Editing WWE (section)

===1990s drug scandal===
{{main|United States v. McMahon}}
During the 1980s and 1990s, George Zahorian was thought to have routinely distributed steroids and other drugs to WWF wrestlers, supposedly with the approval of WWF owner Vince McMahon.<ref name="SESCOOPS">{{cite web|url=http://www.sescoops.com/sex-drugs-steroids-in-wwe-cena-mysterio-grant-wishes/|title=Details On Sex & Drug Scandals In WWE|work=SEScoops |date=December 27, 2009|publisher=SEScoops.com|access-date=July 17, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180120124601/http://www.sescoops.com/sex-drugs-steroids-in-wwe-cena-mysterio-grant-wishes/|archive-date=January 20, 2018}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2019}} In 1993, McMahon was indicted in federal court after the steroid controversy engulfed the promotion, forcing him to temporarily cede control of the WWF to his wife Linda.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/sports/wwf-s-mcmahon-indicted.html |title=W.W.F.'s McMahon Indicted |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=November 19, 1993 |access-date=October 17, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101002082943/http://www.nytimes.com/1993/11/19/sports/wwf-s-mcmahon-indicted.html |archive-date=October 2, 2010 }}</ref> The case went to trial in 1994, where McMahon himself was accused of distributing steroids to his wrestlers.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/28/nyregion/wrestling-promoter-fights-steroid-charges.html |title=Wrestling Promoter Fights Steroid Charges |work=The New York Times |date=April 28, 1994 |access-date=October 17, 2009 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107133220/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/04/28/nyregion/wrestling-promoter-fights-steroid-charges.html |archive-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> One notable prosecution witness was [[Kevin Wacholz|Nailz]] (real name: Kevin Wacholz), a former WWF performer who had been fired after a violent confrontation with McMahon. Nailz testified that McMahon had ordered him to use steroids, but his credibility was called into question during his testimony as he repeatedly stated that he "hated" McMahon.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/12/nyregion/nailz-the-wrestler-testifies-he-was-told-to-use-steroids.html?pagewanted=1 | title=Nailz the Wrestler Testifies He Was Told to Use Steroids | newspaper=The New York Times | date=July 12, 1994 | url-status=live | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409144620/http://www.nytimes.com/1994/07/12/nyregion/nailz-the-wrestler-testifies-he-was-told-to-use-steroids.html?pagewanted=1 | archive-date=April 9, 2016 | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.wrestleview.com/faq/?article=nailz|title=NAILZ|work=Wrestleview|access-date=November 20, 2012|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141107060111/http://www.wrestleview.com/faq/?article=nailz|archive-date=November 7, 2014}}</ref> The jury would later acquit McMahon of the charges and he resumed his role in the day-to day operations of the WWF.<ref>{{cite news |title=Wrestling Promoter McMahon Acquitted of Steroid Charges |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-07-23-sp-18991-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |agency=Associated Press |date=July 23, 1994}}</ref>