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  • Per his request, Adam Rose released from WWE

    Ray Leppan, known as Adam Rose, was officially released by WWE Monday as he requested it, according to the company.

    Leppan was on an indefinite suspension from the company after being arrested on both tampering with a witness and domestic battery charges on May 11 involving his wife at their home in Lutz, FL. During the proceedings it came out, it was a second incident involving Leppan.

    He was already on a 60 day suspension, announced on April 16, for a second wellness policy violation. He wrote that the violation was for testing positive for Adderall XR to treat ADHD.  He put up a doctor’s note on Twitter, took it down, and then put it up again. WWE never responded to questions regarding the nature of the suspension, but did not change its ruling.

    Leppan started his career working in South Africa as a tag team partner of Paul Lloyd Jr. (P.J. Black in Lucha Underground, Justin Gabriel in WWE). He worked for the local promotion there and was one of its top stars when signed to WWE in 2010, where he worked as Leo Kruger and later Adam Rose, highlighted in the ESPN E:60 Behind The Curtain documentary. The latter gimmick got him a 2014 call-up but the character never got out of prelims. He was a member of the Social Outcasts group at the time of his first suspension.

    We’ll discuss this more on Wrestling Observer Live today and on Wrestling Observer Radio tonight.

  • Adam Rose expected home after wife asks judge for leniency

    Cassandra Leppan, the wife of the indefinitely suspended Ray “Adam Rose” Leppan, was in Florida court Thursday morning asking a judge for leniency regarding her husband after his post-midnight arrest on Wednesday morning.

    He faces battery and tampering with a witness charges.

    The judge talked about invoking a restraining order against Ray, barring him from any contact with her. She begged the judge not to do so because she wants him back home, noting that they have a special needs child who needs both parents.

    According to TMZ.com, Ray’s lawyer argued that his physical actions were more passionate than violent. However, the judge noted a previous domestic violence incident that didn’t get any media play in March, noting a pattern. In the end, the judge allowed Ray to return home. Bond was set for $1000, virtually ensuring Rose will be out by day’s end.

    Ray was ordered to get counseling from his pastor once a week until the next court date.

  • Adam Rose responds to drug suspension from WWE

    Ray Leppan, better known as WWE’s Adam Rose, released the first of what he said is a two part response to his 60 drug suspension announced by WWE this past week.

    Leppan’s statement is that he believes his response is tantamount to career suicide, but made it anyway. He claimed he didn’t do anything knowingly wrong, and the substance he was using was prescribed medication. The statement below is word-for-word with no changes:

    “I was not going to respond to my suspension but I feel I have to. I have two sons that will one day read that news about there daddy and a sister that died from complications related to a life long battle with heroin.

    So I feel the absolute need and right to respond and let the truth be known.

    I am pretty sure this response will meet nowhere near the publicity that my suspension did and that this response is tantamount to career suicide.

    But I feel for my sons my sister and rest of my family… you the Wwe universe have the right to the know the truth over my suspension and what it was for.

    I will also quote my Dr in my response as he was as shocked and appalled by this suspension.

    I can say right now I did not do anything knowingly wrong and was taking prescribed medication that my Dr and I followed all the correct protocol on.

    My actual response and Doctors response will be coming soon. So before you judge, know the facts.

    My family and I are still collecting ourselves from this blow. I have zero anger or animosity against the WWE. But feel the administrators over the WWE Welnness policy were just simply not right in taking this action.

    But I feel facts are the facts and my family and I will will be the ones putting our lives back together after this mess.

    My response will be up soon along with my Doctors.”