(07 Dec 2014, 5:24 pm)marxistafozzski wrote Would his wrestling experience be an advantage, I mean he would know his way round various holds and submission moves right?
Unlikely. There's a world of difference between knowing how to do (and allowing yourself to be put in) worked submission holds and knowing how to do submissions in a shoot environment. Also, you don't see many piledrivers or powerbombs in MMA - mainly because it requires a certain amount of cooperation between the two combatants. On the rare occasions it does happen, it's usually down to raw strength or momentum. Punk may be able to keep people in position for the GTS, but I seriously doubt he could put someone there who hasn't agreed to take the move. That's the difference there.
About there independent contractors status, does that actually mean they could take bookings from Indy Promotions due to the type of deal they have despite working for WWE???
An interesting point. Unless challenged it's hard to say. Lawler does independent dates as do many of those on 'Legends Contracts', so I guess you could argue a case based upon that. It all comes down to money and resources at the end of the day. Because the wrestling business isn't unionised it's unlikely there'll be any serious lawful challenge. It's up to individuals to hire lawyers to fight their case so it ultimately comes down to who has the most money to waste on legal battles.