WWE and TNA were the two largest national professional wrestling promotions in the United States.
The suit alleged that Wittenstein violated a non-disclosure agreement and shared confidential information with WWE which represented a comparative advantage in negotiating with wrestling talent under contract with TNA.
[3] The information was alleged to include data regarding wrestler compensation, which was used to recruit contracted TNA talent to work for WWE.
[6]At the start of the case, the judge issued a temporary injunction against WWE requiring them to hand over any TNA classified documents they held,[7] which WWE complied with and provided evidence of their servers that they had removed all confidential TNA information from their internal systems.
[9] During the case, WWE ordered its employees not to have any professional or social contact with anybody related to TNA.