Video testimony played in court Thursday morning painting a picture of an injured CM Punk who was angered by his early elimination from the 2014 Royal Rumble.

According to WrestleZone … taped interviews featuring Kane, referee John Cone, athletic trainer Larry Heck and audio technician Timothy Gaeng kicked off day three of the libel trial pitting Punk and co-defendant Colt Cabana against WWE’s Dr. Chris Amann.

The testimony centered around Punk’s concussion in the Royal Rumble and the chaos that ensued in the moments following the injury.

Kane recalled “illegally” eliminating Punk from the event – a phrase that got a chuckle from Punk inside the courtroom — and said the elimination was planned, but for later in the match.

Cone recalled producers in the back telling him to let Punk know he needed to stay down and that Kane would be coming out to eliminate him.  The ref said Punk responded, “if you make me leave this f*cking match, I’ll f*cking quit right now.”  Cone said after repeating the order, Punk pie-faced him.

It’s worth noting Punk quit the company the next day.

Heck, a 17-year medical veteran of WWE, testified that Amman said Punk had been concussed in the match.  Following the elimination, Heck said he witnessed Punk cuss people out backstage and then leave.  Heck recalled Punk being mad the finish of the match was changed.

Kane, Heck, and Cone testified that they weren’t aware of a lump or infection on Punk’s lower back.

After the videos played, court broke for lunch.

During testimony on Wednesday, Dr. Amann was on the stand discussing text messages between he and Punk, how he disclosed Punk’s medical issues to others, and emotional damage he says has been caused by the podcast.

The trial got started on Tuesday following jury selection.  Proceedings are expected to last a week.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet

Text messages centering around CM Punk‘s health issues ahead of his WWE departure were revealed during day two of testimony in the libel trial pitting he and Colt Cabana against a WWE doctor.

Roughly two months of emails and texts focusing on Punk’s medical problems were shown to jurors as Dr. Chris Amann was on the stand Wednesday, according to WrestleZone’s Nick Hausman.

In the communication from early November to mid-December, CM Punk complained about headaches and fatigue — all leading up to a December 2nd text Punk sent to Amann that read: “My head is killing me. Why do I have these headaches?”

Two days later, Punk texted Amann saying he wanted to go to a hospital.

According to Hausman’s court notes, the emails and texts were rolled out by Punk and Cabana’s legal team in response to Amann’s lawyers essentially tying Punk’s health problems to the 2014 Royal Rumble. In that event, Amman said he was summoned to see Punk during the match and the wrestler said he was seeing zig-zags/squiggly lines after taking a clothesline from Kofi Kingston.

At that point, Amann claims he determined Punk was concussed and need to leave the match. Punk, however, made the call to stay in — despite referees requesting he leave the ring — and producer Michael Hayes eventually sent Kane to the ring to eliminate him.

It’s worth noting that after eliminating Punk, Kane then chokeslammed him through a table.

During cross-examination, a slew of emails and text messages were shown which seem to indicate Punk complained about other problems relating to his health — like fatigue, nausea, diarrhea, days of vomit, headaches and more — yet he was still cleared for contact.

In addition to the emails and texts, testimony focused on prescriptions written by Amann, whether Punk had a cyst or back bulge, and how the Amann felt ridiculed made by the accusations on Cabana’s podcast.  Check out Wrestlezone’s coverage here.

Source: Pro Wrestling Sheet