WWE previously announced that Samoa Joe has been suspended for 30 days due to his first violation of the WWE Wellness Policy, effective Monday, February 24.
Dave Meltzer noted on Wrestling Observer Radio that the WWE creative team didn’t find out about the suspension until it was announced by WWE’s official website in a statement.
This comes after it was reported earlier this month that more WWE Wellness Policy suspensions could be coming and hinted Joe was one of the violations.
PWInsider reported that WWE sources “vociferously denied” Joe being suspended, which wasn’t totally wrong as he was still working at that time and had not been suspended yet.
Thus, it appears that only top WWE officials knew about the suspension earlier this month and that’s why the sources denied the report.