Is it even worth suing over?
I mean, sure, we’ve got them by the balls. But if TNA wants to put on an ECW show without calling it ECW (even though they totally did a few times), use guys with names we own, rip off our idea entirely, and generally completely disrespect the idea of intellectual property and copyright, BUT, if nobody is around to hear it, did it actually happen?
They did their best to cover up the fact that they couldn’t really use names or specific instances, which definitely made it a crappier show (apparently. I didn’t watch it. We’ve got smarktard interns for this kind of thing). But even still, no other company in the world would let this sort of thing slide. TNA is technically competition, and technically they just put on One Night Stand 2010, and technically they called it “ECW” a bunch of times, which they can’t do, because you’re not allowed to use the name of something somebody else owns, ever.
Ugh, I don’t even care. If they want to scrape whatever’s left out of the idiots’ love for a promotion that I OWNED, then great. Good for them. Let the bloodthirsty drink. I’m not going to press charges, and I’m not going to follow up with any sort of rebuttal. But know this, guys. Anyone who showed up on that program is out of the running for the Hall of Fame.
And you know what else? So is everyone on the TNA roster. Even if you worked for me most of your career. You’re out. You want to pull this sort of revisionist history bullshit? That doesn’t fly with me. Bill Goldberg is getting into the Hall before any of you jackasses.