Eugene Explains How Pills, Rehab, and a Doctors Suicide Led to WWE Exit

While speaking to Inside the Ropes, Eugene was asked what led to his WWE release in 2007. He explained that it was due to non-compliance. While in Manchester, he took too many pills and ended up passing out in the hotel lobby wearing only his underwear, which led WWE to send him to a rehab facility for nine weeks. When he came back, he was dealing with knee issues and ended up having knee surgery.

To cope with the pain from his tendon repair, which should have taken about nine months to heal, Eugene started taking pain pills and Somas. But he was cleared to return after just six months even though he wasnt ready, so he used the medication to try and get by. Eventually, it caught up to him and he had to go back to rehab.

Eugene said the WWE doctor even told him that if he was still hurting, he should keep taking the pain meds but to avoid Somas. He believes Somas have been a major cause of many wrestler deaths since they slow your heart rate, causing people to pass out and sometimes stop breathing. After that, he quit taking Somas and went back to prescription painkillers.

Eugene also revealed that after having liposuction, a doctor wrote him a prescription for Percocet, while another doctor usually prescribed him hydrocodone. Months later, he found those old Percocets and took one, but then had to take a drug test.

When he tried to get proof from the doctor who wrote the prescription, he found out that doctor had committed suicide. Since WWE had already sent him to rehab once and he now failed another test, he was released.

Eugene eventually returned to WWE back in 2009 but shortly after got fired again. Regardless, many fans feel the circumstances of his first WWE release were just unfortunate and he deserved better.

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