Lawsuit Reveals CTE Diagnosed in More WWE Wrestlers

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (“CTE”) Exists in Professional Wrestlers and is Diagnosed in at Least Five Named Plaintiffs.
Significantly, five of the named plaintiffs have had post-mortem neuropathology studies reflecting a diagnosis of an occupational disease related to brain trauma. These diagnoses show the existence of such diseases in professional wrestlers notwithstanding WWE’s continued public denials and defenses to the plaintiffs’ claims made herein.

1. Plaintiff Estate of James W Snuka, has a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (“CTE”)
2. Plaintiff Estate of Harry Masayoshi Fujiwara, has a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s Disease and Chronic Traumatic Myelo-Encephalopathy (“CTME”)
3. Plaintiff Estate of Jon Rechner, has a diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (“CTE”);
4. Plaintiff Estate of Brian D. Knighton, has a diagnosis of early stage Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (“CTE”);
5. Plaintiff Estate of Timothy Alan Smith, has a diagnosis of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (“CTE”);