Report: WWE Files Multi-Million Dollar Lawsuit Against Overseas Television Partner

August 21, 2015

wwe According to The Wrestling Observer, World Wrestling Entertainment has filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against CTH.

CTH is WWE’s TV partner in Malaysia and Thailand, and the report notes the network has stopped paying its rights fees to WWE, subsequently prompting the lawsuit.

WWE originally signed a five-year deal with CTH which would see the network run Raw, Smackdown, NXT, Superstars, Main Event, Bottom Line, Afterburn, Vintage Collection and This Week In WWE and PPV events from 2014-2018.

The deal would also see WWE’s annual rights fees increase from $2.8 million in 2014, to $3.64 million in 2015, then $4.55 million, then $5.69 million and finally $6.83 million for a total of $23.5 million over the course of the four year deal.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.