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Originally Posted by Observer The jury in the case of Dr. Christopher Amann vs. Phil Brooks (CM Punk) and Scott Colton (Colt Cabana) ruled that neither man were liable for any damages against the WWE physician in the defamation lawsuit. The jury took only two hours to deliberate. Punk and wife AJ Lee (April Mendez) began crying in court when the verdict was read. Amann was stoic. Amann's attorneys were asking for $3,989,000 in damages, claiming $1 for every listener of the Art of Wrestling podcast that the Punk show supposedly had. Punk's attorneys noted that WWE's medical records were not reliable because they never listed any of Punk's antibiotic prescriptions, and that the plaintiff's argument from WWE doctors that there was no lump was ridiculous given four witnesses coming forward who described it in detail besides Punk. The key to the case appeared to be the testimony of Punk's massage therapist, who described the lump in detail, and of his wife, who said she noticed it starting at a zit-like size in August 2013 and it grew and changed color over the months. While there was no proof the lump was a staph infection, let alone MRSA staph, as Punk had stated on the show, the jury evidently felt that Punk either misheard the doctor or of not, his exaggerations did not damage Amann's professional standing.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling Brandon Howard at Wrestlenomics Radio recently listened to the “Art of the Wrestling” interviews from November 2014 with Colt Cabana and CM Punk. In an interesting note, Dr. Christopher Amann is never identified by name during the interviews. There was one person with the last name Amann who was mentioned, that being WWE lawyer Scott Amann, who has no relation to Dr. Amann.

Originally Posted by Observer WrestleZone interviewed CM Punk after the jury ruled in favor of him and Colt Cabana in Dr. Chris Amann’s defamation suit against them. Punk said it’s a gigantic weight that’s been lifted off his shoulders and that he’s happy for Cabana because he was dragged into it for silly reasons. Punk also said that he isn’t “All In.” Cabana tweeted after the verdict, “The jury decides unanimously in my favor.” He then called it a “small victory for the little guy.”

Punk: https://twitter.com/WZRebel/status/1004129114205442050 , Cabana: https://twitter.com/ColtCabana/statu...08138067431424

Originally Posted by Observer In a real shocker, Raw last night did 2.52 million viewers, only up one percent from last week's near modern record low on a week when the audience should have bounced back strongly. Essentially, the audience that shifted away for the NBA playoffs, as has happened every year, didn't come back this week even without an NBA game. There was a Stanley Cup playoff game on NBC with the Las Vegas Golden Knights vs. Washington Capitals that did 5.06 million viewers in competition. In reality, while there were two shows, one last week and one in 2016 on non-holiday dates that did lower numbers, this would be the worst showing in modern history because those episodes were expected to do poorly based on overwhelming competition ... The actual ratings aren't out yet, but if the viewers per home increased over last week, then it is entirely possible this will be the lowest rated Monday night wrestling show in the history of the USA Network. The record low is a 1.68 rating on Christmas night of 2017. The three hours were: 8 p.m. 2.59 million viewers 9 p.m. 2.59 million viewers 10 p.m. 2.39 million viewers

Originally Posted by Observer Curt Hawkins’ opponent “James Harden” from Raw was Will Lockhart, who is a student at Booker T’s Reality of Wrestling.

Link: https://twitter.com/BookerT5x/status...16413289680899

Originally Posted by PWI/Observer Indies Roundup: Impact will have TV tapings in Toronto on 7/23 and 7/24 as well as 8/12 and 8/13. With Pentagon Jr. and LA Park returning, Psycho Clown vs. El Hijo Del Fantasma vs. Pentagon Jr. vs. LA Park in a match where whoever takes the fall loses their mask will headline AAA’s Triplemania 26 on August 25th. Pentagon said that he’ll still be going by Penta El Zero M on the indies. Park looks likely to headline AAA and CMLL’s biggest show of the year within a few weeks of each other. Shane Helms will be making his ROH debut on June 15th in San Antonio. He’s also set to wrestle for ROH in Dallas the next night and at their TV tapings in Virginia on June 30th. ROH has uploaded their debut show, The Era of Honor Begins, from 2002 to their HonorClub streaming service. The promotion noted that all of their events from 2002 will be coming to HonorClub. Impact Wrestling will be part of Chris Jericho’s Rock 'N' Wrestling Rager at Sea cruise this October. Austin Aries reflected on yesterday being the one-year anniversary of his last WWE PPV match and wrote that he’d love to face Neville again when he’s available: “And life was never the same...Dejected, almost amused at my repeated failure, who’d have known this moment here would be the catalyst for so much future success. And to my victorious opponent...I’d love to do it again, shackles off, whenever you’re done serving your time…”

AAA: https://twitter.com/therealfredo/sta...48741161000960 , Helms: https://www.rohwrestling.com/news/sh...oh-debut-tx-va , ROH: https://twitter.com/ringofhonor/stat...41445362360322 , Impact: https://www.instagram.com/p/BjqRD0BF...=1g88rsvxj6d35 , Aries: https://twitter.com/AustinAries/stat...69057383014400

