WWE talent are much more in favor of Triple H in power than Vince McMahon.
Since McMahon’s retirement in last year, there has been a power struggle for WWE creative control that has been between McMahon and Triple H. Recently, TKO have restored Triple H as head of WWE creative and have been “marginalizing” McMahon’s power in WWE.
The Wrestling Observer Newsletter now reports that most of WWE’s talent are loyal to Triple H and not Vince McMahon.
“Almost everyone would say it’s more of a good thing than a bad thing. From those with knowledge of the creative situation, prior to the merger going through and McMahon taking a medical leave, he was making changes in the shows, particularly Raw, fairly regularly.”
“At times, they were viewed as positive, and at times they were not. But they did get in the way of the long-term vision long-term of the creative team. Much of the talent, certainly most of whom we’ve heard from, felt it was better when McMahon wasn’t involved and were loyal to Levesque. The company’s comeback did start under McMahon coming out of WrestleMania, but there’s no doubt it accelerated greatly in late 2022, during the period McMahon wasn’t with the company.”
“But business remained strong when McMahon returned. While one can point to Raw ratings being well down from last year, that’s largely due to football competition being stronger. Smackdown and NXT remain strong in the ratings, the arena business remains strong. Big events are selling tickets quickly at continually higher prices and many markets continue to set gross records. To the public the only real difference would be that a lower percentage of what is advertised in advance for television changes without McMahon in the mix. Some still changes that is not injury related, but it is less than before.”
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We will have to wait and see if Triple H will remain the lead of creative once again and provide some much needed stability to WWE’s creative vision as we near closer and closer to the Road To WrestleMania.
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