Hours after it was announced that Endeavor had acquired the WWE and would merge into a new company with the UFC, with Vince McMahon staying on board as the executive chairman, he was back involved in running things at WWE Monday Night Raw.
Pwinsider and Dave Meltzer reported that McMahon was heavily involved in the show.
Pwinsider’s report noted that about 15-20 minutes before Raw went live on the air, a number of late rewrites for the episode were ordered. It was described as not feeling like it was under Triple H. Both Meltzer and Pwinsider reported there were changes made on throughout the show.
The changes came from McMahon, who had his own office set up like he had before he resigned last summer.
This all comes after McMahon said he would not be “in the weeds” of creative during an appearance on Monday morning on CNBC. Sources told Pwinsider that “there was no doubt that Vince was firmly back in charge following the Endeavor acquisition of the company.”
Pwinsider reported that Triple H was on headset running Raw to start the night, but as the night went on, McMahon got more involved. He was also said to be producing a few times over WrestleMania weekend.
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer shared what he had been told.
“He’s back in charge. He was running TV tonight. He’s back. It’s what it was. It will be what it was before. If people think that was bad, it will be bad. That’s just the way it is. The show was changed when Vince got there and it was changing as it was going on and that will be what it is going forward.”
Meltzer continued, “[Paul “Triple] Levesque will be head of creative and will be doing the busywork and all that stuff. Vince is going to have the final say in everything when it comes to that.”
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