WWE issued a statement to Forbes earlier today in response to reports that a former WWE wrestler, who was employed by the company from 2012 until 2020 was listed in a class action lawsuit against the company, where the person in question, who is being listed as a confidential witness, stated that he and another wrestler refused to go back to Saudi Arabia due to the reported travel issues incident where the WWE crew spent over 24 hours in the country due to issues with their plane.
WWE’s Jerry McDevitt, on behalf of the company, issued the following statement regarding the lawsuit and allegations made by the former WWE superstar, “These false allegations were originally made in two suits filed by two different law firms. After the Court appointed a third firm to be lead counsel, WWE provided all three law firms with specific detailed facts from the persons with actual knowledge of the situation, including the phony allegation about the plane. The first two law firms then dropped their lawsuits to avoid sanction motions, but the third firm chose to ignore the specific facts they had been provided and instead cited an unnamed disgruntled former wrestler with no knowledge of the facts. WWE is preparing its response to the lawsuit and will be moving to have it dismissed.”