Originally published at https://www.postwrestling.com/2023/04/03/vince-mcmahon-tells-wwe-staff-that-paul-levesque-will-remain-in-charge-of-creative-process/
Vince McMahon has sent an internal email to WWE employees stating that Paul Levesque will retain his position as head of creative.
On the heels of the Endeavor/WWE deal, sources have told POST Wrestling’s John Pollock that the email contains the line: “Paul Levesque will remain WWE’s chief content executive.”
Earlier, during an interview on CNBC, McMahon was asked by Scott Wapner whether he planned to be “as involved in the creative side as he has in the past.”
McMahon replied:
Yes and no. On a higher level, yes. In the weeds — which I always loved to get into the weeds in the past — no; can’t do that.
Back in 2019, after McMahon appointed Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff as Executive Directors of Raw and SmackDown respectively, McMahon used similar language, saying that those two hires freed him up:
“to look at longer range story arcs and work on character development, versus being in the weeds”
An all-employee Zoom meeting for WWE staff has been arranged for 4.00 pm ET.