WWE News: WWE Getting Sued By Several Former WWE Superstars, Do They Have A Case?

WWE has been involved in lawsuits several times over the years. They have won and lost, but the constant in it all is that they continue to arise. Often times people have a case against WWE, but lately there have been lawsuits filed that simply seem idiotic and gold digging. Three former WWE wrestlers have decided to file lawsuits against WWE for random reasons that make almost no sense.

According to TMZ, former WWE talents Luther Reigns, Ryan Sakoda, and Big Russ McCullough all have filed against WWE.

The lawsuit claims that WWE, “[u]nder the guise of providing ‘entertainment’ …. has for decades subjected its wrestlers to extreme physical brutality.”‘

They also claim WWE is in the business of “selling violence.”

However, the case is dumb to its very core. MMA and boxing promotions have been in the same business for years, the point of it is to sell violence. Meanwhile, pro-wrestling is in the same business of an action film. A lot of what you see is real, but hopefully safe to the properly trained. Meanwhile, the entire business is based on entertainment like any film. WWE simply sells you the entertainment side of violence.

If all three wrestlers had an issue with this, why did they become pro-wrestlers? Also, why did they join WWE?

The lawsuit is asking for damages and an injunction, which would prohibit WWE from subjecting its wrestlers to the physical punishment that is claimed in the suit, which is almost too dumb to even acknowledge. Pro-wrestling does involve some pain. You cannot escape that with any pro-wrestling company in the world. If you simply cannot handle such a world, there is no reason to enter it. So trying to stop a company from basically doing what it does makes no sense.

What is interesting is that this lawsuit comes from people who never really made it in WWE.

Luther Reigns was signed to WWE from 2003 until 2004, but he also worked WCW and the indies since 1997. He wrestled until 2006 and suffered a stroke around this time. This means Reigns spent only a year with the company he claims damages against, and he ended up going through many of his pain issues before and after he left the company.

Sakoda was signed from 2003 until 2004 and was paired with Jimmy Wang Yang on the main roster. If you recall, he was part of a small Japanese faction. Once again, he only spent a year with WWE before being let go, which means he would have had more issues before and after he left WWE.

Meanwhile, McCullough worked in WWE developmental and was released in 2001, and never made the main roster, which makes his case even less than Reigns and Sakoda’s claims.

WWE has been getting more cases like this lately from people who barely worked for WWE, didn’t do much in it, etc. Many of these men who are filing also seem to have had terrible post-WWE careers that resulted in them losing money. Which means now many are broke and are trying to cash in. They know they can’t go after Indy companies or smaller places because they don’t have the money to lose. So WWE is the one they go for, which ends up breaking their case down exponentially.

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