10 People Most Likely To Succeed Vince McMahon As WWE Owner Ranked

1. Nick Khan

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For those wondering, August 2020 was when Nick Khan joined WWE.

Since landing the WWE President and Chief Revenue gig, Khan has made himself hugely popular with Vince McMahon. Not just is he one of Vince's most trusted staff, he is also believed to be the driving force behind the scarily regular rounds of WWE releases we've seen across 2021, not to mention played a significant role in the rebranding of NXT to the garish, dayglo NXT 2.0.

Even with Nick pushing forward with 80 releases this year - all, of course, while the company champions record revenue numbers - the general feeling was that surely it would be Stephanie, if anyone, who would be the one to eventually takeover from Vince. Seemingly not, for a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio saw Dave Meltzer claim that Khan's influence has grown that large that he is now seen as the next in line to replace VKM as WWE Chairman as and when Vince either opts to retire of has no breath left in his lungs.

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