"HANGING ROCK — Two wrestling superstars from Extreme Championship Wrestling and World Wrestling Entertainment may be tough in the ring, but they didn’t have enough muscle to escape drug charges after being stopped Sunday night by the Ohio State Highway Patrol.

Robert Alex Szatowski, aka WWE and ECW champion Rob Van Dam, and Terry Michael Brunk, aka Sabu, also a former ECW champion, were pulled over on U.S. 52, near Patrick Street in Hanging Rock at about 10:15 p.m. The two were apparently driving from their performances at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena earlier in the evening.

According to the OSHP, Szatowski was initially stopped for speeding. When troopers approached his vehicle, they smelled marijuana and performed a search. Troopers found the wrestler in possession of 18 grams of marijuana and five Vicodin, prescription pain pills. Brunk was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and also had nine pills that were not immediately identifiable, but were known to be controlled substances, according to the OSHP. Both were cited and posted bond at the scene.

Szatowski, of Battle Creek, Mich., has had a long, successful career with both the WWE and ECW. In addition to being the current champion of both, he has been intercontinental champion six times, hardcore champion four times and has been a part of several championship tag team duos.

He is scheduled to wrestle tonight on WWE Raw and is also wrestling Tuesday night to retain his WWE and ECW titles during the “Extreme Rules Match” on the Sci-Fi channel.

Brunk, who lists his hometown as Bombay, India, on the WWE Web site, has also had a successful career with the ECW, earning world heavyweight championship titles two times and tag team championship honors three times.

Both Brunk and Szatowski are scheduled to appear at 10 a.m. Thursday in Ironton Municipal Court. Both wrestlers won their matches last night in Huntington, W.Va. Van Dam defeated the Big Show and Sabu defeated Justin Credible."

They made RVD give up his title last night, it was supposed to happen soon but they rewrote it to get it over with as soon as possible....i wonder what the WWE is going to do to the two of them. they just released some uber revamped drug policy too...that'd suck if they got fired

they will probably both get shit canned and end up in some lower promotion, like IWA-MS or some shit... oh well, I think it is funny , cuz when rvd was in ECW way back when , he was known for that shit, always sayin that is why he did all that crazy shit, because he was always high haha. shit comes back to bite ya I guess

if they get fired they'll just end up in TNA (or back in TNA for Sabu's case) and wrestle against awesome guys... hmmm maybe this is a good thing.

didn't the king say rvd was a pot smoker anyway...??

yeah they played that gimmick on the ecw show too, with rvd making a bunch of pot references

im sure they think of it differently, an angle on a show and getting busted out in the real world...it'd be cool if they went to TNA but it sucks since RVD was finally getting his push having both the ECW and WWE titles until last night when they switched everything up, making him lose the WWE title last night due to the charges

but they're in "ecw" anything goes in "ecw"

i dont think anybody cared about who did drugs when ECW was around haha. I'm sure have that roster was blowing coke all the time anyway.

who is this anonymous fag?

i'm your friend....

" In the wake of being faced with five violations, including drug possession, by the Ohio State Highway Patrol, WWE.com reports that Rob Van Dam and Sabu arrived at the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia at 1:30 p.m. today and immediately went into a meeting with Vice President of Talent Relations John Laurinaitis.

Following the meeting, Mr. Laurinaitis told WWE.com that Rob Van Dam and Sabu will be eligible to compete tonight on RAW and tomorrow night at ECW on Sci Fi while an ongoing investigation is being conducted by World Wrestling Entertainment. The two men will be appearing in court Thursday morning at Ironton Municipal Court.

According to the Ironton Tribune, Rob Van Dam and Sabu were pulled over on U.S. 52, near Patrick Street in Hanging Rock, Ohio at about 10:15 p.m. Sunday night. The two were apparently driving from their performances at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena earlier in the evening.

According to the Ohio State Police, as reported by the Ironton Tribune, Van Dam was initially stopped for speeding. When troopers approached his vehicle, they smelled marijuana and performed a search. Troopers found RVD in possession of 18 grams of marijuana and five Vicodin, prescription pain pills. Sabu was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and also had nine pills that were not immediately identifiable, but were known to be controlled substances, according to the OSHP. Both were cited and posted bond at the scene. "
wwe.com

ecw is owned by wwe now...so whatever new rules wwe has, every one of their subsidiaries has to follow

still sucks for them...i guess rvd lost his other title as well tonight

Yeah he did lose it... The story line was pretty fucked up too hahah

sacreligion said:

Anyone who knows Jack Shit about wrestling saw this coming how it took so long is way wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy beyond me and more power to RVD and Sabu cause the WWE sucks now and they could easily do anything theyt wanted in the Pro Wrestling World which is slowly dwinldling away to my good friends in the UFC fuck wrestling keep it....REAL!

World Wrestling Entertainment earlier this week announced it was investigating five violations, including drug possession, levied against Rob Van Dam and Sabu by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. WWE announced today that based on information gathered over the past few days, Van Dam has been suspended without pay for 30 days and Sabu has been fined $1000. These actions are consistent with the Wellness Policy at WWE.

Read above post who the fuck cares!

wow thats nothing for those two.... they got off easy.