Vince McMahon's view of WWE's current direction revealed by TKO President

WWE has taken a different direction since Vince McMahon's departure earlier this year. TKO President Mark Shapiro recently revealed what the former chairman thinks of that new direction.

Following McMahon's initial retirement in 2022, Triple H became the new Head of Creative. Despite the former chairman's return the following year, The Game remained in his position. The 79-year-old left again earlier this year amid being sued for alleged sexual assault and sex trafficking by former employee Janel Grant.

In a recent interview with CNBC, Shapiro disclosed that he recently had breakfast with McMahon. When asked about the latter's opinion of the company's current direction, the TKO President claimed it was positive:

"Couldn't have been more positive, but I wasn't asking for his opinion," he said. [H/T: Cultaholic]

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Mark Shapiro says ex-WWE chairman Vince McMahon is still a shareholder but doesn't make business decisions

In his interview with CNBC, TKO President Mark Shapiro disclosed that Vince McMahon is still a shareholder in the company despite putting his remaining shares up for sale earlier this year.

Nevertheless, Shapiro stated that the former chairman is out of the business and does not make any decisions:

"He's out of the business entirely, he doesn't make decisions, he's not on the board, he doesn't opine, we don't consult him. He's got some litigation that he's working through and frankly, he wants the privacy and the time to work through it. Which is great because in the meantime we're going to keep building TKO and WWE and expanding the horizon, expanding the opportunities. And by the way, he's still a shareholder. Not the shareholder he once was, but he's still a shareholder," he said. [H/T: Cultaholic]

Former head writer Vince Russo recently addressed Vince McMahon's current relationship with his son-in-law, WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H. He claimed The Game has "flipped" on the 79-year-old. Meanwhile, he predicted Executive Director Bruce Prichard is an "informant" for the former chairman inside the company.