RVD and Sabu Arrested

["The Enlightend " A Mollon]

Wrestling stars busted in Hanging Rock
By Kirsten Stanley/The Ironton Tribune

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.


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[PimpDaddyB]

Wow - does this mean they'll get the proverbial slap on the hand from Vince?

[Howard]

I also read about this, surprising and it's ashame...however, I do not see Vince getting rid of them but being pissed at them.

[richnasty]

ITS ALWAYS FUN SMOKING A BLUNT WITH SABU!!! HAMTRAMICK BABY!!!!

[Howard]

LOL

But RVD too? Or was it all just Sabu's? Hmm

[william2k2dj]

If they get fired, you can kiss the ECW draw/ratings and the merchandising goodbye. I hope they don't get fired.

[Mike O'Shea]

It is funny I was reading another board and one guy was saying they couldn't see Sabu smoking one...obviously they don't know Sabu...lol

[Howard]

i guess not lol

if anything you'd suspect sabu to do the pills because of the pain he goes through when wrestling. As you see RVD hasn't done as much hardcore extreme stuff like Sabu, so you'd think RVD had the weed or nothing at all, and it was all Sabu's or Sabu had the pills but RVd had the marijauna.

CrazE shiet, but now RVD is suspended for 30 days and lost both belts, and Sabu got fined $1000 dollars

[B2]

I think Vince and Brunk both know that the career of the man known as 'Sabu' is not long for the top circuit, and Vince knows he has little time left on top, so he slaps him on the wrist, tells him anything else and your done, and does nothing different creatively with him. I think that was the right thing to do. Though, I think 15 days would have been better than 30 for Rob.

[Bo Jackson]

Bo knows pot!

[william2k2dj]

*yawn*