Earlier this year, Vince McMahon had to step down as the Executive Chairman of TKO Group Holdings after Janel Grant filed a lawsuit against him, John Laurinaitis, and WWE. The suit is now paused at the request of the United States Justice Department.
Vince McMahon built the new WWE headquarters when he was the majority owner of WWE. McMahon still owned 5% of TKO shares despite stepping down as the executive chairman. However, according to Tom Carlucci, McMahon is not allowed to enter WWE headquarters.
Tom Carlucci is a former WWE employee. He was let go by the company during the pandemic after three decades with WWE. On The Insiders podcast, Carlucci said the following:
“He [Vince McMahon] can’t even walk in the building; that’s crazy that you drive by that building [and] you got that big championship belt. He always wanted us from day one… because we were in two different buildings. We had the corporate off exit 9, and then we were right down the street from the corporate office. Our big production studio. He always wanted us under one roof. That was his dream—to have us under one roof. The dream came, and he’s not even a part of it anymore.
The gym was created for Vince. He designed the gym with his trainer, Mike, who I know really well. He can’t even go [to] that gym anymore. He can’t step foot anywhere. Every meeting that goes on over there, you’ll never see Vince here again, from the TKO people. It is crazy when you think about it that he’s the legacy.”