Originally Posted by PWI The September date AAA has a hold for on New York City's Madison Square Garden is indeed for the historic 20,789-seat arena. PWInsider.com is told that while WWE would technically have the right of first refusal on the date based on their agreement with the venue, the larger story at play here is that MSG management isn't happy that WWE has been running the majority of their events in the New York City market at the nearby Barclay Center in Brooklyn, NY. The tipping point appears to have been WWE making the decision to run all of their Wrestlemania 35 week events in 2019 at Barclays, leaving MSG out in the cold. Wrestlemania 1, 10 and 20 were held at MSG as was the WWE Hall of Fame ceremony in 2013, the last time Wrestlemania was held in the NYC market. With WWE electing not to run Wrestlemania week at the legendary venue, MSG management has been more open than ever before to allowing other pro wrestling groups into the venue. We are told they have sent feelers out to different groups and are more open to booking non-WWE events than ever before. That may or may not have been why Ring of Honor teased "All In 2" potentially coming to the Garden over the weekend.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...-play.html?p=1

Originally Posted by PWI Jeff Jarrett captured the AAA Mega Championship in the main event of the promotions Verano Escalando event over the weekend, which was the first show featuring the return of Konnan as the booker of the promotion. Jarrett won a three-way bout over Dr. Wagner Jr. and Rey Mysterio after Konnan, under a fake La Parka mask, pretended to be the referee and counted three.

Possible reason for why Jarrett won the AAA title could have been due to the upcoming MSG show.

Originally Posted by PWI Ring of Honor released an updated lineup for the 6/29 Best in the World PPV in Baltimore, Maryland: *ROH Champion Dalton Castle vs. Cody vs. Marty Scurll. *ROH Six Man Tag Team Champions The Kingdom vs. Kenny King & Chuckie T & Eli Isom. *ROH Tag Team Champions The Briscoes vs. The Young Bucks. *Punishment Martinez vs. Adam Page. *Flip Gordon vs. Bully Ray.

Originally Posted by PWI Boom Studios officially announced the following: Discover The Secrets Behind The Brand In A New Weekly Series BOOM! Studios and WWE today announced WWE: NXT TAKEOVER, a weekly event series on-sale in September 2018.

More details: https://www.pwinsider.com/article/11...eries.html?p=1

Originally Posted by Observer For the first time since retiring eight years ago, Shawn Michaels has expressed interest in returning to the ring. In an interview with Sky Sports, Michaels now says that he doesn’t dismiss the idea of returning to the ring for a one-off. “It would have to be done the right way and just for one match rather than something that ran for longer” he told them. "It could be possible but people would have to accept they wouldn't be getting the Showstopper, Mr WrestleMania, and that I'm 52 years old now." Michaels last wrestled at WrestleMania 26 back in 2010, losing to the Undertaker in a streak vs. career match. After giving a farewell speech the next night on Raw, he has sporadically appeared on WWE programing in a non-wrestling capacity. He currently helps train wrestlers at the WWE Performance Center.

Link: http://www.skysports.com/wwe/news/14...-in-retirement

Originally Posted by Observer While WWE's two United Kingdom Championship tournament shows will be airing on the Network later this month, they won't be shown live. WWE announced the broadcast plans for the events today, noting that they'll be taped at Royal Albert Hall on June 18-19 and will stream on the WWE Network on Monday, June 25th and Tuesday, June 26th. They'll air at 3 p.m. Eastern time.

More details and show cards: https://www.f4wonline.com/wwe-news/w...g-place-259106

Originally Posted by Observer When announcing the revival of the XFL, Vince McMahon promised that "experienced executives" would be hired to be at the forefront of the league. The league followed up on that today, with Oliver Luck being named as the commissioner and chief executive officer of the XFL. Luck, who is the father of Indianapolis Colts star Andrew Luck, played quarterback at West Virginia University and had a stint as a backup in the NFL in the 1980s. Luck is leaving a position as the executive vice president of regulatory affairs for the NCAA. Prior to that, Luck served as the athletic director at West Virginia University, was the president of NFL Europe and the Houston Dynamo soccer team. and was the CEO of the Houston Sports Authority.

Originally Posted by Post Wrestling The WWE has announced that The Undertaker will be appearing on the Madison Square Garden house show on Saturday, July 7th. The card will also feature Nia Jax vs. Ronda Rousey and Seth Rollins vs. Finn Balor vs. Elias for the Intercontinental title. The card goes up against both UFC 226 and the New Japan G-1 Special from the Cow Palace in San Francisco.

Some other sheet news includes:

• Gaming website Gamespot announced New Day will be making an appearance at next week's E3 event.
• During a recent interview with Pro Wrestling Sheet, Kane revealed he is considering plans to continue wrestling even as the potential new mayor of Knoxville. He also revealed one of his plans as mayor would be to bring a WWE PPV event to the city. http://www.prowrestlingsheet.com/kan.../#.WxcQcFMvy7x
• Bulgarian tv station TV+ had a recent interview with Rusev talking about the origins of his Rusev name, origins of his catchphrase, his main roster debut, and more. http://www.wrestlinginc.com/wi/news/...hphrase-talks/