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TNA sued Steiner in June 2012, claiming he breached his (by then expired) TNA contract by making disparaging remarks about TNA, Hulk Hogan, Eric Bischoff and Bruce Prichard, among others. TNA is seeking damages and an injunction to stop Steiner from speaking out.
In responding to TNA's suit against him, Steiner denied that he ever agreed to not disparage the company, that speaking out against it would breach his deal, that he was involved in a "concerted effort to disparage" the company and its officers, that he ignored requests to stop, that he is in a legal and binding agreement with TNA and that TNA has suffered damages as a result of his actions.
Steiner has stated his TNA deal expired and while he was offered a new contract, he opted to turn it down and never executed the deal.
The lawsuit was scheduled to go to trial several times, most recently in June of this year, only to have the trial pushed back or canceled as the two sides were working out a settlement. Based on the trial being rescheduled, the settlement talks did not go through.
What remains amazing about the case is that just about everyone Steiner allegedly disparaged (Hulk Hogan, Brooke Hogan, etc.) are no longer working for TNA and have not in some time.
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