In a sweeping Sports Illustrated report that ended up causing the new WWE Wellness Policy, Kurt Angle was named as a customer for a Florida drug company who was allegedly selling performance-enhancing drugs to various athletes. Sports Illustrated reported that Angle had been on the client list and had received two different types of anabolic steroids. Angle took to his website to respond:
"I did not improperly receive prescriptions. It is well documented that in my career I have broken vertebrae in my neck on five occasions and each time the course of treatment was under the care and supervision of my doctors. Any attempt to link me to the athletes in the current news accounts who may have improperly sought performance-enhancing drugs is without foundation."
Angle would eventually be suspended under the WWE Wellness Policy when he possessed the steroid Deca-Durabolin without a prescription.
