Complex sentence: Gagne's westward expansion into traditional NWA territories was made possible due to relationships and business partnerships he had forged for decades--more the result of other promoters struggling to survive rather than by purchase or hostile takeover by Gagne.
Split into simpler sentences: Gagne's westward expansion into traditional NWA territories was made possible due to relationships and business partnerships he had forged for decades. More the result of other promoters struggling to survive rather than by purchase or hostile takeover by Gagne.