closed he would probably still have a job.

Paige is another story. She seems to stir up controversy whether intentional or not, but it doesn't stop her from stirring up more. I think myself she is trying to get herself fired so she can get out of the clutches of the WWE. She clearly hasn't been happy for a long time now, especially since the other's were called up from NXT and she was placed on the back burner.

HHH isn't really an active wrestler and I have no idea about Cena. But they strike me as untouchable.

 

[LBGetBack]

Let's be honest, we want her carer to derail so she goes the Sunny route before she's Sunny'Saturday age and mass.

No "we" don't. Speak for yourself. I'd like to think most people don't actively root for people's lives to derail to the point that they are desperate enough to do porn.

Classless and pathetic post.

Also a poor showing by the mods to delete my earlier reply and give me an infraction, while leaving this despicable garbage up that has absolutely nothing to do with the topic of the thread.

 

[LBGetBack]

Her career has gone off the rails, but to be honest I'm not sure it's not her fault. Just because Del Rio isn't with the company anymore doesn't mean she has to act out, and she has been acting out since she joined really. Like I've said before, Paige strikes me as the type to act first and think about it later.

The WWE has never been able to fully control her actions or what she says. Sometimes I think she is her own worst enemy. She was given every opportunity, I would love to see her straighten up and fly right, but by the looks of things, she's the one who doesn't want too.

Yeah, she's still pretty young. Hopefully just a maturity issue that she can overcome.

 

[dsotm5150]

I have to wonder if she's being punished for Del Rio. It was pretty common knowledge the WWE wasn't happy with their relationship and given how he left the company certainly wasn't kosher. Vince has had no problem punishing the friends of a performer that's pissed him off and left in the past.

I find it very odd, then again the whole wellness policy has been a joke. Adam rose got suspended for having documentation for a prescription drug earlier this year, Brock Lesnar gets busted doping by the UFC's drug policy but is exempt from WWE's. Now Paige who's not even on the active roster right now gets popped. Granted we don't know what she popped for, she could very well be taking something she doesn't have a script for but I find it odd she would be tested anyway being she's inactive at the moment.

I don't know, guess we'll have to wait and see.

 

[ShinChan]

This is surely a bad news for almost everyone involved. Raw's Division needed Paige for some more credibility outside the three horsewomen.

I guess that the end of Paige's career in WWE is damn near.

Last I heard was that she was healing from injuries and might have surgery on her neck from the same doctor as that of Nikki Bella.

Maybe she's doing it for healing or maybe just to let her out of WWE. Whatever it was, it is a big loss as she was a young talented wrestler who could become great in future.

 

[CyberPunk]

Paige tweeted (and I quote), "Same shit different day. Kids..Please don't get prescriptions or doctors notes. Not acceptable. Rules apply depending on your status." She seema to be in full rebel mode.

I just don't understand why both the parties won't reach an amicable solution instead of stirring the pot.

 

[stingray11214]

Paige is done. At this point, she feels that she is better off not being with WWE. She may be right. She could go back to the UK and work in her Mother's promotion, and do the UK and German circuits. She will also become an instant big name amongst females because of her WWE run. It is apparent that issues exist in the Paige-Del Rio camp. First off is his bitter divorce. Second, the perceived way WWE is seeing Paige. No question her parents, and quite possible Del Rio, are urging her to get out of there. And, I think VKM will not release her. With all the storm clouds surrounding her latest suspension, Paige's days in WWE are very seriously numbered.

 

[Rayne]

Same shit different day. Kids..Please don't get prescriptions or doctors notes. Not acceptable. Rules apply depending on your status.

Although, let's be fair:

I'm really wondering how much time Paige has left on her contract. It makes sense for the WWE to hold her to it, especially with her taped Total Divas episodes. They don't necessarily have to put her on RAW or Smackdown; pay her downside guarantee, have her do the less glamorous but still necessary stuff like public appearances, and take it from there. Releasing Paige only makes sense if she's got something like a few years on her contract...... and the only people getting contracts that long are at the very, very top of the card.

