Black Widow
04-08-2008, 02:21 PM
WWE RESPONDS TO MIKE KNOX REPORT; MORE THAN ONE WWE PERFORMER LIVED IN GEORGIA RESIDENCE
In an update on the HGH/steroid discovery in Georgia that has been linked to ECW performer Mike Knox, World Wrestling Entertainment told the FOX affiliate in Atlanta was Knox was among four developmental talents who rented a home together at that address. They told the station that only Knox is still under contract to the company and that he has denied ownership. A second box found in the vicinity of the drugs contained documents relating to Knox's WWE employment, including his contract.
PWInsider.com has independently confirmed that Ryan O'Riley and Derek Niekirk were two of the other three residents of the home. Niekirk was released last year due to WWE Wellness Policy issues while O'Riley, who was about to be called up to the Raw brand, requested his release as he and girlfriend Kristy Vaine decided they didn't want a life on the road.
To read the FOX report Below:
From MyFoxAtlanta Reports
HENRY COUNTY, Ga. --
Police are investigating what a Locust Grove, Ga., man says he found inside his home.
He turned over to police several bottles that were labeled as containing human growth hormones (video: MyFoxAtlanta).
The man also gave police numerous syringes and other materials that investigators say could belong to a W.W.E. wrestler.
"I had never looked in here and so she was gonna put her stuff in here and just looked back in here and the boxes were just sitting there," said the homeowner.
The Locust Grove man showed WAGA FOX 5 News where his daughter stumbled upon the disturbing find in the attic of their home.
"It was actually pushed over closer to this wall," said the homeowner as he pointed to a nearby wall.
The homeowner was referring to two shoe boxes that contained several small bottles labeled as testosterone, neomasteron -- which is also an anabolic steroid -- some bottles with no markings at all and there were numerous unopened syringes.
Asked what his thoughts were upon discovering the drugs, the homeowner said "well being the fact that I have children I was horrified because my kids actually play up in that room and so the first thing I thought is what if there were to open that and they would have gotten a hold of the stuff and the syringes."
The shoeboxes also contained personal documents with the name of a man who used to live in the house.
Among those documents was a contract from the W.W.E. and a memorandum to W.W.E. superstars in 2004 about the new dress code.
Henry County Police have asked FOX 5 News not to name that wrestler at this time because they want to talk with him first.
Futhermore, no charges have been filed.
Police are still investigating what the substance was in those bottles.
While it is not illegal for W.W.E. wrestlers to take steroids the W.W.E. Director of Publicity Kevin Hennesy told FOX 5 News "wrestlers can only be prescribed steroids by a physician which is rare and only for a specific medical condition and it is usually taken orally."
Hennesy added, "If a wrestler is injecting steroids for performance enhancement purposes that would be a matter for local law enforcement."
The W.W.E. is co-operating fully with the investigation, said authorities.
In a statement released Tuesday, the W.W.E. said that their own investigation concluded that there were -- at one time -- four professional wrestlers living at the Locust Grove address. Only one remains as a wrestler under contract with the W.W.E.
Investigators say they believe the wrestler is staying with relatives in another state.
Police want to question him and test the bottles of substances that were found in the Locust Grove home.
In an update on the HGH/steroid discovery in Georgia that has been linked to ECW performer Mike Knox, World Wrestling Entertainment told the FOX affiliate in Atlanta was Knox was among four developmental talents who rented a home together at that address. They told the station that only Knox is still under contract to the company and that he has denied ownership. A second box found in the vicinity of the drugs contained documents relating to Knox's WWE employment, including his contract.
PWInsider.com has independently confirmed that Ryan O'Riley and Derek Niekirk were two of the other three residents of the home. Niekirk was released last year due to WWE Wellness Policy issues while O'Riley, who was about to be called up to the Raw brand, requested his release as he and girlfriend Kristy Vaine decided they didn't want a life on the road.
To read the FOX report Below:
From MyFoxAtlanta Reports
HENRY COUNTY, Ga. --
Police are investigating what a Locust Grove, Ga., man says he found inside his home.
He turned over to police several bottles that were labeled as containing human growth hormones (video: MyFoxAtlanta).
The man also gave police numerous syringes and other materials that investigators say could belong to a W.W.E. wrestler.
"I had never looked in here and so she was gonna put her stuff in here and just looked back in here and the boxes were just sitting there," said the homeowner.
The Locust Grove man showed WAGA FOX 5 News where his daughter stumbled upon the disturbing find in the attic of their home.
"It was actually pushed over closer to this wall," said the homeowner as he pointed to a nearby wall.
The homeowner was referring to two shoe boxes that contained several small bottles labeled as testosterone, neomasteron -- which is also an anabolic steroid -- some bottles with no markings at all and there were numerous unopened syringes.
Asked what his thoughts were upon discovering the drugs, the homeowner said "well being the fact that I have children I was horrified because my kids actually play up in that room and so the first thing I thought is what if there were to open that and they would have gotten a hold of the stuff and the syringes."
The shoeboxes also contained personal documents with the name of a man who used to live in the house.
Among those documents was a contract from the W.W.E. and a memorandum to W.W.E. superstars in 2004 about the new dress code.
Henry County Police have asked FOX 5 News not to name that wrestler at this time because they want to talk with him first.
Futhermore, no charges have been filed.
Police are still investigating what the substance was in those bottles.
While it is not illegal for W.W.E. wrestlers to take steroids the W.W.E. Director of Publicity Kevin Hennesy told FOX 5 News "wrestlers can only be prescribed steroids by a physician which is rare and only for a specific medical condition and it is usually taken orally."
Hennesy added, "If a wrestler is injecting steroids for performance enhancement purposes that would be a matter for local law enforcement."
The W.W.E. is co-operating fully with the investigation, said authorities.
In a statement released Tuesday, the W.W.E. said that their own investigation concluded that there were -- at one time -- four professional wrestlers living at the Locust Grove address. Only one remains as a wrestler under contract with the W.W.E.
Investigators say they believe the wrestler is staying with relatives in another state.
Police want to question him and test the bottles of substances that were found in the Locust Grove home.