Several reports are indicating that WWE Executive Chairman Vince McMahon was in control during Monday’s Raw in Los Angeles.
McMahon hasn’t ran a WWE broadcast since his retirement in July 2022, with Chief Content Officer Paul Levesque largely running the shows since. It’s being reported by PWInsider and other outlets that while Levesque began the show in his now usual role, McMahon was in the Gorilla position and beag to take more and more control as the show progressed.
During an interview with CNBC yesterday following the announcement of the WWE sale to Endeavor, McMahon had stated he would be involved in the high level of creative, but not “in the weeds”.
Several WWE talent have told PWInsider there was a “huge negative shift in morale” when people realized things were going back to the way they were before McMahon left.