Last July, Paul “Triple H” Levesque was appointed as the head of creative in WWE following Vince McMahon’s temporary retirement. WWE became red-hot after Triple H oversees the creative process. However, Levesque’s role remains a question following McMahon’s return to the board.
The 77-year-old was heavily involved with the creative team on the April 3rd episode of Monday Night RAW. Typically, RAW after WrestleMania is one of the most exciting shows except in the pandemic era. However, this year’s show had been lackluster.
Therefore, a #FireVinceMcMahon trend emerged on social media, and the company had to address the fans last week. Michael Cole announced during Triple H’s entrance on last week’s SmackDown that Triple H is the man who runs the place.
In an interview with LightShed Live, WWE CEO & President Nick Khan confirmed that Triple H is the sole Chief Creative Officer of WWE. Khan also stated that Triple H would be getting ideas from McMahon if he wants to.
“On Monday [April 3], when this deal was officially announced, Vince [McMahon] sent out a company-wide email to our thousand or so employees, including myself, and in the email he laid out the structure of the NewCo. Specifically, he articulated that Paul Levesque remains the sole Chief Creative Officer. Sole. How does that work? Does that mean that technically because I’m in charge of the business side of the business that I don’t seek input from other people. I wouldn’t seek input from Vince McMahon, who created this entire empire? That would be a mistake on my behalf. Paul and Vince, a family relationship, a relationship that spans back to the mid-90s. Paul is in charge of creative. If he wants input from Vince or Vince has ideas that he and Paul are going to communicate, that’s always going to be the case. We’re lucky to have Vince. We’re lucky to have Paul in control of creative. We’re lucky that the set up that Vince created, that the company could continue to exist, even when Vince stepped out for that five month period, the company kept flowing. We think the best organizations are set up that way and that’s the way Vince set up WWE.”
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