30 Surprising WWE Facts You Probably Didn't Know

23. WWE Wellness Policy Extends To Referees

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The WWE’s Wellness Policy has remained in place with very few amendments for a decade now, having been instituted in February 2006 after the death of Eddie Guerrero in November 2005.

Everyone knows that the WWE roster are all supposedly subject to random testing for drugs, including both performance enhancing substances and recreational narcotics.

What many people don’t realise is that this extends to the referees as well.

In 2011, the WWE's longest serving referee Mike Chioda was suspended for thirty days for his first violation of the Wellness Policy. No mention has ever been made of what kind of naughty stuff he might have been caught taking, however.

Chioda returned to work without any further issues, and the matter’s never been raised since. Except for right now, obviously. By me.

Hi, Mike! *waves*

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