AEW Suing TrillerTV for $5 Million

All Elite Wrestling has filed a major lawsuit against TrillerTV and its parent company, Triller Group Inc., alleging nearly $5 million in unpaid revenue. The legal action, filed on 29 April 2026 in Florida’s Duval County Court, follows months of escalating tension over delayed payments and the eventual discontinuation of AEW services on the platform.

The complaint centers on allegations that Triller Group diverted revenue generated by AEW pay-per-view sales and the now-defunct AEW Plus subscription service to fund unrelated business ventures. Specifically, the lawsuit claims that the parent company used AEW-derived funds to cover operating expenses for a social media platform that failed to gain traction. AEW’s attorneys characterize this as a strategy of "robbing revenues" to plug financial holes elsewhere, which they say fundamentally damaged the relationship between the two companies.

According to court documents, AEW programming was a massive driver for the platform, accounting for approximately 24% of Triller Group’s consolidated revenue in 2024. The lawsuit also provides a rare look at the financial splits between the promotion and its digital distributor. Under a 2019 agreement, AEW was entitled to 75% of net revenue from domestic pay-per-view sales and 65% from international sales, while the AEW Plus service featured a 60/40 split in favor of the promotion.

The legal filing reveals that AEW issued formal demands for payment in January and March of 2025, but claims that Triller paid only a small fraction of what was owed. As of April 2026, the total outstanding balance is cited as $4,988,989.13, an amount that continues to accrue interest at a rate of 2% per month. The suit includes counts for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and tortious interference.

This legal battle coincides with a period of severe financial instability for Triller Group, which was delisted from the Nasdaq in early 2026. In a bizarre twist, the subsidiary that operates TrillerTV, Flipps Media Inc., has filed its own separate lawsuit against its parent company, claiming to be insolvent and alleging that it has been "abandoned" by the Triller Group.

Anticipating this fallout, AEW officially phased out its presence on the platform last month. The promotion launched its own proprietary streaming service, MyAEW, in March 2026, moving its international viewership and pay-per-view distribution to a system under its own direct control. While previously purchased content remains accessible to fans on TrillerTV for now, the lawsuit signals a permanent and hostile end to a partnership that once served as the primary home for AEW's global audience.