Tony Khan, the son of Jaguars proprietor Shad Khan and the workforce’s chief technique officer, has ended up on the incorrect aspect of a lawsuit arising from the professional wrestling league owned and operated by the Khans.
By way of Fightful.com, wrestler Ryan Nemeth has sued Khan, AEW, and CM Punk in California state court docket. The criticism, per the report, contains claims of assault, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of fine religion and honest dealing, and intentional interference with potential benefit.
The gist of the case is that Nemeth accuses CM Punk (listed as Phil Brooks, his actual title) of assaulting Nemeth within the locker room. Nemeth claims that AEW thereafter “benched” him, at CM Punk’s request. Nemeth contends that, after CM Punk left AEW for the WWE, the defendants tried to “blackball” Nemeth from skilled wrestling.
From paragraph 41 of the criticism obtained by Fightful.com: “Tony Khan blames Nemeth for Brooks leaving AEW and has used his vital sources to ensure that Nemeth can by no means once more make a dwelling in wrestling.”
With professional wrestling, it is all the time onerous to know the place the bits and the publicity stunts finish and the place the reality begins. Final April, for example, Tony Khan performed up the notion that he’d been injured in the ring by carrying a cartoonish neck brace through the draft. Showing on NFL Community (whereas carrying the equipment), Tony Khan mentioned the WWE “is like the the Harvey Weinstein of pro wrestling.”
Nonetheless, the prolonged excerpts from the lawsuit obtained by Fightful.com look authentic. We’ll see how this performs out — and whether or not it’ll immediate any league scrutiny of Tony Khan.
