Wrestler Ryan Nemeth sues Tony Khan, AEW, CM Punk

Tony Khan, the son of Jaguars proprietor Shad Khan and the workforce’s leader technique officer, has ended up at the unsuitable facet of a lawsuit coming up from the professional wrestling league owned and operated via the Khans.By way of Fightful.com, wrestler Ryan Nemeth has sued Khan, AEW, and CM Punk in California state court docket. The grievance, consistent with the file, contains claims of attack, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of excellent religion and truthful dealing, and intentional interference with potential benefit.The gist of the case is that Nemeth accuses CM Punk (indexed as Phil Brooks, his actual identify) 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 grievance acquired via Fightful.com: “Tony Khan blames Nemeth for Brooks leaving AEW and has used his vital assets to ensure that Nemeth can by no means once more make a residing in wrestling.”With professional wrestling, it is all the time exhausting to understand the place the bits and the exposure stunts finish and the place the reality starts. Final April, as an example, Tony Khan performed up the perception that he’d been injured within the ring via dressed in a cartoonish neck brace all the way through the draft. Showing on NFL Community (whilst dressed in the equipment), Tony Khan stated the WWE “is just like the the Harvey Weinstein of professional wrestling.”Nonetheless, the long excerpts from the lawsuit acquired via Fightful.com glance legit. We’re going to see how this performs out — and whether or not it’s going to urged any league scrutiny of Tony Khan.