Last Friday, WWE made several cuts to its employees following the merger between WWE and the UFC after Endeavor’s acquisition of WWE, where the companies have since transitioned into one under TKO Holdings Group.
The cuts were expected since there would be departments that both companies already have in place. It would be more cost-efficient to have those departments join into one.
A surprising name let go was Jamie Horowitz, who held the post of Executive Vice President of Development and Digital at WWE after he signed with WWE in June 2021. He had been working at DAZN as Executive Vice President of Global Content when he was brought into the company by WWE President Nick Khan.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Horowitz wasn’t well-liked in WWE.
“Jamie Horowitz was let go. He was the biggest name. He was one of Nick Khan’s first major hires off of DAZN when Nick Khan was stripping DAZN. There was a lot of negativity when he was hired, a lot of women employees, because of his rep from ESPN, were not happy. He wasn’t well-liked in WWE from what I understand, but he was a major exec.”
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