WWE Lawsuit Claims: Vince McMahon Stories, Dress Code Violations, Injuries, Low Pay, Racist Gimmicks

Among the 214 pages of the latest Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy/Traumatic Brain Injuries WWE lawsuit, there’s dozens of interesting claims from the 53 plaintiffs. Some thematic selections from the complaint, which you can read below.

Dress code violations

Road Warrior Animal (JOSEPH M. LAURINAITIS): He was even threatened with fines for wearing jeans on an airplane and changing a 7 am flight to a later one. (page 21)Johnny the Bull (JONATHAN HUGGER): For example, he was fined $500 for wearing a baseball cap on a bus at 3:00 a.m. because the dress code was “business casual.” Hugger states he was fined $500 for wearing certain casual clothing on an airplane arriving at a hotel at 7:00 a.m. on a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Toronto. (page 32)King Kong Bundy (CHRIS PALLIES): He was fined for missing a show and threatened with fines for wearing shorts on a plane to the shows. (page 29)

On Wrestler Pay

Omar Atlas (OMAR MIJARES): Although Mijares was well known, he was eventually transformed by the WWE into a “jobber to the stars” and by 1993 he was directed for $200 a night to “put the WWE stars over,” meaning he was asked to repeatedly lose in order to make the WWE headliners look better. (page 37)Slick (KEN JOHNSON): As recently as April 2016 WWE paid Johnson $2,500 to induct a wrestler who died at age 41 “Big Bossman” in to the WWE Hall of Fame. (page 51)Kamala (JAMES HARRIS): Harris’ last check paid to him in March 2016 was for $98.01 for his annual quarterly royalties for his performances. (page 27)

On Working 300+ Shows

Jim Brunzell: Wrestling for WWE from 1985 to 1993, Brunzell would wrestle 300 nights per year often as many as 25-26 days each month. He even once wrestled 43 days in a row. (pages 32-33)Butch Reed: Reed wrestled close to 300 nights per year, twice on weekends and often wrestled seven days a week. (page 35)Marty Jannetty: He wrestled more than 300 shows per year for WWF and twice on weekends. (page 46)Warlord (Terry Scott Szopinski): He described the WWE performance schedule as “full time and rigorous” and performed over 300 shows per year (page 45)Barbarian (Sione Havea Vailahi): He wrestled as his partner more than 300 nights per year and “worked like a horse.” (page 46)Slick (KEN JOHNSON): During most of his tenure at WWE he worked over 300 nights per year sometimes 30-40 nights straight with no breaks. (page 51)Boris Zhukov (JAMES HARRELL): Zhukov estimates he wrestled 275-300 nights per year while at WWE. (page 55)Akeem/One Man Gang (GEORGE GRAY): I traveled injured, at least 300 nights a year for WWE on the road. (page 52)Black Bart (RICK JONES): Some report multiple performances per night and in one instance, Named Plaintiff Rick Jones states he wrestled in 10 shows in a single night. (page 60)

Vince McMahon Stories

Rex King (TIMOTHY SMITH): He was told by WWE employee, JJ. Dillon, that he would be paid $500 per week. Smith says received exactly one check, when he called to locate his additional checks he was told by Mr. Dillon “the emperor says he cannot afford to pay you for doing nothing.” Smith’s understanding was that the term “The Emperor” was a reference to VKM (Vincent K. McMahon). (page 47)Ahmed Johnson (ANTHONY NORRIS): He was recruited to WWE by Michael Hayes, and was sent to Connecticut to Meet Vince McMahon. Norris brought his lawyer, but upon arrival Mr. McMahon stated that he “hated …

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