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MLW finally gets the streaming deal it sued WWE over

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What happened?

Major League Wrestling, which sued WWE in 2022 alleging anti-competitive behavior related to media-rights deals, settled that case for $20 million a few years later. Now MLW has secured a streaming partnership with Tubi, joining a platform that already carries WWE- and AEW-linked content and further entangling formerly adversarial companies in the current industry landscape.

Key Takeaways

MLW sued WWE in 2022 alleging WWE blocked MLW from media deals; the lawsuit later settled for $20 million.
Since the settlement there have been few outward signs of hostility between MLW and WWE and some instances of overlap in talent and storylines.
MLW has now partnered with Tubi, adding its Fusion content to a platform that also hosts WWE- and AEW-related offerings.
The new deal positions MLW alongside other wrestling content on FAST/streaming services and highlights increased industry crossover.

AI Timeline

2022 - Lawsuit

MLW filed a federal anti-trust suit against WWE alleging anti-competitive behavior around media-right deals.

Settlement - a few years later

The lawsuit was resolved with a $20 million settlement between MLW and WWE.

Post-settlement overlaps

Since the settlement, there have been collaborative-seeming moments and talent overlaps, including Baron Corbin working across promotions and disputes like the Tessa Blanchard situation involving MLW and other companies.

September 2026 - Streaming deal

MLW announced a streaming partnership with Tubi, bringing its programming to the platform that already carries WWE- and AEW-linked content.

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Sep 17, 5:58 PM

MLW finally gets the streaming deal it sued WWE over

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When Court Bauer’s Major League Wrestling hit WWE with a federal anti-trust lawsuit in 2022, its case was based on media right deals with Vice TV and Fox-owned Tubi that MLW alleged it lost out on due to WWE’s “anti-competitive behavior”. That suit was settled for $20 million a couple years later, and we haven’t seen any signs of hostility between the two companies since, and no word of an official partnership like WWE has with TNA. But there have even been signs the old legal foes could be on the same side of our current and seemingly industry-wide wrestling war. Recently, those have included Baron Corbin’s run of double duty on Fusion and SmackDown, and the Tessa Blanchard flap that’s played out between Bauer’s fed and AEW-ally CMLL. And who knows if that has anything to do with MLW finally partnering up with Tubi. WWE does stream its developmental-for-developmental show Evolve on the service, but AEW’s FAST channel is on Tubi as well. Fusion also streams on AEW-ally New Japan’s NJPW

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