AEW Files New Motion In Kevin Kelly & Tate Twins Lawsuit

AEW has filed a new motion in Kevin Kelly and the Tate Twins’ lawsuit against the company. As previously reported, Kelly and the Tate Twins (aka The Boys) filed suit against AEW, Tony Khan, and Ian Riccaboni on September 6th. The lawsuit seeks to void the trios’ arbitration clauses in their contracts and certify a class-action lawsuit, arguing that AEW is misclassifying its talent as independent contractors rather than employees. Kelly is also alleging Riccaboni and AEW of defamation in regard comments by Riccaboni about Kelly’s support of Sound of Freedom, while the Tates accuse Tony Khan of defamation in regard to claims that they no-showed events.

PWInsider reports that AEW filed a motion on January 2nd in which they asked the court to pause all movement as well as the discovery process until the U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida rules on whether the matter should be moved to arbitration. As noted, a judge in November ruled that the case should be transferred from Pennsylvania to Florida as the language in AEW’s contracts state that all issues around them should be handled in Florida where the company has its HQ.