Terrence Crawford has filed a lawsuit against Top Rank Boxing and Bob Arum per a report from the New York Post. The lawsuit filed Wednesday in Nevada claims that Arum does not attempt to promote Black fighters. Crawford has hired famed LA-based Entertainment attorney Bryan Freedman to represent him in this lawsuit. Crawford split with […]
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MLW sues WWE alleging antitrust violations
Major League Wrestling has filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment claiming the publicly-traded company violated antitrust laws in attempting to edge out competition in the wrestling landscape. MLW, based out of New Rochelle, New York, sued the Stanford, Connecticut-based WWE in federal court in the state of California. The lawsuit was not on PACER […]
Top 10 of 2021: No. 8 Appeals Court awards Mark Hunt split decision in UFC lawsuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s dismissal of Mark Hunt’s claims regarding Fraud and Battery sending back the lawsuit. From our post earlier this year: The appeals court heard the case approximately a week from the date of the issuance of the opinion. The Court sided with the UFC with Hunt’s […]
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Jericho files trademark for Painmaker gimmick
Chris Jericho has filed a trademark with the USPTO for his Painmaker gimmick. The last time Jericho used the gimmick was against Nick Gage in AEW this past July. The application was filed December 6th. The description of the mark states that it, “consists of a full figure design of a character comprising a fedora, […]