WWE Undergoes HUGE Backstage Revolution: Every Change Revealed
WWE's post-Vince McMahon era has been nothing but positive so far.
With Vince McMahon removed from WWE creative over the past three weeks, allowing Paul 'Triple H' Levesque to retake full control, the market-leading promotion has undergone several changes behind the scenes.
Fightful Select has documented them. Per the outlet, to a greater extent than in previous months, WWE has become more of a product of Triple H's unimpeded influence. Onscreen, this means long-awaited returns and debuts featuring wrestlers that had been waiting for months, increased screentime for the women's division, and longer matches with fewer in-ring restrictions.
Backstage, there have been changes "overnight", one source commented. The outlet notes that Vince's influence had been felt in recent months, particularly when it came to people who did and didn't appear on Raw.
Another source stated that they believed that three recent Raw matches - Ivar vs. Kofi Kingston, Ricochet vs. Shinsuke Nakamura, and Gunther vs. Bronson Reed - have been important in re-establishing Raw as an in-ring product.
One WWE writer commented that despite some of McMahon's Raw changes being minimal since his creative return, recent adjustments have freshened the show up. Raw is now considerably freer in terms of the talent it uses.
Another commented:
“Well, I guess he wasn’t lying when he said he wasn’t in the weeds, but in a way, he just sprayed roundup on the weeds and checked in on them every so often.”
The era of McMahon making remote changes after learning of plans for certain shows appears to be over. Fightful notes that amongst his changes was the Executive Chairman indicating which wrestlers he did and did not want to appear on the broadcast.
Vince returned to creative power when WWE's Endeavor takeover was announced in April.