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Colt Cabana’s Lawsuit Against CM Punk Gets Thrown Out, Cabana Re-Files

Published

5 years ago

December 10, 2018

The latest on Colt Cabana’s lawsuit against CM Punk!

It’s been quite some time now since we’ve had any updates regarding the lawsuit filed by Scott ‘Colt Cabana’ Colton against Phil ‘CM Punk’ Brooks, as the last word came from Cabana himself when he addressed it on his The Art Of Wrestling podcast back in August (find that here).

Of course, it was revealed back on August 9th that Cabana was suing Punk after an arrangement had allegedly been made between the two for Punk to cover Colt’s legal fees stemming from the lawsuit against them by WWE Doctor Chris Amann (read up on that here). And of course that all stemmed from the 2014 episode of The Art Of Wrestling in which Punk really took the company, especially the medical team, to task for mishandling multiple injuries he had suffered.

There is finally an update today, as PWInsider has reported that the lawsuit was officially dismissed by Judge Daniel Kubasiak of the Cook County Circuit Court in Illinois back on November 26th, as the Judge sided with Punk’s attorneys who had argued that their was never any definitive contract between Punk and Cabana. However, the dismissal of the case doesn’t bring it to an end as Cabana had the option and chose to re-file, adding that he had received letter from Dr. Amann’s attorney to remove the podcast episode of they would face legal action. This is of note because Cabana had also claimed that when he brought the letter to Punk’s attention, he allegedly said his legal team would “handle it”.

On top of that, Cabana’s re-filing also claims that Punk’s comments on The Art Of Wrestling were done knowing it likely would lead to legal issues. Additionally, the amended filing states that Colt would have settled during the Amann suit had he had prior knowledge that the legal fees were not going to be covered by Punk. Cabana is also seeking a jury trial and at this time, Punk’s legal team has until December 28th to file a formal response.

How do you feel about the Punk/Cabana friendship falling apart? Let us know on social media @theCHAIRSHOTcom and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

AEW Coverage

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.

Let us know what you think on social media @ChairshotMedia and always remember to use the hashtag #UseYourHead!

AEW Coverage

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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