According to a filing first reported by POST Wrestling, AEW submitted a petition on June 5 to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. The promotion alleges that Nemeth has acted in a way that misrepresents the agreed dispute resolution process and is asking the court to enforce arbitration near Duval County, Florida, under Florida law.

The dispute centers around JAMS, the private arbitration service named in AEW's contracts. While both sides previously agreed to resolve the matter through arbitration, AEW claims Nemeth later filed his case through a JAMS office in Orange County, California. The company also argues that several claims added under California labor laws are invalid because Nemeth worked as an independent contractor rather than an employee.

AEW states it attempted to relocate the arbitration proceedings to Florida last year, but JAMS denied the request in December. The arbitration service later provided a list of ten potential arbitrators, including six from California, three from Florida, and one from New York. AEW contends that the selection process unfairly favored California and conflicts with the terms outlined in Nemeth’s contract.

As part of its latest filing, AEW is asking the court to confirm the validity of its contractual arbitration provisions, prevent Nemeth from pursuing arbitration in a manner it believes violates those agreements, and award attorneys' fees, legal costs, and any additional relief deemed appropriate.

In a separate motion filed Tuesday, AEW and Tony Khan also requested that certain information remain under seal. The filing concerns three independent contractor agreements Nemeth signed between 2021 and 2023, which the company says contain confidential business information.

The filing describes the contracts as containing:

"sensitive, confidential and proprietary information belonging to the Petitioners, including but not limited to information related to its business practices, its internal economic structures, compensation agreements, and intellectual property."

The latest developments follow comments from Nemeth’s attorney, who previously confirmed that the case had not been settled and would instead proceed through arbitration.

"There has been no settlement. The parties have agreed to submit the matter to arbitration."

Nemeth originally launched the lawsuit in February 2025, alleging that AEW, Khan, and CM Punk effectively blackballed him and allowed a hostile backstage environment. AEW has consistently maintained that the dispute belongs in private arbitration rather than public court proceedings.