Richard Bryant, who attended SmackDown in July 2022, filed a lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment in March, alleging that he suffered several injuries to his right ear because of a pyrotechnic explosion. The plaintiff filed the lawsuit before the Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Stamford, seeking $15,000 in damages.
The suit noted that Bryant suffered the following injuries:
“Traumatic rupture of his right ear drum, bilateral tinnitus, hearing loss in his right ear, psychological harm.”
The suit alleged that Richard Bryant suffered injuries due to the carelessness of the company, which “failed to adequately warn of the dangers of pyrotechnics, failed to test the effect of pyrotechnics on the premises, failed to operate the pyrotechnics with reasonable care, failed to implement and enforce reasonable policies and procedures for the safe use of pyrotechnics…”
Recently, WWE filed a motion to move the lawsuit to the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut. In the filing, the company noted the following:
“More particularly, the Plaintiff alleges that he was an invitee of the premises and was seated next to the stage at the venue when pyrotechnics went off, and the blast was so loud that it allegedly caused the Plaintiff to lose almost all hearing in his right ear. In the sole count of the complaint, the Plaintiff alleges negligence against WWE and that, as a result of this supposed negligence, he suffered personal injuries.”