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Kurt Angle On Randy Orton And Rob Van Dam Paying Marijuana Fines In Advance

It’s no big secret that there are a number of professional wrestlers who smoke marijuana, and stars such as former WWE Champion Rob Van Dam have been quite open about.

During a recent episode of The Kurt Angle Show WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle discussed the company’s policy toward marijuana use, and he noted that talents were tested multiple times a year, and wrestlers would be fined.

Angle went on to say that Randy Orton and Rob Van Dam were two wrestlers who would pay the fines in advance in order to bypass any type of suspension.

“Well, I think that the WWE, what they are doing right now, and I don’t know if it has changed since I left, but they would just fine the wrestler. So, you’re going to get drug tested seven times a year. If you’re going to fail seven times a year, and this is one of the wrestlers, this is what I heard one of the wrestlers say, and I might as well say who it is, Randy Orton and Rob Van Dam.”

“They basically told the company that they would, ‘How much were the fines, and how many drug tests would I do this year?’ So, they wanted to pay the money upfront (laughs). I think the fine was two thousand dollars, so they just said, ‘Here, take 14 grand, I’m good.’ They would bypass the test, and they wouldn’t get suspended. So, I think marijuana, they have been lighter on about because it’s not banned anymore. You don’t get suspended, but you still get fined.”

Speaking of Rob Van Dam, he recently gave Vince McMahon a very special gift at the Hall of Fame induction ceremony, and you can get more on that here.

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