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WWE News: Titus O’Neil Files Counter-Suit Against Cameraman Over Swerved Incident

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6 years ago

July 10, 2018

It’s been quite some time now since we’ve had any updates on the lawsuit by cameraman Donald Anderson against WWE Superstar Titus O’Neil and the company (go here for the last update), stemming from an incident while filming the WWE Network program, Swerved. As we know, Anderson is suing both Titus, real name Thaddeus Bullard, as well as WWE, claiming he was injured after Titus kicked at his camera following a prank that saw fellow Superstar Paige shock O’Neil with a cattle prod.

Anderson’s suit in Florida is for Battery, Assault, Willful Misconduct, Gross Negligence, Negligence, Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress, plus Negligent Infliction of Emotional Distress and seeks in excess of $15,000 in addition to damages. Originally, Anderson filed suit in California for $1.2 million in damages, but the case was then moved to Florida.

Titus is now firing back as PWInsider is reporting that he has responded with a counter-suit in the amount of $15,000. The counter-suit claims that Titus “acted out of necessity to prevent being assaulted”, as well as “did not create the danger to be avoided and stopped his action when the danger was gone”. It also states that Donald Anderson “knowingly and voluntarily assumed the risk when he intentionally conspired, planned and participated” when he agreed to “film/record the assault and battery”, thus forcing Titus to “used reasonable force that was not greater than necessary to end the threat of being cattle prodded repeatedly”.

O’Neil also alleges that this part of the segment was filmed without WWE’s knowledge and included evidence that showed the sketch was not included on the approved list by the company. Additionally, Titus is alleging that Uranus Productions, who was hired to develop Swerved, directed Paige to assault him with the cattle prod and he had never given consent for it.

EA’s Take: Lots of legal mumbo-jumbo here, so at the end of the day, I don’t have a clue how this could play out legally. My first inclination would be that the whole thing just gets thrown out because it’s starting to get a little over the top. The cameraman seemed like a bit of an ambulance chaser to me from the beginning and although there may have been some truth to his side of the story, the details of his lawsuit just seem to be like he’s reaching a bit far. Now that Titus has responded, I feel like there’s probably a lot of truth to what he’s saying as well, but now because he’s in defense mode, he too is reaching.

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Mitchell’s AEW Continental Classic Update! (11/27/23)

What a start to the tournament!

Published

5 months ago

November 27, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Did your picks win points?

The AEW Continental Classic is underway, with almost everyone competing. Check in here if you haven’t seen the winners and losers of week 1!

Here are your Gold League standings!

Jon Moxley: 1-0, 3 points
Swerve Strickland: 1-0, 3 points
Jay White: 1-0, 3 points
Rush: 0-1, 0 points
Mark Briscoe: 0-1, 0 points.
Jay Lethal: 0-1, 0 points

Here are your Blue League standings!

Brody King: 1-0, 3 points
Claudio Castagnoli: 1-0, 3 points
Daniel Garcia: 0-1, 0 points
Eddie Kingston: 0-1, 0 points
Bryan Danielson: Yet to Compete
Andrade El Idolo: Yet to Compete

My Thoughts:

Nothing too crazy, nothing too wild, this tournament only just got started. The only disappointing point is that they could not get Bryan “cleared to compete” Saturday night. Not sure how much of that is shoot given the bad eye, but this was kinda the problem of wanting him in the tournament over tons of other choices. Bryan wants to face Okada for WrestleKingdom 18, how is Bryan supposed to do that at his best if he’s also gonna be in a round robin, doing five top level matches in about as many weeks? And it takes away from Andrade being able to do something. Also a little surprised we didn’t even hear from Andrade on Saturday.

Now as we heard on Saturday, round two’s matches are set. Gold League will see Mark Briscoe VS Rush, White VS Swerve, and of course, Moxley VS Lethal. Nice variety there, a couple 0-1 guys facing off, as well as two 1-0 guys, and then 1-0 VS 0-1. No offense to Lethal, but he feels like an 0-2 going up against Moxley. Hard to call the other ones but that’s the fun of it. Meanwhile, Blue League sees Brody VS Claudio in a showdown to be 2-0, then Bryan and Andrade finally jump in, Bryan against Eddie and Andrade against Garcia. Sadly, feels like Eddie and Garcia are going 0-2, no way Tony Khan is booking Bryan and Andrade to lose their first shots.

In fact, that could be half the reason they did wait on those two, that’s almost too good for just a first round opener. But I still would’ve done it, same as NJPW does stuff like that for round robins, which this is all modeled after anyway.

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AEW announces Continental Classic entrants

The C2 is set!

Published

5 months ago

November 22, 2023

Steven Mitchell

Tony Khan Reveals the Blue and Gold “Leagues!”

Originally livestreamed, Tony Khan and Tony Schiavone officially announced the twelve total entrants and divided them into the two round robin blocks known as the “Blue League” and “Gold League.” If you don’t feel like sifting through the almost 30 minute video, the groups are:

Blue League

Bryan Danielson
Andrade El Idolo
Brody King
Claudio Castagnoli
Daniel Garcia
Eddie Kingston

Gold League

Jon Moxley
Swerve Strickland
Rush
Mark Briscoe
Jay Lethal
Jay White

Tony Khan also explains the rules for the Continental Classic:

Every match has a 20 minute time limit
The winner of each match earns 3 points, losers earn 0, 1 point for a draw
EVERYONE ELSE is banned from ringside for true 1v1 action

Eddie Kingston also joined the selection special as his “life’s work” is on the line in this tournament, both the ROH World Championship and NJPW Strong Openweight Championship on the line as part of the modern day North American Triple Crown Eddie, Tony Khan, AEW, ROH and NJPW are looking to create together. Gold League competes tonight on Dynamite while Blue League will have their start this Saturday on Collision. Look for more articles like this one to keep up with the Continental Classic standings over the next six weeks of tournament action!

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