WWE sued again

[Jay]

Just waiting for the Class action lawsuit to be filed.

WWE Concussion Lawsuit Updates

-- April 10: Former WWE stars Luther Reigns and Ryan Sakoda and former WWE Developmental wrestler Russ McCullough have joined other former wrestlers suing WWE over concussions.

TMZ reported the lawsuit, but did not specify where the suit was filed or who the representing attorney is, but the verbiage is similar to the suit by Big Vito and Evan Singleton earlier this year claiming that WWE "under the guise of providing entertainment has for decades subjected its wrestlers to extreme physical brutality."

The suit references Chris Benoit's brain condition at the time of Benoit's double-murder suicide in June 2007, saying the effects of being "routinely hit in the head with a chair" and allegedly instructed to wrestle through injuries is symbolic of damage suffered by the trio.

The suit seeks damages for the wrestlers and an injunction preventing WWE from subjecting wrestlers to similar treatment.

In a follow-up report, TMZ talked to Jerry McDevitt, WWE's long-time lead attorney, who came out strongly against the suit. McDevitt, who said earlier this year that WWE plans to fight these types of lawsuits in court, tossed around verbiage such as the wrestlers being "nobodies" who were "brainwashed" by attorneys looking for money.

McDevitt claimed: "We know these claims are fraudulent, and will fight them." He added that he believes the wrestlers are "being targeted by attorneys who tell them there's hundreds of thousands of dollars they can make by joining a class action suit like this."

 

[Deezy]

Thrown out like the last one....just screams opportunistic.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

Most of Luther Reigns career was squash matches... with him doin' the squashin'. Ryan Sakoda was the afterthought that was rarely used when Tajiri was feudin' over the Crusierweight fued... might take this seriously if it was Jimmy Yang.

This sure sounds like a cheap attempt at some cash.

 

[Twitchy]

These concussion lawsuits are no joke. I bet WWE just settled out of court

 

[Deezy]

These concussion lawsuits are no joke. I bet WWE just settled out of court

Luther Reigns was stabbed a bunch of times before he even got into wrestling, why not sue the bars he was bouncing for? Because he knew the risks.

Who are the other guys? A jobber and some developmental dropout? Concussions are bad, noone is disputing that, this screams money grab, and WWE or any company should do whatever they should to combat being shook down. If that's counter suing, do that. Make examples out of opportunists.

 

[Kiffy Lube]

I think you really got to consider the wrestlers when they make complaints about takin' tons of chairs to the head(which neither of these guys did) and bringin' up Chris Benoit as reasons to why they deserve compensation.