Three Former Superstars Sue WWE Over “Extreme Physical Brutality”

WWE has had its hands full with lawsuits over the past year or so, and now, it appears another one has been filed against the public company. And it is once again at the hands of former employees.

TMZ reports three former WWE Superstars, Big Russ McCullough, Ryan Sakoda and Luther Reigns, are suing the company for “subjecting its wrestlers to extreme physical brutality.” It also notes “WWE is in the business of selling violence.”

Below is an excerpt from the report:

The lawsuit gives an interesting inside look into wrestling, saying the goal of the WWE is to elicit “heat,” meaning heightened violence with the use of various props, including chairs, ladders and tables. The suit singles out various moves, including the Brain Buster, Bulldog, Cobra Clutch Slam, Facebreaker, Jawbreaker and Powerslam. It singles out the chair shots to the head, which was banned in 2010.

The suit claims, “The WWE coerces its wrestlers to work while they are injured by, among other methods, threatening to strip them of their position within the organization if they refuse.”  It says they are “universally encouraged to ‘wrestle through the pain.'”

Additionally, it brings up Chris Benoit, who many doctors believe committed his double murder-suicide because of existing brain damage caused from years in the ring. It notes the three men want an injunction preventing its Superstars from being subjected to such violence, alongside money in damages.

Editor’s Note

Have these guys seen the business they got themselves into? Not to mention, how worse it is elsewhere?

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