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Parties in WWE shareholder lawsuit reach out-of-court settlement

The parties in the WWE shareholders lawsuit have reached an agreement in principle and managed to settle this out of court, just a few days before the trial was set to start today.

The two sides will now present the settlement to the court where it has to be approved by the judge but at their request, the trial is canceled.

The lawsuit was seeking hundreds of millions in dollars in damages after shareholders accused WWE of discarding other potential bidders in favor of a deal with Endeavor which led to the creation of TKO.

The suit claims that Vince McMahon only chose Endeavor and his friend Ari Emanuel because he knew that he could keep control over WWE after he sold, something that wasn’t the case with other bidders.

Last month, McMahon and WWE President Nick Khan were sanctioned by the Delaware Chancery Court for acting “recklessly” by enabling a setting to auto-delete Signal messages while WWE was in the process of being sold to Endeavor.

The sanctions made it harder for McMahon, Khan, and everyone being sued by shareholders to defend themselves in the trial, so reaching an out-of-court settlement was the best case scenario for them.


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Colin Vassallo has been editor of Wrestling-Online since 1996. He is born and raised in Malta, follows professional wrestling and MMA, loves to travel, and is a big Apple fan!

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