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Updated · Fightful · Jun 6
WWE Merger Trial Set for June 8 Is Removed From Delaware Calendar
Updated
Updated · Fightful · Jun 6

WWE Merger Trial Set for June 8 Is Removed From Delaware Calendar

3 articles · Updated · Fightful · Jun 6

Summary

  • A four-day Delaware Chancery Court trial over WWE’s 2023 merger into TKO Group Holdings was removed from the calendar ahead of its planned June 8 start.
  • Greg Varallo, attorney for the shareholder plaintiffs, said late Friday the case was no longer listed, and no reason for the removal was immediately available.
  • Plaintiffs outlined their case in a June 5 pre-trial brief, seeking nine-figure damages on claims WWE was undervalued in the merger.
  • Vince McMahon, TKO CEO Ari Emanuel, WWE President Nick Khan and Paul "Triple H" Levesque had been scheduled to testify before Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster.

Insights

With a trial suddenly cancelled, what secrets did deleted messages from WWE's top executives hide from the public?
Did Vince McMahon sacrifice nearly a billion dollars of shareholder value just to secure his power in the TKO merger?