WWE: WWE Concussion Lawsuit Update, A&E WWE Programming Ratings, Update SD Ratings

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US Supreme Court Reportedly Declines Hearing for WWE Concussion Lawsuit Appeal

As noted before, the class action concussion lawsuit filed by several former wrestlers against WWE was dismissed by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in September of 2020. An appeal hearing on this decision was filed to the U.S. Supreme Court this past April.

Fightful’s Jeremy Lambert reported that the U.S. Supreme Court recently officially declined a hearing with lawyer Konstantine Kyros for the appeal of his concussion lawsuit against WWE. This means that the decision made by the U.S. Court of Appeals will stand as final for the case.

Lambert also reported that the next step of the legal case will be to determine how much financial restitution Kyros will be required to pay to WWE. The company reportedly is currently seeking around $573,770.44 in legal fees and an additional $39,844.00 in other costs.

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A&E Ratings for Roddy Piper Biography and Sunday’s Episode of WWE Most Wanted Treasures

This past Sunday’s Biography: “Rowdy” Roddy Piper episode drew 880,000 viewers on A&E, according to Showbuzz Daily. This episode also drew a 0.27 rating and a #10 ranking in the key 18-49 demographic. All three numbers were down from last week’s debut episode.

This past Sunday’s episode of WWE Most Wanted Treasures drew 769,000 viewers on A&E, up from last week’s debut episode of 766,000 viewers.

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Updated WWE Friday Night SmackDown Ratings

This past Friday’s episode of WWE Friday Night SmackDown drew a final viewership of 2,121,000 on FOX, according to Showbuzz Daily. This was up compared to the initial overnight number of 2,042,000 viewers on the network.