Several WWE talent hoped Vince McMahon would be absent from WWE creative after the TKO Group merger that merged the WWE and UFC into one company.
During WrestleMania 39 weekend, the sale was officially announced as Vince had accepted an offer from Endeavor of 21 billion dollars for the company. Now, the merger with the UFC to form a new company, TKO Group has finalized as the company will now start trading on the stock market.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter noted that there was hope that Vince McMahon wouldn’t return to creative.
“Talent noted to us that Levesque had been in charge of creative and they hoped with the new company that Vince would stay out of it. Basically they were told it was going to be Levesque in charge of creative with the new company and now Vince was back.”
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With the deal finalized, many fans have been awaiting news on budget cuts. Now, we know more as Haus Of Wrestling have now reported that the talent cuts could begin as soon as today.
We will have to wait and see how the new company will change the way things are ran in both the professional wrestling and mixed martial arts juggernauts in the WWE and the UFC.
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