Pro wrestling promotion AEW has launched legal action against streaming service TrillerTV over alleged mispayments totalling $5 million.
As reported by Brandpn Thurston of POST Wrestling on May 11, the inital lawsuit was filed back in late April at Duval County Court in Florida. The document claims that Triller’s parent company used AEW-derived funds to try and launch other ventures instead of paying the pro wrestling company what it was owed:
“[Triller Group Inc.’s] strategy of robbing revenues generated by TrillerTV’s distribution of AEW content to cover other of Defendants’ operating expenses (much of which was spent on the social media platform endeavor) negatively impacted its relationship with and payments owed to AEW.” Statement issued by AEW attorneys.
However, weeks before the aforementioned suit was filed, more information came to light regarding Flipps Media Inc, the parent company of Triller. The separate lawsuit filed by Triller against Flipps stated that the business is insolvent, meaning that outstanding debts are unable to be paid. Flipps also adds that it is without a board of directors, meaning that it is unable to file for bankruptcy. Flipps has asked the court if it would consider the office as a board of directors, so that the next steps can be planned out.
The POST Westling report also provides more context into the alleged missed payments:
AEW alleges that the parent Triller Group exploited the gap in timing between the point of sale and when payments to AEW were due. AEW says it sent written demands for payment to Triller in each of January and March 2025. An April 2026 legal demand letter shows AEW’s outside counsel claiming $4,988,989.13 in payments were owed by Triller and that the amount is continuing to accrue interest at a rate of 2% per month, in accordance with a contract which has also been filed in the case.
“Defendants failed to make the full payment due on March 1, 2025, paying a fraction of the total amount owed — despite the remittance being a mere percentage of the total revenue Defendants collected and had in its coffers from AEW viewers before wrongfully spending it on other ventures and expenses,” (emphasis original) AEW counsel wrote.
Triller was at one point the exclusive platform for international viewers to watch weekly AEW TV and pay-per-views. In addition to purchasing standalone PPV events, fans could subscribe to AEW Plus to watch Dynamite and Collision, along with other shows that have since been discontinued. According to the lawsuit, “the wrestling company got 60% of net revenue, with Triller getting the other 40%.”
AEW’s lawsuit alleges breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference, among other counts.
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All Elite Wrestling associated itself with Triller less and less over the past few months. Along with other providers such as Amazon and YouTube to distribute pay-per-views, the promotion also launched its own streaming service, MyAEW. With new subscribers no longer able to join the AEW Plus service, MyAEW is now the dedicated location for international viewers to watch Dynamite and Collision.
According to Triller’s SEC filing, AEW content was responsible for driving 24% of Triller’s revenue in 2024. It should be noted that this is the entire Triller company referenced in this stat, not just TrillerTV.
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