The landscape of WWE has undergone a massive shift in recent months, beginning with Vince McMahon’s shock retirement from the company last July amidst an investigation into alleged sexual misconduct and hush money payments. In the wake of his retirement, Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan were named co-CEO’s of the company while Triple H now serves as Chief Content Officer.
However, despite an improvement in morale under the new regime and the ongoing nature of allegations against him, Vince McMahon announced on January 5th that as majority shareholder, he was electing himself back to the WWE Board of Directors to prepare the company for a sale.
Days later, Stephanie McMahon announced her resignation from the company, leaving Nick Khan as sole CEO and abdicating her spot on the Board of Directors. Moments after her announcement went public, a press released revealed that her father had been unanimously elected Executive Chairman of the Board, leaving many to wonder if a return to creative was in the cards for the man credited with building the sports entertainment giant.
In the late hours of that same night, rumors began to fly that the company had already been sold to the Saudi Investment Fund, but it soon became apparent that while there are many potential buyers interested, no sale has yet been finalized.
WWE Held Another Talent Meeting To Address Recent Events
Ahead of last Friday’s SmackDown, WWE held a meeting for staff and talent where Triple H assured everyone that Vince’s return to the company was simply to facilitate a sale and that as Chief Content Officer, he still has full control over creative operations as well as talent.
Now, according to a new report from Fightful Select, it has emerged that the company held another talent meeting ahead of the January 16th episode of Raw. According to the report, the latest meeting was also headed by Triple H, along with executive producer Kevin Dunn and Executive Vice President of Talent Dan Ventrelle.
This meeting addressed many of the same points that were discussed on Friday, hammering home once again that despite talent concerns, Triple H remains firmly in control of the company’s creative decisions and that there will be no changes to talent relations. In addition, the rumors of the company’s sale to the Saudi Investment Fund were addressed and put to rest as untrue.
The report also notes that Dan Ventrelle started in his position with the company three months ago after leaving a job with the LA Raiders back in January of 2022.