Vince McMahon’s Power Is ‘Clearly Marginalized’ With WWE’s New Power Structure

WWE went through a lot of changes after the TKO merger went through. The company fired a ton of employees, but that wasn’t all for them. They also made a big change concerning Vince McMahon’s role in creative.

News of Endeavor CEO Ari Emanuel allegedly granting Triple H full creative control of WWE’s product, rather than Vince McMahon, has raised questions about McMahon’s current authority within the company.

Triple H has held the position of WWE’s Chief Content Officer since Vince McMahon’s retirement in July 2022. However, with McMahon’s return to WWE at the start of the year, reports indicated that the 78-year-old once again had the final say in the company’s product.

This resulted in reports of McMahon making script alterations, particularly notable after WrestleMania 39. In recent months, there has been less news of such incidents, reflected in WWE’s product, which has taken on a clear Triple H influence.

Just as it appeared Vince McMahon’s influence might be resurging, the past few weeks suggest a different story. Following the recent report about Emanuel giving Triple H “full influence” over WWE’s product, Dave Meltzer discussed the evolving situation on the latest Wrestling Observer Radio, highlighting a shift in Emanuel’s stance on McMahon’s authority.

“Well, he’s out of creative. It’s a big story because Ari Emanuel, when they were on the verge of closing the deal, and had actually closed the deal in April, did media rounds and (said), ‘Vince will be in charge of the company (WWE), and if me and Vince have a disagreement, it goes the way Vince wants because Vince is the guy’.

“So then the deal went through, it only really went through about a month ago, and already, Vince is out of creative because of Ari Emanuel.

“So this is a real interesting thing because it is the first time – Vince is now in the position that his father was in in ‘84 when his father had run the company for years and years and years, and (then) he was just an employee of Vince Jr.

“Although he hates that term – Vincent Kennedy McMahon. Vincent Kennedy McMahon was the guy making all the decisions, and now, Vince was in fact overruled, even though when he merged the company he was told this would not happen.

“It did happen. And it’s a really interesting thing. And that statement when Ari Emanuel was talking about the reasons the stock is down, and he mentioned Vince’s name.

“So, it is very interesting I think what is going to happen. But Vince’s power’s clearly marginalized, there’s no way around that.”

We will have to see what happens in WWE in the weeks and months to come. Triple H certainly has a lot of power in the company, and fans don’t seem to have any issues with that, either.

In the meantime, WWE will keep breaking records as they set their sights on the company’s future. AEW may be around, but they are not going to concentrate on that distraction, as Triple H has his own creative vision for the WWE, and nothing will seemingly get in his way.

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