It seems safe to say that Vince McMahon is the disgraced former CEO of the WWE after The Wall Street Journal reported on him allegedly paying a former intern hush money following their affair.
The investigation by the WWE board continued with a reported $12 to $14 million paid out a handful of times to cover up various misconducts.
Things have taken a slight turn as Pwinsider.com reported that prior to SummerSlam, Vince McMahon’s name was removed not just from his office door, but from every sign in WWE headquarters.
Rebranding underway
It’s not a surprise Vince’s name would be removed from his former office since that’s standard practice since a former CEO generally isn’t working there anymore and the new CEO(s) take over the office.
In this case, it’s been reported his old office now has the name “CEO OFFICE” on it for Stephanie McMahon and Nick Kahn as co-CEOs.
It was also reported that another office has a sign saying “Paul Levesque” aka Triple H.
To complete the sweep, Vince’s name was removed from all the other signs backstage, effectively erasing him from the current company.
Stephanie and Triple H are turning the page on the company from top to bottom and putting Vince in the past.
Further erasing to come?
While Vince’s legacy has taken a beating, we’re interested to see if he’s going to be removed from the company more than he already has. After all, he’s removed people from WWE history on far smaller infractions.
So there’s every chance we could see Vince further removed, but it will most likely be from current and future material unless it’s about him.
Stephanie will walk the line between removing him and maintaining Vince’s legacy with the company as he did some incredible things to make it a global phenomena and the Disney of professional wrestling.
In the end, Vince’s actions have brought their consequences and he’ll have to deal with that.
The WWE is at a crossroads, but if the last couple of weeks are any indication they’re heading in the right direction.
While they may lose footing in the global dominance Vince had created, their product will be better overall and more fans will start returning, as evidence of Raw on August 1 having the highest ratings for the show since 2020.
It’s a work in progress, and we owe Vince many thanks for the fond memories over the years, but it’s time to move on from him and embrace the future.
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