There’s some news about Vince McMahon and his potential return to creative power, so
we’ll see what’s being said there there.
We’ll also check out what’s going on with Raw, Bayley, and more
Let’s start things with Vince McMahon and everything that’s going on there
So Vince McMahon stepped away from the WWE in July 2022 by officially retiring from the
company and turning WWE creative over to Triple H
But fast forward only a few months later and there were rumblings that Vince McMahon was
coming back to the company
WWE then confirmed that news but said that Vince McMahon was only back solely to focus
on selling the company
Well that deal has now been done.
WWE is in the process of being sold to Endeavor
Endeavor, the parent company of UFC, and WWE announced that they have signed a landmark
agreement to form a new, publicly traded company -- listed on the New York Stock Exchange as
"TKO" -- that will consist of UFC and WWE
Vince McMahon will serve as executive chairman of the 11-member board, while Dana White will
continue to serve as president of UFC, and Nick Khan will serve as president of WWE.
So both WWE and UFC will be merging as one publicly traded company, but both companies
will keep their operations going in the same fashion that they’ve been running in
So that sale is fully expected to be fully polished and completed in the second half
of 2023
But let’s get into where Vince McMahon stands on the creative side of things
Vince was even asked during that sale interview about where he stands in the creative process,
will he be as involved as he once was and how will that exactly work?
Vince McMahon’s answer was ‘yes and no’, he said that from a higher position, he will
be involved, but as far as being in the weeds of everything, he can’t
And just a few hours after that interviewed aired, fans started become extremely suspicious
that Vince McMahon was once again running things for the Raw after Wrestlemania
For months in the Triple H regime, the script for Raw would come out before the show went
on air and everything always went exactly according to plan
But for the Raw after Wrestlemania, plans were changing all night long as the show was
on the air with multiple re-writes
Raw being re-written while the show is on air and going through multiple versions of
a script is a signature and classic move from Vince McMahon
That’s how he’s operated in the past and that’s no secret at all
So to see Raw have so many hiccups, re-writes, and cancellations compared to what was on
the original script…
it left fans thinking one thing and one thing only, Vince McMahon had to be back involved
in a heavy way
And that’s what reports would later go onto confirm
They said that the Raw After Wrestlemania did feel like it had Vince McMahon’s fingerprints
all over it because that’s exactly what was going on
Superstars were even said to be extremely frustrated and confused as well
Superstars that were set to have big key roles during the Raw after Wrestlemania were suddenly
fully cut from the show at the last second
Like Rey Mysterio and Bad Bunny’s segment for example
The original script had the L.W.O.
coming out to save Bad Bunny and Rey Mysterio from The Judgment Day
Which is logical and does make sense, Rey just re-formed the L.W.O., so it makes a lot
of sense for them to at least try and save him
But in the version we saw, Rey and Bad Bunny just get beat down with no one coming out
to save them
And there is a lot of plot holes in that version because you’re saying Rey Mysterio, a great
superstar, a great human being, someone who just got inducted into the Hall Of Fame, respected
by everyone… he doesn’t have at least one friend backstage that’s willing to come
out and help him?
Or like the original script had planned…
his own faction, the L.W.O., can’t come out to save him?
That definitely was an example right there of one strange script change
So it’s been something that fans have been talking about and speculating on for a while…
is Vince McMahon coming back to run creative?
Well even though Triple H is still being labeled as the chief content officer, you really can’t
help but feel Vince McMahon’s heavy influence on the show, especially with the Raw After
Wrestlemania
Things that didn’t happen during Triple H’s entire run was suddenly taking place
out of no where with no other possible explanation besides just…
Vince McMahon
So it’s gonna be an interesting situation to keep an eye on since no one really knows
for sure what’s going on right now
But reports all suspect that Vince McMahon is back in WWE creative in some capacity
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Speaking of the Raw after Wrestlemania and some of those re-writes, let’s dive into
one of the biggest missing pieces from Raw, and that’s Bayley
Bayley last appeared at Wrestlemania 39 in losing fashion to Becky Lynch, Trish Stratus,
and Lita in a 6 women tag team match
And shortly after that match took place, Bayley took to Twitter with a very cryptic message
that could mean several different things, she had this to say, quote:
“And sometimes the most romantic love story comes to an end.
Bye.”
End quote
And no one knew what Bayley was referring to
Is she saying she’s done with WWE?
Is she done with Damage Control?
Is she taking a break?
No one had any idea what that tweet meant and everyone thought that we’ll get answers
from Bayley on the Raw after Wrestlemania
But all we got instead was just more questions and concerns about Bayley’s status
For the first time ever, Damage Control members, Dakota Kai and iyo sky, came out to the ring
by themselves on Raw
This is extremely unusual because Bayley is always by their side no matter what
Bayley was just always there at ringside for Damage Control, so the fact that she wasn’t
there with them for first time ever had fans concerned again
Reports claim that the original plans did have Bayley joining Damage Control on the
Raw after Wrestlemania, but for whatever reason, she was written off Raw
And no one knows what’s going on
Of course, if it’s personal time off or personal reasons, we don’t need to know
what’s going on and she can take all the time she needs
But if it’s a storyline reason, they can’t really just have Bayley disappear from Damage
Control without providing a story explanation at least
And what makes it so much more strange is that not even the commentary team acknowledged
Bayley’s absence
They didn’t explain why she was missing or where she was at, they just carried on
like Bayley never even existed as a part of Damage Control
So it’s definitely not a red alert, ‘ring the alarm’ sort of moment quite yet, but
fans are extremely confused on why Bayley was missing and why the commentary team ignored
her existence as well
No one knows what’s going on there, the only solid piece of information up until this
point was that Bayley was scheduled to appear but was pulled at the very last second, that
all anyone knows
So will it be a few weeks before we see Bayley again?
Is she just abandoning Damage Control?
And how will Damage Control react to Bayley’s absence as well
Damage Control lost at Wrestlemania and then lost the number one contender’s match on
the Raw after Wrestlemania, so you know they can’t be in the best mood right now
So how will this entire situation play out?
Well Bayley return with a clear head and new direction for Damage Control or will the group
turn on Bayley?
We’ll have to wait and see what happens there
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