The Rock On Potentially Taking WWE Executive Role – The landscape of WWE was completely flipped on it’s head back in July, when an article from the Wall Street Journal was released, accusing Vince McMahon of spending what ended up amounting to around $20 million in hush money payments to former female employees.
The article led to an internal investigation against McMahon, which led to him and the company landing in hot water. He ultimately retired from the company on July 22, 2022, with his daughter Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan being named co-CEOs of the company.
Ever since the change in regime, fans have speculated about a potential sale of the company, with one name thrown around as a potential investor being WWE icon Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson.
The Rock has been making media rounds to promote his Black Adam movie recently, and he spoke to BNN Bloomberg about WWE, and the company potentially being sold.
He said:
“I’ve known Vince for a very, very long time and he’s a businessman. I think the key if there were a sale of the WWE is to make sure that whoever acquires that brand in that property, you’ve got to love the wrestling business. Of course, you can love the asset, and you can love everything that comes with it, but you got to love the professional wrestling business … because if not, then you could kind of see the writing on the wall; four or five years down the road, what will happen?”
When asked about whether or not he would take an executive role in the company, The Rock said that he and Nick Khan have talked about that.
He said:
“[WWE co-CEO] Nick [Khan] and I have talked about that, and we always enjoy that over a bottle of Teremana [Johnson’s tequila brand]. I love the wrestling business. I grew up in it. My grandfather [and] my dad started here in Canada, where [his father] was born. So, I’m not quite too sure if a board seat is in my future, but possibly other things are in my future, for sure.”
It is rumoured that WWE are hoping to secure The Rock for next year’s WrestleMania event in Los Angeles for a dream match against Roman Reigns.
The Rock On Potentially Taking WWE Executive Role
