Per PWInsider, the U.S. District Court in Connecticut has ruled in favor of a WWE motion to halt discovery in the ongoing lawsuit against the company, ESPN, and BAMTech, LLC regarding the streaming availability of premium live events.
WWE, which the case alleges to have misled customers about how to watch its major PLEs on the ESPN Unlimited service beginning with WrestlePalooza 2025, argued that discovery should be halted until the court rules on existing attempts from the defendants to move the lawsuit to private arbitration.
Separate claims from ESPN and BAMTech note that the case should be moved to arbitration due to terms of service for the streaming platform in question.
The official ruling from the court reads:
The Court was concerned to read, in the Plaintiffs’ supplemental brief, that WWE had been sanctioned for evidence spoliation in other cases. (likely the WWE stockholders case over the Endeavor purchase of WWE, which was recently set for settlement) But in this case, the appropriate way to address that concern is to remind WWE of the severe consequences that can be imposed if relevant evidence is lost or destroyed after the duty of preservation attaches. To force WWE to undergo the broad and burdensome discovery that the Plaintiffs seek on behalf of themselves and their proposed class, when WWE evidently has a non-frivolous argument that those claims should be addressed in an arbitral forum on an individual basis and under potentially restrictive discovery procedures, would be a disproportionate response. While the Court understands the Plaintiffs’ concern, it is insufficient to deny a stay.
There is no time limit for the court to issue a ruling on the case being moved to arbitration as of this writing.
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