"I'm Dolph Ziggler and I've been suspended"

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For the last several weeks, a strange blonde individual has been appearing in backstage segments of Monday Night Raw and introducing himself to various people. With the appearance of a porn-star, this person introduces himself as follows, "Hi, I'm Dolph Ziggler" and proceeds to shake hands and casually walks away as the person he introduced himself to has a befuddled look on his face that reads, "Who the hell was that?"

For those who don't recognize the name or the person, it is none other than Nick Nemeth, better known as "Nicky" from the annoying Spirit Squad group and the most recent WWE Superstar to be suspended for 30-days for violating the WWE Wellness Policy.

Nemeth, who was called back up to the Raw roster on Sept. 15 and appeared in his first backstage segment that same night, joins the list with the likes of William Regal, D.H. Smith, Jeff Hardy, Chavo Guerrero, Randy Orton, John Morrison, Jimmy Wang Yang and countless others who have been suspended for violating the Policy since its inception in Feb. 2006 (for a complete list of who has violated the Wellness Policy and been suspended or fired, click here).

Nemeth is only suspended 30-days due to this being his first strike but if he gets strike two, he will be suspended 60-days, just like Guerrero, Hardy and Regal, and his third strike will result in his termination from the company.

It just baffles and amazes me that these guys continue to try to get around the Wellness Policy, thinking they won't get caught it will be the other people who get busted. I have to give WWE credit as they have been enforcing the Wellness Policy ever since the Chris Benoit Murder/Suicide case in the summer of 2007 and if you don't believe me, just ask Hardy, who was suspended for Wrestlemania 24, and Regal, who was in line for a WWE Championship feud against Triple H.

At least Nemeth didn't cheat like Afa Jr., better known as Manu, attempted to do earlier this year when he used a prosthetic penis to pass his test, which forced WWE to change the testing procedure by making it mandatory the wrestlers drop their pants below the knees in front of a doctor for all future drug tests.