By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

WWE wrestler Rey Mysterio claims he was only given one day notice to come up with a valid prescription to excuse a positive drug test or face a 30-day suspension. According to WWE's Wellness Policy, wrestlers have up to 72 hours (three days) to provide a valid prescription after being informed of a violation.

Mysterio claims he was initially informed of a Wellness Policy violation on Wednesday. He says was told he had until Thursday to provide the valid prescription from his doctor.

"I was on three weeks of vacation, I returned to work, I went to Spain and Germany promoting Summerslam," Mysterio told The Record in Mexico. "It was until Wednesday that I returned that the doctor (Dr. Black) says to me that if by Thursday my doctor does not clarify the medicine, he was going to suspend me 30 days."

Mysterio said in the interview that he thought his personal doctor provided the proper paperwork in time to clear the violation and he was assured that it would be taken care of.

Mysterio says he was prescribed an oral drug for his knee and arm. WWE informed him that his testosterone level was raised and he would be suspended if he could not provide the script. Mysterio suggested WWE and Dr. Black, who runs WWE's Wellness Policy, did not treat him fairly in the process.

The exact text of WWE's Wellness Policy for handling a positive test is as follows from Section 13: "It shall be the responsibility of WWE Talent to provide, if not already provided, to the Medical Director, within seventy two (72) hours of notification of a positive test, suitable proof that the substance in question has been taken pursuant to a valid prescription for a legitimate medical purpose given by a licensed and treating physician, and to provide in accordance with the terms of this Policy, copies of the prescription and the name, address and telephone number of the prescribing physician along with a copy of the prescription providing the dosage and duration instructions for proper use."

Caldwell's Analysis: We only have information from Rey Mysterio's perspective on how this went down, but Mysterio is making it sound like he was not given proper notification of a positive test. Complicating the matter is that WWE's wording is unclear on the "notification" aspect. Is "notification of a positive test" leaving a voice mail when a talent is out of town, or is it actual verbal communication? Mysterio was in Phoenix on Tuesday working the Smackdown TV tapings, so it sounds like he wasn't informed until he got home from being on the road the next day. Based on Rey's claims, Dr. Black's office appears to be in the wrong on how they handled it, but we need to hear from their perspective if there was proper notification and Rey is having selective memory to defend himself against the suspension.

Link: Translated version of Mysterio's Spanish-language interview with The Record talking about the suspension.

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