Like a flying elbow delivered from the top rope, a federal lawsuitis taking a vicious swipe at World Wrestling Entertainment, claiming that the Stamford company has long misclassified its performers as independent contractors and denied them benefits.
Meanwhile, the WWE plans to counter the suit filed by three former wrestlers with a motion to dismiss to be filed later this month in federal court in New Haven.
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