7 things you need to know about the WWE Wellness Program

#4 Three Strikes and you’re out (Almost)

Randy Orton had one strike removed following WWE’s redemtion policy.

On the face of it, the WWE Wellness Program states clearly that every wellness policy violation counts a strike and three strikes and you’re out of a contract, no matter how many years’ apart violations are.

However, an interesting fact is what fans call the Randy Orton Rule. On the face of it, Randy Orton has two wellness policy violations (although he was never suspended for the Signature Pharmacy scandal) which means that one more strike and he’s out.

However, in 2013, WWE announced a redemption clause to the Wellness Program whereby a performer with two strikes could apply to have one strike removed if he/she could stay out of trouble for 18 months following the second violation.

It would be WWE’s decision whether to remove the strike or not. There’s no proof that this redemption clause was made just to help out Randy Orton but the circumstantial evidence is pretty damning and many industry insiders have raised their suspicions about this before.