ESPN, the home of WWE’s premium live events (PLEs) since September of 2025, is now entering the court ring. According to Brandon Thurston, who first reported this on his X account [formerly known as Twitter] on Friday, said the sports network filed a memorandum, asking the court to let them intervene in this class-action lawsuit that was first filed in January.

ESPN has moved to intervene in the class action lawsuit against WWE over access to PLEs. ESPN wants to compel arbitration.

Plaintiffs did not name ESPN as a defendant, apparently to get around the arbitration clause in the subscriber agreement. https://t.co/qm0UtJ4huN pic.twitter.com/Jer3nKcglp

— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) March 28, 2026

To summarize, in January, two consumers accused WWE of deceptive marketing, as it was advertised that ESPN subscribers would receive access to the PLEs without additional fees. When filed by the plaintiffs, WWE was named as the defendant, but not ESPN, which Thurston noted in his post: “Plaintiffs did not name ESPN as a defendant, apparently to get around the arbitration clause in the subscriber agreement.” That said, ESPN is asking the court to move the lawsuit to arbitration.

When WWE’s Wrestlepalooza premiered on ESPN last fall, ESPN stated back then that it expected to sign deals with all cable and streaming providers (with a working partnership) to obtain ESPN Unlimited at no additional cost eventually. But, as many have witnessed up until now, that is not the case, as consumers without a television or streaming platform provider linked to ESPN Unlimited must pay $30 a month for the subscription.

As of this writing, there is still an open window for representation, as the plaintiffs in this matter are willing to help other customers affected by this misleading marketing. The caveat is that you must have been an existing ESPN subscriber between August 6 and prior to Wrestlepalooza on September 20, and or those who paid for the service during that timeframe. Those who do not apply to this lawsuit are those who are or were subscribed to Hulu + Live, Spectrum, Verizon FIOS, DirectTV, and Fubo TV, as customers with these subscriptions were able to access the service for free during that time.

“The Walking Weapon” Josh Alexander is the latest AEW star to be struck down by the injury bug. Alexander was taken out of the March 22 episode of “AEW Collision” where he, El Clon, and Konosuke Takeshita challenged Mistico and JetSpeed for the AEW World Trios Championships, which resulted in The Don Callis Family walking out without the titles around their waist. Not much has been said about Alexander’s injury as far as severity is concerned, but the man himself has taken to his X (formerly known as Twitter) account to frustratingly announce that the knee injury is worse than first feared, and that he will be undergoing surgery in the coming days.

**UPDATE**@MapleLeafPW/@ringofhonor/@AEW #GlobalWars #ROH #MLP

Tonight! pic.twitter.com/ieMgABHKyl

— Josh Alexander (@Walking_Weapon) March 27, 2026

“Last week on AEW Collision, I suffered an injury, and when you suffer injuries you don’t know how severe they are. I just found out minutes ago how serious this was. I know I’ve been limping and been in pain for a week but yeah, my surgeon told me that I’m going to need surgery this coming Wednesday, my injury is pretty severe. So I will not be cleared to compete and there’s no timetable set for when I will be back…”

Alexander went on to say that a lot of things went through his head such as his wrestling career, his AEW career, and especially his Canadian Heavyweight Championship he currently holds in Maple Leaf Pro Wrestling. Alexander confirmed that he will not be able to defend the title anytime soon, which has since been addressed by MLP as the promotion has confirmed that an Interim MLP Canadian Heavyweight Champion will be crowned at the upcoming “Uprising” event on March 28, a show Alexander was supposed to be a part of.

The former TNA World Champion isn’t the only Don Callis Family member currently on the sidelines as Jake Doyle tore his biceps on an episode of “AEW Dynamite” back in January, while Brian Cage has missed more than a year of action after undergoing several knee surgeries.