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Three Ex-WWE Wrestlers File Lawsuit Over Brain Damaged

Posted By: Ben Kerin on Apr 10, 2015

TMZ.com is reporting three former WWE wrestlers are to sue WWE on behalf of all current and former wrestlers who have suffered serious brain and other damage as a result of "egregious mistreatment" by the organization.

Big Russ McCullough, Ryan Sakoda and Luther Reigns have filed the suit which follows similar cases which have been filed by by the likes of Billy Jack Haynes, the late Nelson Frazier Jr. and Vito LoGrasso. 

The lawsuit is requesting an injunction preventing WWE from requiring wrestlers from performing dangerous maneuvers, including the powerslam. The suit also mentions Chris Benoit, who was "routinely hit in the head with a chair." Benoit, who killed his wife and son along with himself. A doctor concluded Benoit's brain was so damaged from CTE, it "resembled the brain of an 85-year-old Alzheimer's patient."

TMZ.com, PWInsider

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