Breaking: Colt Cabana sues CM Punk
 

https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/co...-fees-lawsuit/

Do defamation cases not include the loser paying the legal fees of the winner?

I think Punk might lo$e

Damn, WWE lost the battle but won the war.

lol jesus christ.

Depends on the state and most of the time would require an additional suit against the loser, I believe.

CM Punk getting sued by Colt Cabana is a better storyline than anything happening in WWE r/n tbh

Still not as bad as Sasha and Bayley

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lol, this got re-tweeted by Cliff Compton who in turn unfollowed Colt on Twitter

Guess he's never going back on Art of Wrestling, then :( that Nigeria story will always be my favorite rassling story

Just another reminder to get everything in writing.

This will be interesting as the facts come out.

And just when I was getting excited for Renee Young to guest commentate on RAW next week. Wow!

I think his anger is going the wrong way, CM Punk is the piece of shit here.

CM Punk got Colt into this mess.
CM Punk won the court case in part due to Colt.
CM Punk said he would pay the legal bills.
CM Punk SHOULD pay the legal bills.

CM Punk is a miserable person who has ever only been good at one think in his life, and he quit cause he wasn't as big of a star as he thought he was. Backstabbing his "friend" over $250k is bogus. Dude made three times that much in his UFC fight. Maybe if he was so concerned about money he shouldn't have quit the job making millions a year cause Vince and Hunter wouldn't let him main event Wrestlemania.

Instead he decides to stab his friend in the back.

Now that I've read more about it I think Colt will lose.

If all the evidence of Punk agreeing to pay for legal costs was a text and not a contract of any kind, I can't see how it would 'hold up' in Court

WWE needs to pick up Colt and have him go off on Punk the next time they are in Chicago. Pipe bomb style.

And then promptly job him out

If he has it in writing he'll win. If he doesnt he'll lose. Im not shocked by this though. Punk does not have a lot of money and has ZERO skills to earn more for him and his wife for the next...50 years?

http://mellowwebdesign.com/IMAGES/CO...AR%20SHIRT.jpg

http://mellowwebdesign.com/coltcabanamerchandise.htm

Punk seems like s real selfish individual.

Douche is a miserable prick that needs to David Carradine himself.

Why are you wanting him to jerk off to death

lol

To be fair I've heard people can make a killing doing fan conventions...I think Stephen Amell said once he makes more from conventions than Arrow itself

He absolutely could but he's been staunchly against doing anything with wrestling on any capacity. If he's willing to be one of the old guys on the convention circut he could do well for a good while.

Seems to resent wrestling too much for that

Chicago Sun-Times report has a lot more details with the biggest being it seems Cabana was never that interested in being involved in the defamation lawsuit to begin with and a big reason why he had a meeting with WWE behind Punk's back in late 2016.

Report also revealed their falling out as friends actually occurred a lot earlier and Punk felt Cabana was no longer trust worthy in his case.

Also seems Punk's contract breach revolves around the legal fees for Cabana's own lawyers after he got dropped by Punk's legal team and not what Punk owed him prior to the dropping.

https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...dated.html?p=1

Case will be withdrawn, Punk vs Cabana at All In.

Add $200k in a case hanging above a ladder and you get a legit Money in the Bank ladder match for the event.

It's kind of sad. I mean... WWE probably at least in some way got what they wanted. Fractured the relationship b/w the two. I don't blame Colt for having the meeting with WWE... I wouldn't wanna deal with that bullshit either. But I also don't know if I blame Punk for being pissed either.

The WWE is not a super villian.

Money has ruined plenty of friendships before this one

I'm not saying they're a super villain, but they've acted out of spite towards Punk before and including Colt in the suit was probably done with malice intended.

It also doesn't help that Punk is a jackoff.

They have a signed agreement from what I read. Punk paid for a year then changed him mind, probably after Gall whipped his ass and Phil realized he wasn't gonna be a huge UFC Star.

Also, from the start Punk convinced Colt not to comply with Ahmans lawyers, and said his lawyers would handle it.

Seems he got dragged into the proceedings because he lawyered up with Punk.

That makes a lot of sense to me as why Colt was even in the defamation case, because he was nothing but a interviewer. Well now we know it's because he got roped into it by Punk, Punks lawyer, and became a participant in the ongoing lawsuit.

I wonder about the timing of the WWE meeting in comparison to when Punk changed his mind about paying.

If Punk backed out AFTER Colt met with WWE, it is still not legal but at least it gives a reason.

If Punk backed out FIRST, which I'm guessing is what happened because Colt had his own lawyers then, well that makes the most sense. An independent lawyer not tied to Punk would immediately advise Colt to take whatever meetings he could to try and get himself removed from the lawsuit.

In fact, I think Punks lawyers for in touch with Colt after the WWE meeting and got him to come back to their legal team at that time. Colt was again told at that point all the billing would be Punks responsibility, not Colts.

Punk made nice with Colt so Colt remained part of the lawsuit instead of getting himself removed. I think keeping them together was why Ahman lost, because no matter what was said, the courts were never gonna agree freedom of the press would be sacrificed over a podcast about wrestling.

The fact that Punk immediately balked at the bill as soon as the lawsuit was dismissed shows he was planning on defrauding Colt likely since the 2016 email about Colt being in his own.

Thus, I stuck with my initial assessnent, CM Punk is a miserable person. I hope Colt wins

Dr. Amman is the one who brought Colt into the lawsuit as a co-defendant with Punk. Punk (allegedly) simply offered to pay the legal fees on Colt's behalf, probably because it would benefit him in the lawsuit to have shared defense counsel.

WWE wasn't even a party to the lawsuit. This was a lawsuit between the individual people Dr. Amman and Colt & Punk. Thus, Colt meeting with WWE reps would have had no legal impact re: settling the previous case with Dr. Amman.

It sounds like Colt simply was promised to have his legal fees covered by Punk when it looked better for Punk to have a shared defense. This makes sense because if Punk was paying for shared legal counsel with Colt, Colt could not assert any cross-claims against Punk or attempt to prove that Punk was solely liable for Dr. Amman's defamation. For whatever reason, Punk allegedly later changed his mind on paying Colt's legal fees.

Funny as fuck.

Colt even said if he would have not listened to Punk and just took down the podcast, he wouldn't have had any legal fees.

He didnt respond because Punk told him not to, and that let my lawyers handle it, and you are 100% covered.

CM Punk is a bitch. Too bad he retired from MMA so we can’t see him smashed again. I have no nostalgia or respect for him.

CM Punk is a shitty person. I don't know anything about Colt and don't want to. At the end of the day, who gives a fuck about this.

Wrestling fans who've followed their careers.