10 Changes WWE Will Make Post-Vince McMahon
WWE could be about to change in some BIG ways now Vince McMahon has retired.
WWE just changed forever.
The entire pro wrestling world was shaken to its very core when Vince McMahon announced his retirement hours before Friday's SmackDown aired on FOX. Nobody could quite believe it. To millions of fans who grew up with his brand of "sports entertainment", McMahon is WWE.
Those days are over now though, and it'll take everyone a while before they stop saying/typing phrases like, "WWE boss Vince McMahon" or picturing his familiar features when they think of the company at all. The promotion Vince built will move on - it has to, and some of the possibilities are actually quite exciting.
So, what's next? Where does WWE go under the stewardship of Stephanie, Triple H and Nick Khan? Also, will other names follow Vince out the promotion's exit door shortly? If so, then who replaces them, and what changes do they implement?
Right now, everyone has more questions than answers. WWE's product, and the way the organisation handles things like production, fan feedback and more, could change dramatically over the next 6-12 months.
Here's how different the place could look very, very soon.
10. Slower Production?
"Old, rich boys' club ego".
That's what AEW's Jon Moxley said WWE production supremo Kevin Dunn has in his book: MOX. According to the one-time Dean Ambrose, Dunn takes a strange delight in being "extremely detrimental to someone's future", and he witnessed it first hand. Could that soon be a thing of the past?
Recent rumours guess that Dunn is next out of the door behind Vince. If that happens, then the company's production style may change drastically; anyone who watches Raw or SmackDown every week could tell you that Kev likes a camera angle change. On average, it seems one happens on WWE telly every 0.2 seconds.
Contrast that to the camera style favoured in AEW, ROH or...literally any other wrestling promotion. It's different, and not really in a good way. Without his biggest ally, Dunn may find himself ousted from power in WWE, and the group's approach to shooting matches could change as a result.