Vince McMahon has special clause in WWE agreement which will expire in 2025

Vince McMahon has a special clause in his WWE deal which will expire in January 2025.

McMahon resigned from his post at the WWE last January amid sexual misconduct allegations against him by a former employee.

He also left his roles as TKO executive chairman and from his position on the TKO board of directions - the publicly traded company, which was formed when the UFC merged with the WWE last year.

Triple H is now running the show at the WWE as the wrestling promotion enjoyed a blockbuster WrestleMania earlier this month.

With McMahon, who retains his ties as TKO's primary individual shareholder, no longer associated with the WWE, there has been talks that he could launch a new wrestling promotion.

Well, he is free to start a new promotion but only from January 2025.

That's because he's currently serving a one-year non-compete clause in his agreement.

However, the clause expires in January 2025, allowing him to start a new wrestling venture from then.

In a subscribers-only post on F4WOnline, Dave Meltzer reported: "While my belief is that McMahon is done in wrestling, given he’s 78 years old, from a legal standpoint he does have a one-year non-compete end in late January 2025. He can, at that point, start up a new promotion.

"Still, one of the most powerful players behind-the-scenes still felt there was a good chance McMahon would start up when he legally could, feeling it was too big a part of his life.

"The person felt that enough contracts come due every year and he has the money, and that even with the idea that Vince had been a negative in charge of WWE in recent years by many, he would be formidable. Even those in WWE now, who worked closely with him and believe there is no chance of this happening, say that if he was to try, he would be formidable."

Vince McMahon with Stephanie McMahon and Triple H at a UFC event. Image: Getty

Meltzer continued: "Another key player had a completely different viewpoint, saying strongly no way could this happen, feeling with the lawsuit, he would not be able to get distribution, and he more than anyone would know the difficulty, and actual impossibility of trying to start up in this environment against WWE.

"One person who worked with Vince for years, and really, until the end, noted that Vince is not the Vince he once was, but he would be dangerous even now, but just felt he could not get distribution right now due to his name."

McMahon turns 79 in August so the prospect of him creating a new wrestling promotion appears unlikely, however, the report claims the sport is too big of a part of his life for him to walk away from wrestling completely.

But recruiting talent could prove to be a difficult task with most of the top wrestlers contracted with either the WWE or AEW.

Topics: WWE, Vince McMahon, Wrestling

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