Bagwell/Raven WWE Royalties Lawsuit Dropped(Agreement Reached)

[3Rivers]

Bagwell & Raven WWE royalties lawsuit dropped as agreement reached

A lawsuit filed by Marcus "Buff" Bagwell and Scott "Raven" Levy against WWE attempting to open the door for wrestlers to get royalties for appearances on the WWE Network was dropped officially yesterday in an agreement between the lawyers for both sides.

WWE had filed a lawsuit against Levy claiming he had made false statements about a prior lawsuit, where Levy and several other former wrestlers had sued to attempt to get employee status for wrestlers claiming they were not independent contractors. In that case, it was
thrown out due to the statute of limitations from when the deals were in place to when the lawsuit was filed having expired. Levy, on a Chris Jericho podcast, had apparently said that Vince McMahon had paid off a judge.

The agreement was made between lawyers that both lawsuits were to be dropped. However, in the settlement agreement, WWE retained the rights to refile the lawsuit against Levy if he were to ever sue WWE again on any contractual matters.

After recent depositions by WWE of Bagwell and Levy, their lawyers opened up settlement talks regarding dropping of the case.

Levy and Bagwell were represented by Klint Bruno and Matthew Peterson of Chicago and William H. Clendenen Jr. of New Haven. The WWE was represented by Jerry McDevitt of Pittsburgh, Jeffrey Mueller of Hartford, and Jonathan Tropp of Stamford.

 

[TL15]

A blockbuster announcement

 

[Silkk]

Did the check get cut though?

 

[richaveli83]

Does that mean Bagwell will get inducted into the hall of fame now?

 

[CJ]

So basically the E' broke them two off with some shutup money to avoid having to pay other non-E wrasslers royalties.

McDevitt with the Goldberg streak

 

[Thebadguy]

McDevitt and Otunga together now you know you in trouble.

 

[NYChase718]

Somehow in all of this

Shane Douglas lost

 

[prophecypro]

Buff Bagwell in WWE 2k19 and Mattel action figure on decky

 

[puppetmaster]

Does that mean Bagwell will get inducted into the hall of fame now?

Raven is deserving, it's unlikely but you know he'd give a great speech too

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

A blockbuster announcement

underrated maneuver

 

[Golayitdown]

Now I can see all those classic Buff Bagwell matches

 

[JerseyBoy23]

So... wrestlers still can't get royalties for the WWE Network if it wasn't in their contract.

 

[Konnan]

Sounds to me like McDevitt won the chess match because Raven dumbass yapping on Jericho's podcast so he decided to settle for what he could get instead of losing hella money fighting a lawsuit

What's that streak up to now?

Listening to the Lapsed Fan podcast about how Vince played the whole Hart family against each other after Owen's death to keep from being sued he really is the GOAT chess player

 

[904Lurker]

Can we have WCW Saturday night now.

 

[Lost His Smile]

Sounds to me like McDevitt won the chess match because Raven dumbass yapping on Jericho's podcast so he decided to settle for what he could get instead of losing hella money fighting a lawsuit

What's that streak up to now?

Listening to the Lapsed Fan podcast about how Vince played the whole Hart family against each other after Owen's death to keep from being sued he really is the GOAT chess player

He even got them to bring Stu's tired ass to a RAW against his will Listening to those Montreal Screwjob episodes was

That family is as carny as it gets.