10 Most Controversial WWE "Wellness Policy" Scandals

Those wellness policy failures that caused Vince McMahon a chair-shot inducing headache.

By Aaron Bower /

WWE.comIf you're of a certain age (and into American cartoons, of course), you'll remember Mr Mackey from South Park constantly telling us that drugs are bad. And whilst there can be no doubting that he's definitely right with that ethos, there are some who refuse to listen. WWE stars are a brazen bunch, and they are certainly no strangers to the spotlight - often for the wrong reasons. Since the WWE introduced their latest generation of the Wellness Policy in 2006, quite a few - well, lots - of wrestlers have fallen foul of the system. And when the company announced they would make violations public in 2007, it opened up a whole new door in terms of privacy. Sure, the system has its detractors, who claim there are simply too many loopholes in the system that wrestlers can exploit. There are even some who believe that certain WWE stars are exempt from the same treatment as everyone else. Whilst that may or may not be true (it's certainly not up for debate here), there have been some pretty big Wellness Policy scandals that have rocked the wrestling world. Some have cost wrestlers their jobs, whilst some have destroyed any sort of push a guy may have been on at that time. So, let's take a look at the 10 biggest Wellness Policy scandals