8 Times WWE Purposefully Sabotaged Other Companies

1. Vince McMahon's 60-Day Exclusivity Clause

Tired of jousting with the NWA and individual pay-per-view companies, Vince McMahon pulled quite the power play by convincing pay-per-view providers to agree to his brand new exclusivity clause in the summer of 1988.

If carriers wanted to sell WWF shows on pay-per-view, then they'd have to waive their rights to offer other shows for a 60-day period before and afterwards. This meant no other wrestling promotion could air on pay-per-view for 30 days before or 30 days after McMahon's product.

This, naturally, gave the WWF a massive advantage when scheduling events, and it meant they could look at upcoming plans from competitors and ruin them. By offering up the brand new SummerSlam show in August, for example, McMahon knew he'd trample all over hopes for an NWA show in September.

The WWF's exclusivity agreement enabled them to run unopposed pay-per-view events over a two-month span, and this would only help their shows stand out from the crowd. That's power, folks.

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