Vikings notes: Lesnar files lawsuit vs. WWE
Mark Craig, Star Tribune
Former World Wrestling Entertainment champion Brock Lesnar filed a lawsuit against the WWE in U.S. District Court in Connecticut last week, arguing that a no-compete clause he signed last year before joining the Vikings is too vague and “unenforceable.”
The WWE has until March 1 to respond. Calls to the WWE weren’t returned Thursday.
Lesnar, whose attempt to make the Vikings as a defensive tackle failed in training camp, was released from his WWE contract in March. According to court documents, part of the agreement restricts Lesnar from working “in the businesses of professional wrestling, ultimate fighting and/or sports entertainment in any capacity whatsoever through June 30, 2010.”
“Basically, Brock needs to go back to work, “said David Olson, Lesnar’s Minneapolis-based attorney. “Wrestling and contact sports are what he knows.”
Lesnar, a former NCAA heavyweight wrestling champion with the Gophers, probably has exhausted his chances of making an NFL team. He hadn’t played football since high school nine years earlier when he was signed by the Vikings last summer.
Ed Hitchcock, Lesnar’s NFL agent, said Lesnar “still wants to play football. “However, no teams were interested enough to allocate Lesnar to NFL Europe, the league’s spring developmental league.
Lesnar could return to the WWE, but Olson said WWE founder Vince McMahon hasn’t made an offer to take him back.
Lesnar could not be reached for comment.
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