WWE And 2K Move To Dismiss Lawsuit Over Bloodline Gesture Claim

TLDR

WWE and 2K have filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Arkansas wrestling promoter Nathaniel Tatha-Nanandji, who claims The Bloodline's signature pose sequence was copied from his WCWA Wrestling promotion. Tatha-Nanandji alleges WWE copied a "distinctive, repeatable visual sequence" he created in 2019 for a faction called Tier 1, which was later used by The Bloodline and licensed into WWE 2K video games. WWE and 2K argue in their dismissal motion that the promoter failed to demonstrate WWE had access to the footage and that the claims are inadequately supported by facts.