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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Villano" data-source="post: 3749582" data-attributes="member: 505">Personally, I think the WWE has been in need of a "witch hunt" for a long time now.  Pro wrestling has turned a blind eye to drugs for too long and let big name performers slide on drug tests.  When Scott Steiner returned to the WWE, he was asked to take a steroid test.  He said he would only if Triple H took one, too.  The whole matter was then quitely dropped.  Heck, for years WWE avoided doing shows in Oregon because the drug testing was mandatory.And I do think they need an independent body to do the tests.  Back when the Benoit story broke, there was a reporter for Sports Illustrated or ESPN who described the WWE tests as a joke.  Basically, their standards for what tests positive is much higher than any other sport.  So a football player who tests positive for the NFL would be clean at WWE.  Plus and independent body wouldn't care if you were Triple H or Joe Schmoe and jobber.  If you get randomly picked, you take the test.And it shouldn't matter if wrestling is a sport or not.  Plenty of jobs have drug testing.  For my last job, I had to take one.  About a dozen other people were there to take the test, too.  No one screamed it was a "witch hunt" or anything.  We all just peed in a cup and were done with it.I don't think these drug tests should be done to prevent any future murders, but to prevent any more wrestlers from dying before they even turn 45.  We should worry about more Eddie Guerreros, not Chris Benoits.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f641.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":(" title="Frown    :("  data-smilie="3"data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

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