WWE Leaks SD! Video For Tonight, Gangrel/WWE Lawsuit

In a rare move, WWE's YouTube account has posted a brief clip from tonight's episode of Friday Night SmackDown on myNetworkTV. They posted footage of Montel Vontavious Porter, being accompanied by The View co-host Sherri Shepherd, making his ring entrance on the program. Video is also shown of the United States Champion showing Shepherd few wrestling moves, which will apparently air on tonight's show. At Monday's Raw taping, WWE taped a few segments with Shephard meeting various WWE personalities including Hornswoggle, "Santina" Marella and Cryme Tyme. You can see video of MVP and Shepherd making their ring entrance on tonight's show in our 'Videos' section by clicking here. BlackVoice.com and NYMag.com also has a story and video on her appearance.

CCP's lawsuit against WWE over the use of the name Gangrel has once again been dismissed. The case was dismissed with prejudice and each side will have to pay their own court costs which means its unlikely that CCP will try to pursue this case again. CCP claimed that they owned the rights to the name Gangrel and that WWE had used it without permission for one of their characters years back. The court had previously warned CCP that they were overdue in pursuing the case and that since nothing had advanced in six months, they were to show cause as to why the case needed to continue or risk it being thrown out. CCP failed to follow up, so the case was dismissed. The court also found that CCP was not utilizing their trademark of Gangrel and failed to prove that the character Gangrel was in any of their games.

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