Bourne suspended!

[Majin HoHo]

Originally Posted by wwe.com

In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Matthew Korklan (Evan Bourne) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s policy

What to do with Kofi, they might have to have them vacant the titles? I imagine maybe Awesome Truth or Ziggler and Swagger to get the belts, and for Kofi and Bourne to get a title shot, when he comes back.What steriods is he taking? He slim like a pencil

[RyPrax]

I guess he'll be released soon, har har har.

And Steroids don't necessarily make you bigger. Regardless of that Bourne is jacked for his size anyway.

[Fluttershy]

Stupid idiot. Really been enjoying Air Boom recently. Be interesting to see how they handle this on tv now.

[Adampro123]

This honestly shocks me. Bourne is a health freak type of guy and not someone that would take steroids or would do any drugs. im thinking this has to be something else.

They have a lot of guys that can take his place in beings kofis partner for a while like Bryan,Sin Cara, Alex Riley, Zack Ryder or who i would prefer Trent Barretta.

If they do drop the tag team titles i would assume it will be to either Ziggs&Swaggs or Awesome Truth.

[RyPrax]

AwesomeTruth vs The Cock for the tag titles? Too big of an opportunity for them to pass up.

[Adampro123]

Yeah since Awesome truth beat Air boom on Smackdown last week that's what i figured to happen anyways. of course this would mean Awesome Truth would have to win the match and this would probably mean Either rock turning on Cena which is most likely OR Cena turning on Rock which is less likely because i don't see The Rock taking a pin from Truth or Miz. of course there is always the DQ or countout way to go.

[chappers]

AwesomeTruth vs The Cock for the tag titles? Too big of an opportunity for them to pass up.

Hahaha, what a great name for a team, I reckon they will have them defend next week or on Smackdown or something and have them beaten down completely by Awesome Truth to lose the titles.

[Awesome]

I reckon they will have them defend next week or on Smackdown or something and have them beaten down completely by Awesome Truth to lose the titles.

As the suspension has now been announced though, they'd have to do it with only Kofi being present to defend the title, as they obviously won't let Bourne appear while suspended.

[RyPrax]

Well in the past they've had them compete before "Officially" getting suspended, but obviously this is a different story. Unless they don't count today as part of the suspension and they drop them on SD. Still, part of me can't see WWE going 30 days with the tag titles on a suspended guy's ways, part of me can totally see them doing that. It's an odd situation.

[Adampro123]

Haven't we had a champion suspended before and then after the suspension they have still had them on TV so they could drop the title? I Feel like Jeff Hardy has probably done that at some point and i think the WWE can chose when the suspension officially starts.

[RyPrax]

Haven't we had a champion suspended before and then after the suspension they have still had them on TV so they could drop the title? I Feel like Jeff Hardy has probably done that at some point and i think the WWE can chose when the suspension officially starts.

Yep, and often they even wrestle through suspensions (on live shows at least). I'm sure the champion thing has happened more than once too.

[Adampro123]

UPDATES!

PWInsider.com reports that there is one belief among those in WWE that the recent amount of suspensions has to do with the company cracking down on the usage of synthetic marijuana.

Darren Young, Heath Slater, and Evan Bourne were all suspended in recent weeks. Official reasons for those suspensions have not been made public by WWE.

-- Evan Bourne stated the following on Twitter after WWE announced they had suspended the Raw Superstar for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of their Talent Wellness Program.

"Love you guys! I'll be back in a flash. AirBoom will not be derailed!"

WWE announced Tuesday they have suspended performer Evan Bourne for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s Talent Wellness Program.

WWE issued a press release stating: “In accordance with its Talent Wellness Program, WWE has suspended Matthew Korklan (Evan Bourne) for 30 days effective immediately for his first violation of the company’s policy.”

Bourne’s suspension was not unexpected since he was summoned to a meeting with WWE officials at Monday’s Raw SuperShow in Atlanta, Georgia regarding a recent violation of their Substance Abuse and Drug Testing Policy (a component of the Talent Wellness Program), which according to corporate.wwe.com, “prohibits the use of drugs by talent for other than a legitimate medical purpose pursuant to a valid prescription from a licensed and treating physician.”

WWE employees were surprised he and Kofi Kingston didn’t lose the Tag Team Championship on Raw. The duo is now expected to drop the titles at tonight’s SmackDown in Greenville, North Carolina since his suspension has been publicly announced.

Many WWE performers believe the recent rash of suspensions is tied to Talent Wellness Program administers cracking down on usage of synthetic cannabis, which was added to the banned substances list in June. Sold under the brand names K2 and Spice, the substance was banned for at least a year effective March 1, 2011 by the Drug Enforcement Administration so they could study its effects more thoroughly and decide whether a permanent ban is necessary.

Bourne is the third WWE performer to be suspended in the past month, following Darren Young and Heath Slater.

So it's all but confirmed he was suspended due to smoking pot which could bring of a discussion weather you think they should suspend for that or could even open the door to weather you think it should be legal and all kinds of things.

It's kind of funny that the guy that teams with the guy that kind of acts like he might be a pot head (kofi being the Jamaican and all)  gets suspended for it.

I've heard many things in the passed that has said Orton smokes pot as well. bet he won't get suspended for it.

[RyPrax]

lmao I was going to make a comment about Kofi too (although his character USED TO BE Jamaican, he isn't in real life or in character anymore).

As for Orton, I think that's a really unfair comment... the article says the substance was banned earlier this year. Just because you heard Orton smoked weed however long ago doesn't mean he's actually doing it now or ever. Lots of assumptions in that statement... Sure they bend the rules for him but I think people are too hard on him considering they don't have any facts.

As for whether pot should be legal or not, that's obviously not a discussion for here. The fact is that it's illegal, and that I'm sure performing while under the influences of pot isn't exactly a good thing. Whether it's legal or not, these guys represent a company that targets kids especially. Drinking alcohol is legal but you won't see any guys out there drunk.

[RyPrax]

I wonder if WWE '13 will have our twitter handles, random tweet pop ups and Cole talking tweets? Might make gameplay as annoying as viewing.

He mad.

[Adampro123]

I don't have a problem with the Twitter stuff myself but a lot of people seem to.

As for bourne im still surprised he and Kofi hasn't lost the tag titles. i guess for the next few weeks the tag titles won't even matter...not that they really do most of the time anyways. I want to see Hawkins & Reks as tag champs. at least they have good tag matches on NXT.

Credit: F4WOnline.com

Dave Meltzer reports that there has been a lot of controversy surrounding Evan Bourne’s suspension. Bourne was suspended for smoking synthetic marijuana, believed to be Spice. Word is that Bourne used it at a party with other WWE talents and that one or more wrestlers above Bourne on the roster were using it.

Talk among the wrestlers has to do with the idea that a mid-carder like Bourne would get suspended for doing the same thing that a main eventer does and doesn’t get suspended.

Yup.