The purchase of AAA Lucha Libre by TKO and Fillip, a Mexican private equity firm, was announced on Sunday during WWE\'s WrestleMania pay-per-view. The Cubs Fan, the longtime writer and publisher at Luchablog, said there are many points of contention involving the sale. AAA was floundering the last 10 years showcasing a more American style […]
All-Elite Wrestling is averaging around 500,000 viewers for its Wednesday Dynamite show on the MAX streaming platform since the show debuted on the app this year, according to sources. Combined with live cable numbers, this would give Dynamite an average of around 1-to-1.2 million viewers per episode since it was added to the streaming service. […]
Attorneys for former World Wrestling Entertainment employee Janel Grant filed a motion for \"a Rule 26(f) conference\" on Friday in Federal district court in Connecticut. A Rule 26(f) conference occurs when counsel for the plaintiffs and defendants meet to plan discovery ahead of a federal civil trial. The filing noted Grant\'s attorneys discussed the possibility […]
Fans excited Vince McMahon might be working on a new promotion for FOX will be disappointed. McMahon, who is mired in two civil suits, a possible federal criminal investigation (depending on whose lawyers you ask) and sitting in ccash like Scrooge McDuck (if that reference is too aged, how about Mr. Beast?), was rumored to […]
In a new filing in Connecticut Superior Court on Friday, attorneys for Janel Grant claimed counsel for Dr. Carlon Colker and Peak Wellness admitted Vince McMahon paid for Colker to be her doctor and Peak Wellness withheld her medical records. The two claims were part of Grant\'s complaint filed against McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment and […]
Janel Grant, the former World Wrestling Entertainment employee who filed a complaint against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE last year, filed an amended complaint on Friday in Connecticut federal district court. The new complaint accused McMahon of using Grant like a \"commodity\" through sex assault and sex trafficking. In a press release, attorneys for […]
Representatives for former World Wrestling Entertainment owner Vince McMahon responded to an SEScoops article published on Monday after counsel for Janel Grant, who is suing McMahon, WWE and John Laurinaitis in federal district court on allegations related to sex crimes, filed a motion for a status conference on Monday. Attorneys for McMahon also filed a […]
According to her counsel and a motion filed on Monday in federal district court in Connecticut, one of the non-disclosure agreements Vince McMahon was fined for last week was signed by Janel Grant. This information was part of a motion for status conference that was filed on Monday by Grant\'s attorneys. According to a press […]
Attorneys for Janel Grant are amending her lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment, Vince McMahon and former WWE executive John Laurinaitis. Ann Callis, an attorney for Grant, sent an email to plantiffs\' counsel on Dec. 16 stating they would be amending the lawsuit by Jan. 15. The email was included in an exhibit filed with a […]
Variety, the long-running magazine covering the entertainment industry, named All-Elite Wrestling owner Tony Khan and several members of WWE parent company TKO, including Nick Khan to its \"Dealmakers 2024\" in an article published on the magazine\'s website on Wednesday. Khan, AEW and the TKO board were one of the few non-agency or law firms named […]
The District Attorney with the Southern District of New York won\'t file an extension of the six-month stay in Janel Grant\'s federal civil suit against Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and World Wrestling Entertainment. Grant filed the suit in January, claiming the defendants of sex trafficking, sex assault and other civil rights violations, as well as […]
With Donald Trump again president-elect, and Linda McMahon working on his transition team and expected to head the Department of Commerce, wrestling media has broadly speculated that a pardon for Vince McMahon is likely to occur. Trump has the power to pardon McMahon, even though he hasn\'t been formally charged or indicted in a federal […]
Ann Callis, one of the attorneys representing Janel Grant in a civil complaint filed against Vince McMahon the former President of World Wrestling Entertainment in January, said Grant\'s lawsuit against WWE and Vince McMahon has inspired other women in the wrestling industry to come forward with stories of abuse. Callis credited Grant with allowing other […]
Since 2021, Ari Berenstein\'s students at Abraham Lincoln High School have prepared for the argumentation unit of their coming English Regents Examination on the question that\'s become an over-arching subject across culture, education, psychology, tecnhology and politics. Does the internet have a negative impact on our thinking process? A scroll through any social media platform […]
Friday\'s episode of Piers Morgan\'s YouTube show, Uncensored, featured former WWE employees Vince Russo, Charly Arnolt, Maven Huffman and Jonathan Coachman, discussing the current issues facing World Wrestling Entertainment and former owner Vince McMahon in the wake of Netflix\'s Mr. McMahon six-part documentary. McMahon is being investigated for criminal charges by a federal grand jury. […]
Attorneys for Janel Grant filed a memorandum in Connecticut Superior Court on Tuesday in opposition to Dr. Carlon Colker and Peak Wellness to dismiss the bill of discovery complaint she filed in July. Grant\'s filing, a memorandum in law in opposition to plaintiff\'s motion to dismiss, challenges several claims in Colker\'s motion. Grant\'s memorandum in […]
All-Elite Wrestling and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a new multi-year deal on Wednesday, making AEW content and PPVs available on the MAX streaming platform as well as same-day availability of AEW shows Dynamite and Collision. Variety reported the deal hours before the AEW Dynamite fifth anniversary show. AEW will no longer air Rampage, the 1-hour […]
Ann Callis, an attorney for Janel Grant, blasted Vince McMahon for categorizing his relationship with Grant as “an affair” in a statement he released on Monday reacting to a screening of the Netflix documentary Mr. McMahon. Grant is suing McMahon, World Wrestling Entertainment and former WWE Talent Relations head John Laurinaitis for sex assault, sex […]
Janel Grant attorney Ann Callis and Kendra Barkof Lamy, managing director of SMDK representation, held a press conference on Thursday, a day after Grant\'s team announced the group would be joining her team during her lawsuit against WWE. Callis and Grant answered questions about the upcoming Netflix documentary, Mr. McMahon, which is scheduled to debut […]
Janel Grant, the former World Wrestling Entertainment employee suing Vince McMahon, John Laurinaitis and WWE in federal civil court, has hired an additional representation firm. In a press release first published on Twitter by Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, SKDK (also known as SKDKnickerbocker) announced it would join Grant\'s representation team. The Agency Group, which has […]