Paige was already being moved towards the background before all this, and as ladies in the WWE tend to have rather short careers, she may not have been resigning after this contract anyhow. Fortunately she's still young, so there will be plenty of time for her to utilize the media skills she's learned in the WWE in another career, because unless you want to work in VFW halls or Matt Hardy's backyard, there really isn't much out there for female professional wrestlers these days after they leave the WWE.

 

[therockiswwf]

There's something smelly about the whole thing... like maybe she or ADR or both have been "going off reservation" to get meds? After all that bizarre stabbing thing he had, gave a "deal gone bad" vibe about it... not saying that was it at all... but you could see how those kind of situations could easily become "stabbings" where there is sketchy police involvement...

Yes so smelly because everyone with serious neck injuries just all of a sudden start doing cocaine. Also yes ADR tries to buy drugs then advertises he got attacked to where if they found the guy, it would get ADR in trouble. Think about that for 5 seconds.

She's already broken silence and tweeted a sarcastic response, so this is likely the beginning of the end. There was talk of her lawyering up before and I wouldn't be shocked if she ends up in a suit against WWE and their policy, or joins Punks as a witness of WWE's "dodgy approach" to medical situations.

WWE doesn't even run their policy. It is done by an outside company. They only have control over when the suspensions are implemented. What does this have to do with Punk? One is about the policy and the other complained that the WWE doctor is incompetent.

Reality is if she was clear to return, on paper she shouldn't need the pills but if WWE has decided she don't need them, or they don't need her then it's a very difficult battle to win. They're supposed to offer rehab or termination at this point as per the policy if rehab is rejected...so already there is something like sketchy ground here... if medically she does still need pain relief and has a legit script, then it's hard for them to hold up the suspension in court... and if they offer her rehab she declines their policy says, like Umaga etc. they must be released.

You have to get prescriptions cleared with them (basically showing proof via a doctor). Cameron Maybin, a baseball player, had the same thing happen to him when he switched his ADD pills (which he legit needs) and got popped due to a failure on his part to follow proper procedure. This holds easily up in court. It is easy to forget or not think of getting something cleared first. I bet that is what happened here.

With their lawsuit situation right now they're likely erring on the side of caution if there's even a sniff of anything dodgy about her pill use... but ultimately it's situations like these that eventually someone is gonna win in court... if there is the dodgy side to it, they have to offer her rehab... they made that rule... or release her if she declines... if that hasn't happened orl if she could demonstrate they in anyway forced the medical use to get her back sooner or treated her unfairly to others then it's only gonna take one judge to side against Vince and his business model is fucked. A case like this could very quickly be 1994 all over again.

You went off the rails here. These were prescriptions given to her by probably a non-WWE doctor and she just didn't follow clearance procedure correctly.

 

[Psykohurricane55]

First of all here and article that I found online that explain why she might be in the wrong here.

Here the link

http://www.sescoops.com/understandi...ption-probably-violated-wwes-wellness-policy/

Second of all if she's not happy in wwe, she just need to go see hhh at wwe headquarters and ask for her release instead of acting like a baby like she's doing right now. Like bruce prichard says on his podcast, vince doesn't want wrestlers that aren't happy being their, if she doesn't want to be their, they will release her,

 

[Good Golly It's Ollie]

NY Post has reported:

Paige and her father had suggested she had provided a prescription for the drug she tested positive for. The WWE thinks differently.

“Saraya-Jade Bevis tested positive for an illegal substance, not a prescription drug,” WWE’s statement to The Post read. “In addition, WWE is providing world-class medical care for her in-ring injury.”

First time I'm aware of that WWE has gone out of their way to say "lol not true" regarding a talent's allegations over a wellness issue, so it's looking pretty grisly right now.

 

[Jack-Hammer]

I just read WWE's statement myself a little bit ago and it's just looking worse and worse for Paige. As Ollie already highlighted, WWE's statement is that she tested positive for "an illegal substance" rather than a prescription drug.

Since she's been suspended for a 2nd time, she has to automatically go to rehab otherwise she'll ultimately be fired. Umaga was in a similar situation in which he failed the Wellness Policy a 2nd time, WWE told him he had to attend mandatory rehab, he refused, they released him and he died of an overdose roughly 6 months later. Again, just speculating on her mother's comments on Facebook, I'm left with the feeling that she was hinting she thinks or she knows that Paige has some sort of problem.