MLW

“Paul is building something special with a two-track career driven by his passion and an unrelenting quality that separates the pretenders from the contenders,” MLW Founder and CEO Court Bauer said.

"We could not have had a better partner in this endeavor than MLW, whose long-standing excellence in typhoid research and strong surveillance infrastructure made this study possible."

In an emailed statement, WWE said it believed MLW's claims had no merit and that it intended to vigorously defend itself.

MLW said U.S. television rights for two WWE programs, WWE Raw and WWE Smackdown, are worth $470 million, while rights for MLW's most popular program, Dynamite, are worth $44 million.

MLW Media LLC accused WWE and its Chief Executive Vince McMahon of threatening content partners for doing business with MLW, to help protect its 85% share of the U.S. market for professional wrestling broadcasting rights.