Bret wasn't such an insufferable turd about it though. He acted like he was raised with some home training instead of carrying on like a complete putz. Bret is a much better wrestler as well.
Dr. Chris Amaann Files Lawsuit Against CM Punk & Colt Cabana
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Bret wasn't such an insufferable turd about it though. He acted like he was raised with some home training instead of carrying on like a complete putz. Bret is a much better wrestler as well.
And, back to the OP:
I don't recall if the doctor's name was ever uttered during the podcast (as a Punk fan, I listened to the whole thing and even I thought some of it was just completely over-the-top and unnecessary bitching on Punk's part....with Cabana sorta enabling him throughout), which will make it hard to prove the case, if the name was ever said. If the doctor was named during the podcast, then both Punk and Cabana share responsibility, as Cabana had the opportunity to edit out that part of the podcast. If it had been a live podcast, Cabana's responsibility would be much lower since he can't control what a guest says. He would still have some as the person who provided the forum, but not so much.
As to the case itself, I'd be surprised if the case ever saw the inside of a courtroom, because it would be a lot safer for Punk to pay a half-a-million or three-quarters-of-a-million in settlement to make it go away than to take the risk of going to court and being ordered to pay the full amount, whatever it ends up being. It's also safer for the doctor, as $750,000 is probably a lot more than the doc makes in a year and he hasn't (so far as I'm aware) lost his job with WWE, which means he's still making his salary, and going to court is always a risk. All it takes is half the jury (in most civil cases) siding with Punk over the doctor, not an altogether unlikely thought considering how most Americans feel about doctors who work for "sports organizations"....or any corporation, for that matter, and the doctor gets nothing.
wk
I don't recall if the doctor's name was ever uttered during the podcast (as a Punk fan, I listened to the whole thing and even I thought some of it was just completely over-the-top and unnecessary bitching on Punk's part....with Cabana sorta enabling him throughout), which will make it hard to prove the case, if the name was ever said. If the doctor was named during the podcast, then both Punk and Cabana share responsibility, as Cabana had the opportunity to edit out that part of the podcast. If it had been a live podcast, Cabana's responsibility would be much lower since he can't control what a guest says. He would still have some as the person who provided the forum, but not so much.
As to the case itself, I'd be surprised if the case ever saw the inside of a courtroom, because it would be a lot safer for Punk to pay a half-a-million or three-quarters-of-a-million in settlement to make it go away than to take the risk of going to court and being ordered to pay the full amount, whatever it ends up being. It's also safer for the doctor, as $750,000 is probably a lot more than the doc makes in a year and he hasn't (so far as I'm aware) lost his job with WWE, which means he's still making his salary, and going to court is always a risk. All it takes is half the jury (in most civil cases) siding with Punk over the doctor, not an altogether unlikely thought considering how most Americans feel about doctors who work for "sports organizations"....or any corporation, for that matter, and the doctor gets nothing.
wk
This is all just a ton of miscommunication between both parties... I believe Punk for the record. Don't get angry at me here, I think the WWE told the doctor to issue that lawsuit after hearing the podcast because they don't want guys like Punk and Colt exposing the WWE like this.
We'll never really know for sure who was completely right and who was wrong in this Punk/WWE saga. Punk's statement about WWE being 'a toxic environment' could be true, but also at the same time Punk could've been full of BS and was lying his ass off.
I'm sure at one time WWE was a great place to work for Punk but soon he was turning it into a Toxic enviroment. I've seen people take a great job get their panties in a twist and turn it into a place where they couldn't stand to work.
Yeah, man. Stuff like that happens.
Remember that promo Punk delivered? It was something like 'I love the place I work. I just hate the people in charge.' He was being 100% honest there. But at the same time, the guy's just a difficult person to deal with. Punk's friends have even said it in that DVD of his. So, as you've pointed out, he was probably turning it into a toxic environment. He may have been his own worst enemy at times.
You're referring to a Bret Hart who grew up with less social media outlets and where kayfabe hadn't quite been broken completely.
Don't give Hart too much credit. He's my favorite ever, but if he were 20 years younger he would be doing EXACTLY the same thing as Punk is....in fact, he did in 1997.
Hart may be more subtle but he's just as ornery as Punk. Hart is no stranger to burying people he's worked for only to continually justify to it over and over.
I'm willing to bet Hart was more vocal backstage and involved himself in changing booking decisions that fit his personal agenda.
Hart paints himself as this angelic figure with some sort of dark cloud over his head. Sound familiar?
The difference between the two (and where we agree) seems to be their personal lives where Punk leaves chicks with a bad taste in their mouths, whereas Hart shied away from personal embarrassment
