Jack-Hammer
YOU WILL RESPECT MY AUTHORITAH!!!!
According to a report first put out by F4WOnline.com, TNA's lawsuit against WWE was dismissed yesterday. The report states that TNA's attorneys filed a motion stating that all sides had come to some sort of terms that led to TNA withdrawing the lawsuit. The logical assumption is that some sort of settlement was reached, though the report itself doesn't mention any sort of specific settlement. It's possible more on what this agreement is will come to light as the days and weeks go by. If it was some sort of financial settlement, we'll probably never know the exact number. Such issues are usually confidential.
For those that aren't sure what the suit was over or have forgotten, TNA basically accused WWE of obtaining confidential contract information for the purpose of poaching talent signed to the TNA roster. The information included the salaries of all the wrestlers on the TNA roster and when their contracts were due to expire. This information was taken from TNA by former employee Brian Wittenstein, who was released by TNA in August 2011. Wittenstein did go onto later work for WWE. TNA asserts that Wittenstein violated a portion of his own contract with the company by downloading confidential information. WWE did fire Wittenstein and contacted TNA about the information that Wittenstein had taken but TNA alleges that WWE waited three weeks before contacting them and used the info to court contracted TNA talent to come work for them.
TNA's primary reason for their stance involves Ric Flair as he requested to be released from the company in order to return to WWE. Flair's request came right at the time in which all this was going down so, naturally, TNA became highly suspicious. At the same time though, there'd been several issues between Flair & TNA long before all this came about, including not showing up to events and behavioral problems out on the road.
We'll likely never know the whole story about this whole deal. Based on what I've heard about Vince, I could buy into him doing this. At the same time though, many people who have painted unfavorable pictures of Vince almost always have some sort of personal agenda going on. However, I can't for the life of me see why WWE contacted TNA and told them about what Wittenstein had done if they intended to use the info. To me, that's the one thing that really throws everything into turmoil as far as TNA's claim goes. It's not corporate espionage if company A turns around and tells company B that they have this confidential information. If WWE did wait three weeks before informing TNA, I have to wonder if they were consulting their own legal team on how to handle this and what the law stated.
I believe the writing has been on the wall for the end of this suit due to Ric Flair appearing on Raw a couple of times. Given that Flair was mentioned so prominently in the suit, WWE had to be confident in their position.
For those that aren't sure what the suit was over or have forgotten, TNA basically accused WWE of obtaining confidential contract information for the purpose of poaching talent signed to the TNA roster. The information included the salaries of all the wrestlers on the TNA roster and when their contracts were due to expire. This information was taken from TNA by former employee Brian Wittenstein, who was released by TNA in August 2011. Wittenstein did go onto later work for WWE. TNA asserts that Wittenstein violated a portion of his own contract with the company by downloading confidential information. WWE did fire Wittenstein and contacted TNA about the information that Wittenstein had taken but TNA alleges that WWE waited three weeks before contacting them and used the info to court contracted TNA talent to come work for them.
TNA's primary reason for their stance involves Ric Flair as he requested to be released from the company in order to return to WWE. Flair's request came right at the time in which all this was going down so, naturally, TNA became highly suspicious. At the same time though, there'd been several issues between Flair & TNA long before all this came about, including not showing up to events and behavioral problems out on the road.
We'll likely never know the whole story about this whole deal. Based on what I've heard about Vince, I could buy into him doing this. At the same time though, many people who have painted unfavorable pictures of Vince almost always have some sort of personal agenda going on. However, I can't for the life of me see why WWE contacted TNA and told them about what Wittenstein had done if they intended to use the info. To me, that's the one thing that really throws everything into turmoil as far as TNA's claim goes. It's not corporate espionage if company A turns around and tells company B that they have this confidential information. If WWE did wait three weeks before informing TNA, I have to wonder if they were consulting their own legal team on how to handle this and what the law stated.
I believe the writing has been on the wall for the end of this suit due to Ric Flair appearing on Raw a couple of times. Given that Flair was mentioned so prominently in the suit, WWE had to be confident in their position.