[farmerdan]

they still do insane stunts though...hell he's even got his own son Shane doing some of the craziest shit EVER (jumping off the titantron!!!!!!!! WTF?!?!?!?!)...the risks are all still there...banned list of moves or not...poeple get hurt ALL the time (a lot of them continue to wrestle through their injuries too)...wether or not you end up hearing about it or not.

If you watch the stuff now, compared to then, it's worlds apart. Unprotected chairshots, endless "gimick" matches (TLC, cages etc) and a very fast paced/high flying product. That Shane thing was done before WCW was bought out, during that same era. They very seldom go off the top rope/cage/ladder anymore. This is one of the complaints by some of the cruierweights as they are forced to wrestle a different style now as opposed to back then. And are therefore limited in what they are able to do.

But I do agree that they can seem to be injured just as much now as then.

One of the biggest problems is the fact that there is no union/job security in the WWE. That's probably why the majority of wrestlers (who use drugs/steroids) do them in the first place. They barely get paid when injured, and not pushed if they are small.

[The Darkest Canuck]

they had Hell in a Cell and TLC last year in Toronto @ the ACC for Unforgiven when i was there...and SHane was involved in the action.

[MountainHip]

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Harry's mother Diana has hired a lawyer. WWE does not say what substance he tested positive for.
I find it hard to believe Harry Smith takes steroids.

WWE suspends Calgary's Harry Smith, other wrestler for substance violations

STAMFORD, Conn. - Calgary native Harry Smith was one of two wrestlers suspended Friday by World Wrestling Entertainment for violating its substance abuse and drug testing policy.

Smith, the nephew of former pro wrestler Bret "Hitman" Hart, was given a 30-day ban for his first violation, WWE spokesman Gary Davis said. Smith, who goes by "D.H. Smith" in the ring, made his WWE debut last month.

Chris Mordetzky was suspended for 60 days for his second violation. Mordetzky wrestles under the name "Chris Masters."

Under the WWE substance abuse and drug testing policy begun last year, which requires tests for steroids and other drugs, a wrestler faces a 30-day suspension without pay for a first violation, a 60-day suspension for a second violation and firing for a third violation. Performers are tested at least four times per year.

The Stamford-based company wouldn't identify the drugs either man tested positive for. The WWE suspended 10 wrestlers in August for drug violations, but didn't identify them. As part of its new policy that began Thursday, the company now identifies the performers. Davis wouldn't comment on whether Mordetzky was one of the 10 wrestler suspended this summer.

"WWE is very serious about eradicating the use of steroids and the abuse of prescription drugs," Davis said. "And we hope by making the names of our performers public it that will be a further deterrent to the other performers."

The WWE said the August suspensions were based on independent information from the Albany County New York District Attorney's Office, which has been investigating illegal sales of steroids and growth hormones.

[farmerdan]

I find it hard to believe Harry Smith takes steroids.

It could be a hereditary. Davey Boy Smith had a long standing problem with abuse of both steroids and prescription drugs. Just a thought...

[mikeysaint]

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Another sad story