Former WWE Writer Says Nick Khan Was Not Company’s First Choice

Nick Khan is now one of the two most powerful people in WWE. Khan started as the President of WWE. Since Vince McMahon’s retirement, he was named co-CEO along with Stephanie McMahon. One former WWE writer with knowledge of the situation says Khan was not the first choice for the job.

Freddie Prinze Jr. served as a writer at WWE between 2008 and 2009. The actor has a true love for professional wrestling and hopes to start his own promotion soon. Freddie recently talked about the situation at the top of WWE on his ‘Wrestling with Freddie‘ podcast.

“In the first couple of interviews I saw with Nick, I was like, yeah, that’s why he’s a solid agent because you could tell he’s got that ego. I just worry about that with someone like Stephanie, because knowing Stephanie, if she senses you’re out to get her in any way, and I’ll give him this, he was the company’s agent before he came there. Nick was not the first choice and I’m not guessing on this.

I know it for a fact because I’m friends with their first choice who passed. I know him. Our kids go to school together. They’re on the same football team. So that’s how I know. He works with Fox Sports. He wasn’t their first choice. So there’s a lot of ego there.

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With Stephanie, if she senses any threat to the kingdom her father built, I’m not playing dude, Shane’s not the one. Stephanie is a stone killer. She’s a werewolf, but not just twice a month. She could summon that power as soon as the sun goes down, and without you knowing, she will assassinate you bro. She is a stone killer, someone who should be regarded and at times feared, but always respected. So if there’s plans for that, and if he did do something to get her dad out, she’s not going to play games or mess around. The fact that they’re still there together leads me to believe that he didn’t and that is more conspiracy theory stuff, but she doesn’t play bro. She’ll die for that company straight up. Shane doesn’t want any of that. At least that was my sense.”

There could be some interesting dynamics between Nick Khan and Stephanie McMahon. According to Freddie Prinze Jr., he was never the company’s first choice as president, to begin with. It will be fascinating to see how it all plays out.

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