WWE’s non-compete clause should be illegal, believes former champion

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But according to former WWE Hardcore champion Stevie Richards, the non-compete clause should be illegal.

Speaking on The Stevie Richards Show, he sounded off on the independent contractor status. He said wrestlers are told all the time by promotions what they can and cannot do, but when it comes to their status as employees, their rights aren’t protected.

“They’re not independent contractors. Let’s be real here. Everybody’s afraid to say maybe what two or three out of the 19 parameters or checkmarks are possibly it’s not even a full two to three. They’re still kind of wavering like a 70/30 or something that’s in the way, but everything else is employee,” he said.

He said wrestlers cannot act like independent contractors despite their status as such. Richards mentioned that a wrestler cannot go and immediately work for another company after being let go by a previous one. He then said that the 90-day non-compete clause should be illegal.

“By the way, non-compete clauses, or no-compete clauses, should be illegal, especially if you’re getting fired—that whole, ‘We’ll pay you for 90 days,’- it’s a way to skirt that, keep you quiet, and keep you happy. That 90 days that you’re getting paid, how much money and time and energy and traction as far as you leaving one company or being told to leave and going to another is just so much gaslighting that’s involved with this,” he added.

Released WWE star shared honest thoughts on the company’s non-compete clause

Indi Hartwell joined WWE in 2019 and started off on NXT. She had a five-year stint with the company before being released in October 2024.

She has since joined TNA, where she won the Knockouts World Championship. Last year, during an appearance on Busted Open Radio, Hartwell talked about the 90-day non-compete clause.

She said that others might disagree with her, but the legally mandated waiting period was a good thing to have.

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