In an update to the $1 million lawsuit filed by WWE doctor Chris Amann against CM Punk and Colt Cabana for comments made during Cabana’s Art of Wrestling podcast last November, The Washington Post reports that a Cook County Circuit Court judge denied motions from Punk and Cabana to dismiss the case. The case will move forward, and Punk and Cabana will have until August 24th to file a response to Amann’s complaint.
Amaan claims that the comments made by Punk and Cabana were false and defamatory. It was noted that the episode has been streamed over 1 million times on YouTube, as well as many other times on other platforms.
Punk stated on the podcast that, amongst other claims, Amann misdiagnosed a MRSA staph infection as a fatty deposit and noted that a doctor recommended to him by wife AJ Lee said that he should be dead after wrestling with it for months. WWE sent us a statement shortly after Amann filed suit disputing Punk’s claims, noting that Punk claimed that he performed at The Royal Rumble last year with a baseball-sized, purple lump on his back located near the waistband of his tights. They sent the video below with nearly four minutes of ass shots of Punk from The Royal Rumble to show that there was no growth on his back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alLmQFx801M
It should be noted that Punk appeared on Opus radio last December and showed the scar from his staph infection. The growth would have been located below the waistband of his tights. You can see video of Punk showing the scar below at the 0:35 mark:
Court documents reveal that the case has been assigned to category 2, and the judge has allowed 28 months for discovery.
