Class-Action Lawsuit Filed Against AEW

A class-action lawsuit has been filed against All Elite Wrestling alleging that shopaew.com violates the Americans With Disabilities Act, according to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics. 

The lawsuit has been filed on the grounds that the website is inaccessible for visually-impaired people who use screen-reading software. The plaintiff noted they tried to purchase goods from shopaew.com in April 2022 but were unable to do so due to several issues.

The plaintiff has demanded compensatory damages, an injunction that requires shopaew.com to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act, and a declaration which states AEW own a website that discriminates against the blind and visually-impaired. 

The plaintiff has filed several similar class-action lawsuits this year already.

A similar lawsuit was also filed against WWE in 2020 which was settled with an out of court settlement. 

All Elite Wrestling have used shopaew.com to sell the company's merchandise since the promotion's founding in 2019. A global version of the store was then launched in May 2021 which allowed international fans from 224 countries to buy AEW merchandise.