Editing WWE (section)

===Disputes with rival companies ===
In 1996, Titan Sports, the parent company of the World Wrestling Federation, sued World Championship Wrestling (WCW) over WCW implying that Scott Hall and Kevin Nash (Razor Ramon and Diesel) were invading WCW on the WWF's behalf. This led to a series of lawsuits filed by both companies as the Monday Night War heated up. The lawsuit went on for years, ending with a settlement in 2000. One of the terms gave then WWF the right to bid on WCW's assets if the company were liquidated. AOL Time Warner, the then-parent company of WCW, canceled WCW's television shows in March 2001 and sold the company assets to the WWF.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://bleacherreport.com/articles/883214-wwe-the-5-most-interesting-excerpts-from-wwe-related-lawsuit-filings-case-law|title= WWE: The 5 Most Interesting Excerpts from WWE-Related Lawsuit Filings & Case Law|website= Bleacher Report|access-date= July 19, 2017|date= October 7, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170731155611/http://bleacherreport.com/articles/883214-wwe-the-5-most-interesting-excerpts-from-wwe-related-lawsuit-filings-case-law|archive-date= July 31, 2017|df= mdy-all}}</ref>{{unreliable source?|date=February 2019}}

On May 23, 2012, [[Impact Wrestling|Total Nonstop Action Wrestling]] (TNA) sued former employee Brian Wittenstein and WWE. [[TNA Entertainment, LLC v. Wittenstein|The suit]] alleged that Wittenstein violated a non-disclosure agreement and shared confidential information with the WWE which represented a comparative advantage in negotiating with wrestling talent under contract with TNA. He was subsequently hired by WWE, after which TNA asserted that Wittenstein violated the agreement by downloading confidential TNA trade secrets and providing that information to WWE. Although WWE fired Wittenstein and alerted TNA officials as to the disclosure of the information, TNA claimed that WWE had access to the information for three weeks prior to disclosure and in this time, the WWE used [[Trade secret|secret contract information]] and attempted to poach their talent in violation of Tennessee's [[Uniform Trade Secrets Act]].<ref name="Burr&Forman">{{cite web|url=http://www.noncompetetradesecretslaw.com/tag/tna-entertainment-llc/|title=TNA Entertainment LLC – Noncompete Trade Secrets Law|publisher=Burr & Forman Blog|access-date=July 10, 2012|author=John Paul Nefflen|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150915081303/http://www.noncompetetradesecretslaw.com/tag/tna-entertainment-llc/|archive-date=September 15, 2015}}</ref> The lawsuit was formally withdrawn without prejudice, by the plaintiff, TNA, on January 15, 2013, under a "Notice of Voluntary Nonsuit" which offers no ruling on the merits of the suit and allows TNA to potentially refile at a later date.<ref>{{cite web|last=Caldwell|first=James|title=TNA drops lawsuit vs. WWE this week|url=http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_67952.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130222143547/http://pwtorch.com/artman2/publish/WWE_News_3/article_67952.shtml|archive-date=February 22, 2013}}</ref>

On January 11, 2022, [[Major League Wrestling]] (MLW) filed an [[anti-trust]] lawsuit against WWE, accusing them of interfering in television and streaming deals and poaching talent. Through the lawsuit, it was disclosed that a streaming deal with [[Fox Corporation]]-owned [[Tubi]] was terminated due to WWE allegedly threatening to pull their programming from the sibling [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] broadcast network. The suit also alleges that WWE pressured Vice TV to withdraw from negotiations with MLW.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/01/mlw-files-federal-anti-trust-lawsuit-against-wwe/|title=MLW Files Lawsuit Against WWE, Alleges WWE Nixed Streaming Deal|date=January 11, 2022|publisher=Wrestling Inc}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wrestlinginc.com/news/2022/01/mlw-lawsuit-against-wwe-details-allegations-of-poaching-talent-tubi-interference-fite-tv-and-vice/|title=MLW Lawsuit Against WWE Details: Allegations Of Poaching Talent, Tubi Interference, FITE TV And VICE|date=January 12, 2022|publisher=Wrestling Inc}}</ref>