Kevin Dunn, who was one of Vince McMahon’s most trusted employees and he was one of the most influential people behind the scenes after decades of being with the company, recently gave his notice to WWE, something confirmed by WWE President Nick Khan this morning.
Tenure
Dunn had overseen the TV production end of WWE programming for years. Dunn’s say had decreased over the last year-plus with McMahon no longer in charge.
The departure came down to the changes being made internally since TKO took over after the merger. As one source noted, Dunn was “never going to do anything that was dictated” to him. He also didn’t want to alter the production style compared to how he saw it.
The email
Pwinsider obtained the following email that Khan sent out to employees this morning:
“After 40+ years of helping to build WWE and, hands down, the best production and media unit in the entire sports and entertainment business, Kevin Dunn, will be leaving our company as of today.
Before WrestleMania 1, Kevin joined Vince at WWF. Many of us remember a pre-WrestleMania WWF – a regional wrestling company that looked like a regional wrestling company. Then we experienced WrestleMania 1, whether live, on closed circuit or years later elsewhere. It was magic. A regional wrestling company had become a global sports entertainment juggernaut. Vince led the way, side by side with Kevin Dunn. When many of us were kids standing in line waiting to play Pac-Man, Kevin was already on the road breaking his back to help build our company.
When you see our product now, there is nothing that comes close to its look or feel – 52 weeks a year, three to four times a week. It is singular and truly special. No other company can or will do that, and that is because of Kevin and our media team’s hard work, smarts and determination.
We are forever grateful to Kevin. He will always be a part of the WWE family.”
