WWE Wrestlemania 31 Home City Bans Indie Wrestling Events, Conventions

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Every year, independent wrestling promotions set up marquee indie cards or conventions in the city of Wrestlemania, creating a weekend of wrestling events around Wrestlemania.

Next year at Wrestlemania 31, WWE is looking to remove the non-WWE events from the area.

Wrestlemania 31 is booked for Santa Clara, CA, and has reportedly locked in a no-compete with every city-owned facility in the market, plus several larger hotel chains. These contracts have the effect of locking out promotions who usually run wrestling shows or conventions over the Wrestlemania week/weekend.

It remains to be seen what impact this will have, but at the very least non-WWE events will be further from the city than in years past.

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