WWE President Nick Khan has revealed the two simple philosophies that guide WWE’s business strategy when the company is unsure of what to do next: copy the NFL and do the opposite of what boxing does. He shared the insight during a recent in-depth interview on “What’s Your Story? With Stephanie McMahon.”
The comments provide a fascinating look into the high-level thinking that has helped steer WWE to record-breaking success in recent years. While discussing decision-making with Stephanie McMahon and Triple H, Khan laid out the guiding principles.
“Paul and I, Triple H and I, we make mistakes in business every day. The good thing is, we have one another who we can say, ‘Hey, I think I did this. What do you think?’ ‘I don’t think that was the move. Maybe we can think of it the other way.’ ‘Okay, let’s try that.’ Look at WWE. We have two philosophies when we don’t know what to do, copy the NFL, but do the opposite of boxing.”
His comment about doing the “opposite of boxing” likely refers to avoiding the convoluted politics, multiple sanctioning bodies, and difficulty in making major fights that have historically plagued that sport, a problem WWE has avoided by being a singular, global entity.
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