RVD & Sabu Busted Sunday

Two wrestling superstars from Extreme Championship Wrestling & 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 & ECW champion Rob Van Dam, & 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 2 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 & performed a search. Troopers found the wrestler in possession of 18 grams of marijuana & 5 Vicodin, prescription pain pills. Brunk was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia & also had 9 pills that were not immediately identifiable, but were known to be controlled substances, according to the OSHP. Both were cited & posted bond at the scene.

Szatowski & Brunk were cited, posted bond at the scene & were scheduled to appear in Ironton Municipal Court Thursday morning. However, sources at the courthouse say the date has been changed, but has yet to be determined.

No word on if Monday nights title change had anything to do with the arrest, but one would assume that no title change (if one was even planned) was going to take place until Saturday Night Main Event. I will continue to update this story as more information becomes available.

The WWE has suspended RVD for 30 days for this policy violation & had to drop the ECW belt to the Big Show. Sabu wiill likely face the same kind of suspension.