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That is fucked up lol

>hey can I wrestle?
>NO
>Ok... When is my contract up?
>never. We can extend it automatically because you aren't wrestling!!
>.....
It's basically them forcing the talent to pay to have their contract nulled. So that they can inact the "no TV in the united states for 3 months" clause
 

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It's basically them forcing the talent to pay to have their contract nulled. So that they can inact the "no TV in the united states for 3 months" clause

I think a decent lawyer could get a judge to nullify some of these silly clauses the WWE is always adding. Even if they chose to extend the contract due to Bryan not meeting dates, I'm very certain a judge would take into account that WWE was not letting him wrestle and meet those dates. Bryan's willingness and desire to is quite evident.

Also in regards to their no compete clauses, WWE has long established that they are not a pro wrestling company and not in competition with wrestling companies. In front of the right judge, those things could come back to bite them on the ass.

That's the thing about contracts these days, they're all breakable in front of the right judge.
 

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I think a decent lawyer could get a judge to nullify some of these silly clauses the WWE is always adding. Even if they chose to extend the contract due to Bryan not meeting dates, I'm very certain a judge would take into account that WWE was not letting him wrestle and meet those dates. Bryan's willingness and desire to is quite evident.

Also with their no compete clauses, WWE has long established that they are not a pro wrestling company and not in competition with wrestling companies. In front of the right judge, those things could come back to bite them on the ass.

That's the thing about contracts these days, they're all breakable in front of the right judge.

Didn't ADR almost take them to court over this so he could work AAA asap?

Don't forget about the whole independent contractor nonsense, too!
 

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I think a decent lawyer could get a judge to nullify some of these silly clauses the WWE is always adding. Even if they chose to extend the contract due to Bryan not meeting dates, I'm very certain a judge would take into account that WWE was not letting him wrestle and meet those dates. Bryan's willingness and desire to is quite evident.

Also in regards to their no compete clauses, WWE has long established that they are not a pro wrestling company and not in competition with wrestling companies. In front of the right judge, those things could come back to bite them on the ass.

That's the thing about contracts these days, they're all breakable in front of the right judge.
People have tried all the things you mentioned, and failed. Rey-Rey spent about 2 years before finally getting released last year
 

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Didn't ADR almost take them to court over this so he could work AAA asap?

Don't forget about the whole independent contractor nonsense, too!
AAA is not USA based TV, he could still go there non stop.

The independent contractor bit is why WWE can do all the shit they do. If they were official employees none of these clauses would fly.
 
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People have tried all the things you mentioned, and failed. Rey-Rey spent about 2 years before finally getting released last year

I'm curious of an exact case that you've seen where WWE was allowed to extend the contract of wrestler, extended it because they were injured and missed dates, although a third party doctor had cleared them, and the wrestler was vocal about wanting to work so he sued them after the contract was extended and then lost. Unless you can give me an exact precedent where this has happened, I stand by my statement that it could.

In regards to the other, that's why I said a certain judge. Judges are not completely bound by the rulings of other judges and make different rulings all the time. Just because it hadn't happened before doesn't mean it cannot in the future. In the United States, legal precedent is in no way binding. There are judges who have completely struck down no compete clauses that are identical to ones upheld by others. Judges in the United States are not remotely uniform in their interpretation of the legality and scope of non compete law.
 
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Oh and when the WWE had those no compete clauses previously, they assumed they applied to non US ones and they didn't in court, which is an example of their clauses being challenged and them losing. That means they are examples of people trying the things I've said and winning.
 

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People have tried all the things you mentioned, and failed. Rey-Rey spent about 2 years before finally getting released last year
Didn't Lesnar do it when he left? Or was than another clause, if I'm remembering rightly he mentioned that everyone knew the E didn't have a case but they just bled people dry through legal fees.
 

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Didn't Lesnar do it when he left? Or was than another clause, if I'm remembering rightly he mentioned that everyone knew the E didn't have a case but they just bled people dry through legal fees.
Lesnar went to Japan post WWE and got taken to court. Then it became a cause of who has more money to pay the lawyers
 

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Someone should start a campaign... Let Daniel Bryan wrestle or let him be free. lol
 
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