All Elite Wrestling’s split with TrillerTV just turned into a full-blown legal war — because AEW is now suing the company for nearly $5 million after the shutdown of AEW Plus.
According to POST Wrestling, AEW has officially filed a lawsuit against TrillerTV and its parent company, Triller Group Inc., alleging the streaming platform owes nearly $5 million in unpaid revenue connected to AEW pay-per-view sales and the now-discontinued AEW Plus subscription service. The lawsuit was filed on April 29 in Duval County Court in Florida and paints a damaging picture of Triller’s financial situation behind the scenes.
According to the legal complaint, AEW alleges that Triller Group used revenue generated from AEW programming to fund unrelated business ventures instead of paying the wrestling company what it was contractually 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.”
The lawsuit claims that AEW sent formal payment demands in both January and March 2025 before eventually escalating the matter legally. Court filings show AEW’s attorneys claiming the company is owed $4,988,989.13, with interest continuing to accumulate at 2% per month under the terms of the agreement. AEW’s attorneys also accused Triller of collecting money from AEW viewers while allegedly failing to properly remit payments afterwards.
“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.”
The report also revealed new details about the business arrangement between AEW and TrillerTV, formerly known as FITE. According to court documents, AEW was entitled to 75% of net domestic pay-per-view revenue and 65% of international PPV revenue under a deal established in 2019. AEW Plus subscription revenue was split 60/40 in AEW’s favor.
At the same time, TrillerTV itself appears to be facing serious internal financial problems. POST Wrestling reported that Flipps Media Inc. — the company behind TrillerTV — recently filed a separate lawsuit against its own parent company, Triller Group Inc., in Delaware Chancery Court. According to the filing, Flipps claims the company is insolvent and currently lacks a functioning board of directors, preventing it from properly filing for bankruptcy protection.
The filing also claims TrillerTV has effectively been abandoned by its parent company and is currently being operated by CEO Kostadin Jordanov and President/COO Eric Winter. Triller Group CEO Wing-Fai Ng later responded to POST Wrestling with a short statement regarding the legal battle.
“We take these reports seriously and are reviewing the legal matter thoroughly. At this time, Triller Group Inc. has no comment.”
The legal fight comes shortly after TrillerTV officially informed subscribers that AEW Plus was being discontinued entirely and that AEW and ROH pay-per-views would no longer be available for purchase through the service.
For years, TrillerTV served as one of the main international streaming homes for AEW fans, especially viewers without access to traditional television broadcasts. Now, with lawsuits flying and financial issues surfacing publicly, the collapse of the partnership appears tied to much larger corporate problems behind the scenes.
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