WWE issued the following statement in response to the lawsuit filed against them by the Gilbert family in regards to the company’s usage of material featuring Doug Gilbert and the late Eddie Gilbert.

“Through the years, WWE has acquired the legal rights to library footage of various former wrestling organizations including Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW), World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and Mid-Southern Wrestling among many others. WWE has made these substantial investments to acquire these copyrighted works and has the legal right to use them. Similar cases in the past have been unsuccessful and we expect this case to be dismissed.”