Jim Ross believes Vince McMahon is already involved in WrestleMania 42. Speaking on the latest episode of Grilling JR, Ross was asked whether he thinks Vince McMahon will return to WWE to contribute to creative.
“Yeah, absolutely no doubt about it. I don’t even have a question in my mind where there’s, you know, it’s the old cliche, or there’s smoke, oftentimes there’s fire, and there’s been a lot of smoke regarding VKM in WWE, and what his future may or may not be, and how he can still contribute. This can still contribute. He’s a big picture guy, and that takes a lot of detail work and planning, but he can do that. He can make all that happen. And you know he’s hungry, so we know he’s in the kitchen. So I don’t think there’s any doubt in my mind that Vince will be instrumental in this year’s Wrestlemania as far as creative is concerned.”
Ross was asked whether he thinks McMahon is involved in creative for this year’s WrestleMania.
“Oh, yeah. He’s not going to wait on anything. He’s not going to, as John Wayne would say, we’re burning daylight. Something’s going to happen. And I believe that McMahon will have the will to contribute to this year’s WrestleMania. That’s one of the great things about pro wrestling nowadays. You get all this input, all this smoke, as we said earlier, and there’s a lot of smoke out there right now. And I think through the haze that Vince McMahon will rise again to some level, and it just may be main events, it just may be titles or whatever, I don’t know. But I can’t see this much talk and speculation about Vince for there not to be something there. He may not be as active as I perceive that he might, but I don’t know. I just think that he’s going to be involved in WrestleMania in some shape, form or fashion. And that’s not a disrespect to Triple H’s team and all that at all. It’s the fact that you got the most successful pro wrestling guy in history who’s available. And I think that you use whoever’s available in the best way they can be used. And call it a day, see where it takes you.”
Ross also addressed whether TKO brass Ari Emanuel and Nick Khan would welcome McMahon back in a formal capacity.
“Absolutely, absolutely. They would not be good businessmen if they weren’t willing to entertain that idea. Because they realize that McMahon is a guy that built the whole damn thing. He has a vision that nobody else has. You know, he’s been doing this a long time. He’s been through every up and down and in and out. And I just think they’d be remiss if the decision makers would not use Vince, if he’s willing and he’s able to be utilized. I think they’re too smart not to utilize Vince McMahon if he’s willing to work.”
Earlier this week, unearthed text messages between Triple H and Nick Khan revealed the extent to which McMahon was still involved in creative during the transition period. Triple H himself acknowledged on Cody Rhodes’ podcast that McMahon was chiming in and directing traffic from the side before fully stepping away.
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