$250 Million Lawsuit Against WWE & AEW Dismissed

WWE/AEW

A lawsuit against WWE and AEW seeking $250 million has been dismissed three months after it was first filed.

Anthony Duane Wilson had accused both WWE and AEW of “plagiarism, market damages, product damages, personal damages and financial damages”.

Per PWInsider, the suit was dismissed on November 3.

The lawsuit had been mostly handwritten with Wilson accusing the companies, contractors and employees of allegedly “on multiple dates used my creative works without permission, infringing on my wrestling gimmicks, names, slogans and likeness”.

One specific he named was the Bullet Club, who allegedly “stole the plans from me and my social media pages and cut me out without giving credit or the portion I am entitled to as the creator”.

He wrote (this is exactly how it was written):

“WWE an AEW are still using infringing works of mine, claiming they created these things and are not crediting me or paying for them, Many of which are not for sale. This will follow me my entire career. This has cost me work outside of professional wrestling and inside professional wrestling. These things have cost me fans an income. Several of these infringements were done maliciously to damage my reputation an career, attempting to embarrass me or waste my time. I’m a writer an professional wrestler, my creative works are my livelyhood. From my research, I was informed if you cut out an original partner or the creator control of the company belongs to the exiled party. I’m seeking control of AEW an removal of stolen works, a public apology an a financial settlement for damages, my works an career will see until I retire. WWE Board Chair, WWE Stock for freelance work an business tactics of mine. Return all ships and plunder.”

Neither defendant had been served the case after 90 days and it was dismissed without prejudice.

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• Plagiarism
• lawsuit
• AEW
• wwe

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