How WWE Lawsuit Is Affecting Potential Signings Of AEW Stars

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The ongoing lawsuit between MLW and WWE has seen the Endeavor-owned company accused of “many years of egregious anticompetitive behavior.”

MLW made the claim in a recent statement regarding the continuation of its antitrust lawsuit against WWE.

The lawsuit dates back to February 2020, in which Major League Wrestling “allege that WWE are attempting to tamper with contracted MLW talents.”

Dave Meltzer has recently addressed how this lawsuit is affecting AEW stars who may be interested in a move to WWE.

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer stated:

“WWE is very, very leery because of the MLW lawsuit, so they’re not making… if that MLW lawsuit wasn’t there, WWE – and it’s not just these guys (the Elite), there’s other guys that this relates to, that have interest at least in hearing from WWE and in one case interested in going to WWE – and WWE has been uncharacteristically not aggressively trying to steal talent. Unless somebody’s contract is actually over, because of that MLW lawsuit.

“If it was two years ago in this situation, would they not go in there and go, ‘Hey, we’ll offer you millions and millions of dollars, make the move when your contract’s up’. Right now I don’t think that they would do that. They might, but I don’t think so.

“That lawsuit… it’s like, if they do something wrong and it gets out, that’s not a good thing for that lawsuit, and that lawsuit may end up being nothing, but an antitrust lawsuit, there’s a lot to that that could be very scary.

“And plus, it’s no longer the defiant Vince, it’s Ari Emanuel. He’ll flip out if they do something to make the lawsuit worse. And I don’t think they want Ari flipping out and going like, ‘You’ve gotta get rid of whoever makes that offer’.

“Put it this way, whoever makes that offer, if an actual offer is made, and it comes out and it gets to Ari, Ari will never fire Vince, like he will never fire Dana, but there will be a scapegoat in that, which is why nobody should ever do it, or should do it and make sure it doesn’t get out because anything that makes that lawsuit worse is not something that Endeavor wants. It’s not something that WWE wants either, for that matter.”

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It was recently reported that WWE filed for an extension to respond to MLW’s amended lawsuit against the company, citing that it had “recently retained new counsel and requires adequate time to investigate the allegations”.

In the report, it would also be revealed that Jerry McDevitt, the long-standing lawyer for Vince McMahon and WWE, was retiring after serving as the company’s legal representative for thirty-six years.

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