As PWMania.com previously reported, WWE held an employee meeting on Tuesday at the new WWE headquarters in Stamford, CT. Nick Khan, Paul Levesque aka Triple H, Kevin Dunn, and Brad Blum were the first to enter the ring, but only Khan spoke. Khan reportedly put over Vince McMahon aside and said last week’s layoffs were unfortunate, but thanked everyone for their efforts.
Khan introduced Vince, who praised Endeavor’s Ari Emanuel. According to Johnson, Vince stated that WWE had “plateaued” and that the deal with Endeavor was required to move the company forward.
Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com stated the following about Vince’s comment:
“Fightful Select has heard from several people in WWE who eyerolled Vince McMahon’s comments about WWE plateauing and needing to do the merger to take the company to the next level. This caused a lot of reaffirmation in beliefs that Vince wanted a deal so he could return.”
Emanuel also spoke and Johnson wrote that the meeting “was greatly pushed as the next evolution of the company.”
Fightful Select has heard from several people in WWE who eyerolled Vince McMahon's comments about WWE plateauing and needing to do the merger to take the company to the next level.
This caused a lot of reaffirmation in beliefs that Vince wanted a deal so he could return. pic.twitter.com/PsSvCVDen2
— Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) September 19, 2023
