UFC President Dana White doesn't envision himself in that role forever, and obviously his next career challenge should be to replace 69 year old Vince McMahon in WWE. As a fight promoter, there's been nobody better at this art than White in the last decade. As well, he's also got a wealth of business experience, carrying the UFC brand from small scale to huge global commercialism. As well as his legitimate business acumen, there's the notion that maybe he's the one guy who can understand the future of pro wrestling. The industry itself is in a bizarre era these days where "traditional" methods of booking and promotion just aren't working and the qualifications to be a top-tier main eventer seem to be evolving, too. Maybe Dana's the right guy for the job because he's from outside of the "wrestling bubble" and can find ways to make sense of what WWE's future can/should look like. For WWE to evolve, it may be time to sit back and imagine what a WWE without Vince McMahon at the helm would look like. Here, in 10 items, consider what a "modern" WWE presentation could (and maybe, should) look like.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
