Major League Wrestling has filed an antitrust lawsuit against World Wrestling Entertainment, explaining in a release that it is accusing its rival of alleged "ongoing attempts to undermine competition in and monopolize the professional wrestling market by interfering with MLW's contracts and business prospects."

The lawsuit, which was filed January 12 in California, also accuses WWE CEO Vince McMahon of intimidating Vice TV, which has a programming deal with MLW, out of airing its archival content. MLW says that the WWE's actions have resulted in "substantial losses."

"WWE has been wrongfully depriving its competitors of critical opportunities for years, but its latest conduct has been even more unconscionable," said MLW CEO Court Bauer in a release. "I think we speak for the rest of the professional wrestling world when we say that this anti-competitive behavior has to stop."