WWE SmackDown Results: Winners, Grades, Reaction and Highlights from October 15 - Bleacher Report

Just six days before Crown Jewel, live from Saudi Arabia, WWE SmackDown hit the FSN airwaves for a special two-and-a-half-hour megashow, headlined by an appearance from "The Beast" Brock Lesnar.

The top contender to Roman Reigns' Universal Championship had another message to send The Tribal Chief ahead of their titanic clash on pay-per-view. What was it and how, if at all, did The Head of the Table respond?

The answer awaited on a jam-packed show that featured tournament semifinals, championship clashes and PPV-worthy main events

https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2949427-wwe-smackdown-results-winners-grades-reaction-and-highlights-from-october-15

FLASHBACK >>> NEW YORK TIMES COVERAGE: 1990s WWF Drug Scandal

 

During the 1980s and 1990s, Dr. George Zahorian was thought to have routinely distributed steroids and other drugs to WWF wrestlers, supposedly with the approval of WWF owner Vince McMahon.

In 1993, McMahon was indicted in federal court after the steroid controversy engulfed the promotion, forcing him to temporarily cede control of the WWF to his wife Linda.

https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/sports/wwf-s-mcmahon-indicted.html

The case went to trial in 1994, where McMahon himself was accused of distributing steroids to his wrestlers.

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/28/nyregion/wrestling-promoter-fights-steroid-charges.html

One notable prosecution witness was Nailz (real name: Kevin Wacholz), a former WWF performer who had been fired after a violent confrontation with McMahon.

Nailz testified that McMahon had ordered him to use steroids, but his credibility was called into question during his testimony as he repeatedly stated that he "hated" McMahon.

https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/12/nyregion/nailz-the-wrestler-testifies-he-was-told-to-use-steroids.html

The jury would later acquit McMahon of the charges and he resumed his role in the day-to day operations of the WWF

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