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The scheduled hearing on WWE's Motion to dismiss the Amended lawsuit brought against them by MLW before the U.S. District Court California Northern District, San Jose has been moved up to 6/15, PWInsider.com has learned. The hearing was originally slated for 7/20.
MLW filed their Amended lawsuit back in March, alleging that WWE's exclusivity agreements (such as Peacock and NBC) causes violations of the Sherman Antitrust Act as it pertains to the pro wrestling media market in the United States.
MLW has argued since it first filed its first lawsuit that WWE was engaging in unfair practices, including attempting to prevent Ring of Honor (then owned by The Sinclair Broadcast Group) from running Madison Square Garden when allegedly Paul Levesque stepped in to stop it temporarily, that WWE prevented AEW from booking an Arena in Cincinnati several years back and that WWE went after signed MLW talents, including Davey Boy Smith Jr. and Swerve Strickland, neither of whom are currently with WWE.
MLW has maintained that WWE interfered with a MLW deal with FOX-owned streaming service Tubi, leading to that deal being canceled the night before it was to be announced and a potential deal with Vice TV, which only aired one original MLW special and several older MLW TV shows.
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