Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics obtained a copy of the filing, which cites the reason as to why AEW is looking to seal the contracts and move the lawsuit to private arbitration.
The filing states, “Any public interest in obtaining access to the terms of the Agreements is outweighed by AEWs legitimate interests in maintaining the confidentiality of the contractual relationship at issue. Moreover, maintaining confidentiality of the terms between AEW and its Wrestlers and former Wrestlers, such as Respondent, is essential for AEW to remain competitive in the wrestling industry, and allowing the Agreements to be filed on the public docket will result in substantial and irreparable harm to AEW’s and Petitioner Khan’s business, which harm cannot be reduced or eliminated through any other reasonable means. Moreover, redaction, or any other means, will not cure the harm that Petitioners stand to suffer if the terms of AEW’s confidential business relationships become accessible by its competitors.”
Nemeth filed a lawsuit in February alleging alleges assault, breach of contract, breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and intentional interference with prospective advantage.
Genuine question, is there any way a good contract could cause harm? Sounds like there is some shit Tony doesn’t want out
It could give competitors (ie WWE) insight into AEW’s compensation structure that they could use to gain an advantage in talent negotiations.
No company wants copies of their contract out in the open for their competitors to see, as they can contain information pertaining to how the company operates, what they pay, benefits, how merch gets paid out, etc etc. Nemeth worked for em not that long ago so any information in the contracts may be relevant to other wrestlers contracts, which then puts AEW at a disadvantage depending what info it is.
Thank you, I suspected something of this sort, but it still isn’t a great look to people that don’t know