10 Most Insane Demands Wrestlers Ever Made

2. Brock Lesnar's WWE Wellness Policy Exclusion

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Around one week after he defeated Mark Hunt at UFC 200 on 9 July 2016, news began circulating that Brock Lesnar had failed a drugs test for clomiphene. The USADA (United States Anti-Doping Agency) had found traces of the drug during both out-of-competition and in-competition tests, and he was later suspended by UFC.

WWE, meanwhile, barely batted an eyelid. They had Lesnar's forthcoming SummerSlam headliner against Randy Orton to promote.

Rather hilariously, the promotion's own Wellness Policy was palmed off as only applicable to full-time performers. As Lesnar was a part-time worker, he was exempt from testing. You can only imagine how well that went down with the MMA community and sports world as a whole.

It's almost unbelievable that Brock had a loophole like this written into his WWE contract to begin with, and it's even more shocking to report that the organisation went along with it. What good is a drug-testing policy if it doesn't apply to everyone under contract?

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