WWE President Nick Khan discusses this year’s releases
WWE President, Nick Khan, spoke with Ariel Helwani of BT Sport in the UK about an array of topics, including this year’s releases. WWE has released a number of talent, including top superstars such as Braun Strowman and Bray Wyatt.
Khan responded to the accusation that he is the one to blame for all the of the releases that have happened so far this year. (h/t Wrestling INC.)
He responded “How I look at things in this business and life, the people who I love and care for, of course, I care about what they think about me as an individual. The people I don’t know, they’re allowed to have their opinions. It does not affect me in any way. I don’t read it. I don’t look at it. It’s not something that I derive any pleasure or pain from.”
Khan added: “There’s a collective of us, keep in mind in WWE there’s one boss — that’s Vince, as we all know. Between Bruce Prichard, who oversees the entire creative process, between Kevin Dunn, who oversees all of our production, between Stephanie McMahon, Paul Levesque, all are involved in these decisions with ultimately Vince making the final decision on everything.”
He was then probed as to why there were so many releases this year. He said “I dunno that there’s one explanation for it, I think ultimately what’s looked at — is this person for us? Are they going to move the needle now or in the imminent future? By the way, we had a two-day tryout in Las Vegas, which ended yesterday. Triple H, John Laurinaitis, and Bruce Prichard were all across — as were the rest of us. We’ve signed over a dozen new talent coming out of that tryout and I’m not suggesting, ‘Oh, that’s why we cut the other talent,’ but we’re always looking for what’s next.”
Nick Khan makes his mark in WWE
Nick Khan was appointed in August 2020 as the new WWE President and Chief Revenue Officer. There’s no doubt there has been plenty of overhauls during Khan’s time. Sadly, the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t helped anyone, and as Khan mentioned, there’s only one making the final decisions, as it has always been, and that’s Vince McMahon.
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