WWE News: Reported Reason for Recent Increase in Wellness Policy Violations

WWE.com announced yesterday that WWE Tag Team Champion Evan Bourne has been suspended for 30 days for violating the company’s Wellness Policy.

The announcement came as a shock because Bourne seems rather low-key and quiet on WWE TV, and not many wrestling fans expected him to test positive for any type of recreational drugs or performance-enhancers.

So, the question on our minds is why? Why did Bourne get suspended?

Well, the boys backstage think they have the answer.

From F4Wonline.com (via SEScoops.com):

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Following the recent Wellness suspensions from Sin Cara, Mike Chioda, Darren Young, Heath Slater and now Evan Bourne, some WWE superstars believe the suspensions are related to WWE cracking down on synthetic marijuana, which is a legal substance.

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Oddly enough, I speculated in a post here on Bleacher Report yesterday that it was indeed synthetic marijuana that was causing the recent surge of Wellness Policy violations. But I was basing that on prior reports, so it’s not like it took a genius to figure this out.

Still, we really don’t have 100 percent confirmation as to why we’ve seen five—or six, if you count Andy Leavine—suspensions over the last four months, and we likely never will.

That being said, in the past I’ve stressed that I needed to see a big name wrestler get suspended for me to have full confidence in the legitimacy of the Wellness Program, and though Bourne’s not a main eventer, he is one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions.

The WWE seems to be sending a message here that it doesn’t matter if they’re in the midst of a big push or are holding a title—no one is going to beat the system.

It’s just a shame that Bourne had to be one of the guys who got suspended. We asked for a revival of the tag team division, and Bourne—along with partner Kofi Kingston—seemed to be getting it there.

But now both Bourne and—however unfair it is—Kingston will have to pay the price for Bourne’s big mistake.