WWE has announced that RAW superstar R-Truth has been suspended due to a violation of the company’s Wellness Policy. The official statement from the WWE website reads:
“In accordance with the Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Ron Killings (R-Truth) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s policy.”
This corroborates a weekend report here about one of the participants in the Survivor Series main event recently failing a drug test.
At the end of RAW, The Miz turned on R-Truth and delivered a vicious beat-down on his former tag team partner. Now, we know why.
After undergoing knee surgery back in May for a torn ACL and MCL, WWE Diva Layla is almost ready to return to action. Layla took part in a live chat on the WWE website on Monday night and recently won a poll on the site about who should be the next challenger to Beth Phoenix’s Divas title.
WWE will be touring Australia in 2012. Dates and locations are as follows: August 30 at Brisbane Entertainment Centre in Brisbane; August 31 at Allphones Arena in Sydney; September 1 at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
During Monday’s Raw SuperShow, WWE displayed a graphic pointing to a YouTube page. The page features a cryptic video teasing the return of a familiar wrestler on January 2, 2012—the first Raw of next year. WWE’s latest cryptic tease inevitably led to speculation that absent talent Chris Jerichocould be returning to the organization. Jericho, however, has already dismissed the possibility.
When asked by a Twitter user what he’s doing on January 2, 2012, he responded, “Working in Hawaii.”
Wrestling Observer editor Dave Meltzer reported over the weekend that contract negotiations between both parties recently fell through and that a possible return is now considered a “dead issue.”
Former WWE Diva Trish Stratus spoke to WWE.com this week to promote the new WWE ’12 video game – and talked about a dream feud with [pregnant Diva] Kharma.  Trish said:
“Oh, completely. When she debuted, I think it was one of the first times since I retired where I would have dropped it all to go back and step into the ring with her. That would have been an epic rivalry. I would have loved to have wrestled her. Hopefully, she’ll come back so the WWE Universe can see more of her.”