Swerve Strickland Torn Meniscus Injury Update – Strickland Underwent Successful Surgery
As noted before, Swerve Strickland has been dealing with a torn meniscus injury.
Strickland provided an update earlier today on Instagram revealing that he had underwent successful surgery on his knee.
Swerve Strickland has undergone successful surgery on his torn meniscus.
— Fightful Wrestling (@Fightful) August 27, 2025
We wish him the best of luck in his recovery! pic.twitter.com/T7b3MSKJEP
Kevin Kelly & Tate Twins Defamation Lawsuit Against AEW Update – Kelly & Tate Twins File Appeal Over Private Arbitration Ruling
As noted before, former AEW commentator Kevin Kelly and former AEW and ROH talents The Tate Twins (Brandon & Brent Tate), former The Boys, filed a defamation lawsuit this past September against AEW, AEW CEO Tony Khan, and AEW/ROH commentator Ian Riccaboni. This lawsuit was ruled this past June to be officially moved to private arbitration.
Post Wrestling and Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston reported that Kelly and the Tate Twins appeals case against AEW was filed on Tuesday before the 11th Circuit Court. Thurston reported that Kelly and the Tate Twins are currently trying to reverse the district judge’s decision to send their defamation case to arbitration.
In the filing, Kelly and the Tate Twins’ attorney Stephen P. New argued that the district judge erred in not allowing discovery before ruling and by ruling that they didn’t attack the delegation clause. New also claimed that the arbitration clauses in their talent contracts were both substantively and procedurally unconscionable and claimed it created a standard of unfairness which would make them unenforceable.
In the filing, Kelly and the Tate Twins claimed that the judge sent their case to arbitration too quickly and the arbitration clauses in their contracts were so unfair that they do meet the very specific legal standard required to prevent a judge from enforcing arbitration.
Kelly and the Tate Twins also claimed they couldn’t negotiate the clauses, they weren’t told about the costs of arbitration, they have to arbitrate in Florida even though they don’t live there, they weren’t told the rules of arbitration, they were pressured to sign, and had no real choice over it. They current claim that this meets the high “unconscionability” standard.
New Partnership Deal with USL Clubs
AEW announced that they have signed a new partnership deal with the United Soccer League (USL) through Official League.
This new deal featured AEW wrestlers to partner with the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, El Paso Locomotive, and Orange County SC for limited edition merchandise collections that will release in late September.
AEW x Pittsburgh Riverhounds, El Paso Locomotive, and Orange County SC by Official League
We’re excited to unveil a new collaboration series bringing together All Elite Wrestling (AEW), the Pittsburgh Riverhounds, El Paso Locomotive, and Orange County SC. These limited-edition collections, pairing USL clubs with the top stars of AEW, will launch this September.
This landmark collection celebrates our first collaboration with All Elite Wrestling, and will introduce the first-ever AEW x Sport apparel collaboration. Each club will unveil its own premium collection created in partnership with a featured AEW star.
Fans can get notified for the full limited-edition online release of the collection at the link below.
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