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WWE's motion to dismiss should be denied. WWE impermissibly relies on factual assertions—many provably false—that may not be considered on this motion, and, contrary to WWE's contentions, MLW has properly pleaded all of its claims for relief. Although the professional wrestling landscape is different today, its largest rival in the 2000s, Impact!, hovered between one and two million viewers per episode, compared to Monday Night Raw’s four to five million viewers. Impact! nearly closed shop in 2016. WWE may not be monopolizing the entire market directly as it has established itself as an entertainment company. It’s likely WWE will argue that there’s no way it could have a monopoly over the market because MLW could strike a deal with one of the 1,700 cable channels or roughly 200 streaming platforms available in the United States. The MLW complaint doesn’t detail venues, but if it did, WWE could say there are potential stadiums in just about every American city that the wrestling promoter could host events from. And the list goes on. Either way, even as its cable viewership for the key demographic of 18- to 49-year-olds has precipitously dropped, WWE has erected higher barriers of entry in an industry that was already rare and difficult to find traction within.Contrary to WWE's assertion, Rule 8(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure does not require MLW to detail, before discovery, WWE's threats that led to the termination of the Tubi contract, particularly given that many of those details are peculiarly within WWE's knowledge. While WWE claims that it is not plausible that it would threaten Fox because Fox is its principal distributor, that is not so and at most raises a factual issue precluding dismissal. In fact, courts regularly uphold as plausible claims based on defendants threatening their principal distributors and MLW alleges conduct by WWE no different from and no less plausible than that of those other defendants. In the UFC antitrust case, according to a summary judgment, one of the plaintiff’s experts said, “An MMA promoter that is a pure monopolist in the market for promoting MMA events is, by definition, a monopsonist in the market for Fighters seeking to be paid to appear in MMA events: If there is only a single dominant MMA promoter, then there is only one place for an MMA fighter to work.” It isn't a strict monopoly but its success definitely owes in large part to its monopoly power. Only promotion with a strong TV deal (and stations are generally unwilling to give potential competitors a similar deal) keeps it by far the most visible and accessible promotion despite fairly significant fan discontent. It has a much stronger brand than any potential competitor owing largely to its age, media exposure and recognizably. These are the sources of its enormous advantage over its competitors and they don't have to do with the quality of their existing product, management, etc. Adding monopsony power to MLW’s case could potentially circumvent whatever WWE plans to throw at MLW. In a statement, WWE said, “These [anticompetitive] claims have no merit and [WWE] intends to vigorously defend itself against them.” But in the UFC case, plaintiffs demonstrated that the monopsony power of Zuffa (UFC’s previous parent company) resulted in anti-competitive effects, which were only exacerbated by Zuffa’s monopoly power across the mixed martial arts fighting industry.

MLW is seeking a jury trial. They are also asking for compensatory, treble and exemplary damages, and an injunction barring WWE from "inflicting further irreparable harm through its anticompetitive and tortious conduct," and legal costs. He is clearly invested in the long-term success of his business and his roster. It's also apparent to anyone who follows the ambitious CEO, just how competitive he is. In a tweet posted on the day of McMahon's retirement announcement, Khan stated, "Thanks to wrestling fans and your great support of @AEW, I'm grateful to now be the longest-tenured CEO in pro wrestling." Fans of Spanish series "Elite" and South Africa's "Blood & Water" will be treated to an international storyline in the next instalments that sees two characters from the popular Netflix shows cross, creators said. Bauer founded MLW in 2002, but the promoter entered hiatus in 2004. A year later, he joined WWE’s creative team and developed some of the most iconic characters of the “Ruthless Aggression” era, which included working on the notorious “Battle of the Billionaires” for WrestleMania 23: Vince McMahon vs. Donald Trump. WWE had the ability to shut MLW’s deal down because Vice runs a documentary series, Dark Side of the Ring, in partnership with WWE. Additionally, A&E Networks owns a 20 percent stake in Vice and has full control over much of its production operations. A&E and WWE have a long-standing relationship where A&E broadcasts WWE programming. Moving forward, Vice aired only one MLW special and ceased future business negotiations with the up-and-coming wrestling promoter.

While the MMA fighters are waiting to see if the court rules in their favor, the crux of their arguments provides a potential framework for MLW’s case against WWE. Rather than focus on access to streaming services or cable channels, the UFC case instead centers around the MMA fighters themselves, arguing that UFC has monopsony power over the professional mixed martial arts labor market, meaning that fighters have nowhere else to employ their talents but with UFC and had to settle for artificially suppressed wages. However, a Section 2 claim is viable, where, as here, the monopolist "ties up the key dealers." United States v. Dentsply Int'l, Inc., And contrary to WWE's assertion, the antitrust laws are designed precisely to protect against WWE's predatory acts preventing MLW from gaining a foothold in the market because those acts clearly injure competition in general. On MLW's intentional interference with contractual relations claim, MLW alleges that it lost its Tubi contract as a result of Stephanie McMahon of WWE pressuring Tubi and Fox executives "to deny MLW a time slot that would compete head-to-head with WWE's NXT programs" and "to terminate the agreement [with MLW] in its entirety." As its name suggests, World Wrestling Entertainment WWE claims to be like any other entertainment company such as Walt Disney Co., Comcast Corp, etc. 3. WWE paid a heavy price for WCE & ECW Item: 256008876635 Winning Moves WWE Monopoly Board Game New And Sealed. Winning Moves WWE Monopoly Board Game New And Sealed.