The WWE shareholder lawsuit that was set to go to trial this week has been resolved before it could begin, with the two sides reaching a settlement in principle.
As POST Wrestling reported, the parties informed the Delaware Court of Chancery that they had come to an agreement, and the court cancelled the trial at their request. Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics broke the news on Sunday, citing Court Administrator Tamara Burton, who told him the parties had reached an agreement in principle.
The court’s statement read: “At the parties’ request, the trial is cancelled. The parties have advised the court that they will present the settlement for approval in due course.”
Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, who had been set to preside over the case, issued a notice confirming the parties had reached an agreement in principle on a settlement and that they would bring it before the court for approval at a later date.
The trial had been scheduled to begin Monday and run for four days in Delaware. The lawsuit centered on the 2023 transaction that merged WWE with UFC under TKO Group Holdings. The shareholder plaintiffs alleged that WWE was undervalued in the deal and that Vince McMahon steered the process toward Endeavor while other potential bidders, including KKR and Liberty Media, were not given a fair opportunity to pursue WWE.
The listed defendants included McMahon, Nick Khan, Paul Levesque, George Barrios, and Michelle Wilson. McMahon, Ari Emanuel, Mark Shapiro, Khan, and Levesque were among the names expected to feature in testimony had the trial gone ahead.
A settlement figure has not been disclosed and may take time to surface. Thurston noted the terms should eventually become public, since shareholders would have to be notified of any payment tied to their former WWE shares. He pointed to a 2025 lawsuit against Meta executives in the same Delaware court, which ended in a last-minute agreement in July but did not have a final figure made public until November.
A notice from the judge with the same statement is submitted and pending clerk review to appear on the docket. I’d expect it to actually appear on the docket by tomorrow. pic.twitter.com/PoPIEj336t
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) June 7, 2026
Will be joining Wai & Neal off the top to discuss the WWE merger trial not appearing on the court's weekly calendar, suggesting the parties are close to a settlement. https://t.co/Gyx9iF2SQA
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) June 6, 2026
