On February 16th, WWE filed a lawsuit against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton before the 345th Civil District Court in Travis County. The company is seeking from the county court a judgment and injunction to prevent the release of the September 6th, 2022, Alamodome License Agreement for WWE’s 2023 Royal Rumble Premium Live Event.
Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics wanted to obtain the contract details to report what the city government gave WWE in exchange for bringing the PLE to the Alamodome. However, in a sworn declaration from WWE Senior Vice President of Communications, Chris Legentil stated that the bidding contract shouldn’t be released to Wrestlenomics.
“If this information was made publicly available and Brandon Thurston was permitted to publicize our financial information and negotiated terms on Wrestlenomics. WWE would lose our bargaining power in negotiating all of our live events and much of the value of a bidding process for venues.”
The company argues the contract details shouldn’t be disclosed according to Texas’s public information laws.
The attorneys of Holland & Knight LLP represent WWE.
Wrestlenomics noted that they are not being sued in this case.