Paul “Triple H” Levesque felt that WWE was “swimming upstream” by having Becky Lynch portray a heel.
Lynch appeared on an episode of Out of Character released on Wednesday and spoke about conversations she’s had with Levesque regarding her character. She was asked if she was surprised to turn babyface again at this year’s SummerSlam.
“No, because I had talked to Hunter a little bit before and he was like, ‘How do you feel about being a heel?’ and I was like, ‘Honestly, it’s fun I like it. I feel like I’m maybe more naturally inclined to be a babyface, I think people like me better as a babyface.”
“So, he was like, ‘I feel like we are swimming upstream keeping you as a heel.’ Yeah, I agree and so then the creative was laid out and I was like, ‘Yeah, that sounds awesome.'”
For those not familiar with the term, it has a negative connotation of trying too hard to achieve something when an easier option is available.
Lynch was then asked if she is happy that Levesque is heading up creative in the company now.
“Yeah man, it’s great. Obviously, he has a great mind for it. His track record with what he’s done with women in NXT, I’m a product of that. I got to be in that system and become who I am today and he’s really championed just women’s wrestling, in general. And not looking at it as women’s wrestling, it’s just this is a story, these are two people in a story, how do we make this story good? And so that’s what I love about it, just how do we make the story good no matter what the gender is.”
Earlier in the conversation, Lynch spent some time talking about her match in Saudi Arabia at Elimination Chamber against Lita.
“I don’t know how I feel about doing a show over there but then somebody mentioned that, ‘Look, you don’t get to influence people by not being there’ you know? You get to show these women and young girls what’s possible and that’s amazing. The audience are so receptive and they love it and their reaction through everything is unlike anything I’ve ever experienced. So, to know that you maybe have a small part in influencing a young girl who wouldn’t have been aware of this thing otherwise, is really incredible.”
She continued to talk about Ronda Rousey’s influence on women in wrestling and MMA.
“I hate to bring her up but if Ronda Rousey, credit where credit is due, look, if Ronda Rousey hadn’t been as good as she was in MMA, there wouldn’t have been women in the UFC and women [wouldn’t] see that and say, ‘I want to do that too.’ It starts by showing people what’s possible so that we can change the world.”
As chief content officer, Levesque will report to WWE co-CEO Nick Khan. Levesque will oversee creative writing, talent relations, live events, talent development, and creative services.
Levesque was named WWE’s new head of creative in July following the retirement of Vince McMahon. WWE wrote in today’s press release that Levesque “has architected a 15% spike in Monday Night Raw viewership and double-digit increases in social media engagement.”
“WWE is one of the most prolific producers of premium content in the world and I look forward to this amazing opportunity,” Levesque said. “Having spent my entire career in this business, I’m confident that we have the right pieces in place to continue to grow our audience and deliver for our fans around the world.”
The press release also confirmed that Frank Riddick has been promoted to WWE president, which was the job title held by Nick Khan prior to Khan and Stephanie McMahon being named WWE’s new co-CEOs. Riddick will also remain in his role as WWE’s chief financial officer.
“I’ve had the great fortune of working closely with the talented people at WWE in a variety of capacities over the past 15 years,” Riddick said. “Along with Steph, Nick and Paul, we look forward to executing our ambitious plans and delivering for our shareholders.”
The press release also included a quote from Stephanie and Khan: “We are excited to announce expanded roles for Paul and Frank, which will enhance WWE’s ability to create premium content for our partners around the world and, ultimately, drive our business forward.”
Paul “Triple H” Levesque officially has a new job title in WWE.
In an SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) filing on Friday, it was revealed that Levesque’s new job title in WWE is “chief content officer.” Levesque was named WWE’s new head of creative this July following the retirement of Vince McMahon.
It was also announced in July that Levesque had been named WWE’s executive vice president of talent relations.
Friday’s SEC filing also included the announcement that Frank Riddick has been promoted to president in WWE, a job title that was previously held by Nick Khan. Riddick will continue to serve as WWE’s chief financial officer.
Khan and Stephanie McMahon were named co-CEOs of WWE after the retirement of Vince McMahon. Stephanie is also WWE’s new chairwoman.
In addition to the new job titles, WWE noted in the SEC filing that Stephanie, Khan, Riddick, and Levesque have received raises:
As of the Effective Date, Ms. McMahon’s annual base salary increased from $730,000 to $1.35 million. Ms. McMahon will continue to receive payments including, without limitation, the $750,000 guaranteed minimum under her booking agreement, as amended, which is listed as an exhibit (and incorporated by reference) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on August 16, 2022; (ii) Mr. Khan’s annual base salary increased from $1.2 million to $1.35 million; (iii) Mr. Riddick’s annual base salary increased from $850,000 to $950,000; and (iv) Mr. Levesque’s annual base salary increased from $730,000 to $900,000. Mr. Levesque will continue to receive payments including, without limitation, the $1.0 million guaranteed minimum under his booking agreement, as amended, which is listed as an exhibit and incorporated by reference) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on August 16, 2022.
Chris Jericho has responded to Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s recent comments about the “Wednesday Night War.”
During an interview with BT Sport’s Ariel Helwani released on Friday, Levesque was asked if he felt NXT’s re-brand to NXT 2.0 was punishment for having lost the ratings battle with AEW.
“No. People put so much pressure on this…this “competitive war”…it never was that. First of all, they beat our developmental system, good for them. No, it was never that. There was never even pressure of ‘you have to beat that.’ It was just put on the best product you could.”
Jericho has since responded to Levesque’s comments in an interview with Inside the Ropes.
“Once again it is just changing the narrative and changing the history, which makes me laugh. Because when it started, it was not developmental, it was a third brand, it’s not a sprint, it’s a marathon, and all the other bullsh*t that they said, so of course we [AEW] beat the developmental or whatever you want to call it, but who gives a sh*t?”
“It’s such old news, and the show sucks, NXT sucks, it’s not a good show, and they know it. Whether they were punished or not, they probably were punished. That’s probably why Triple H said those things because he is angry that we beat them, and he is probably angry that we exist. But you know, we don’t care about WWE, we care about our show, we care about putting on the best stories that we can put on, we care about building our fanbase and building our ratings.”
“We will continue to exist and I will tell you this, my boss has a lot more money than his boss does. A lot more. So you want to go to that and, we are not going anywhere, we will continue to grow. That p*sses them off and why wouldn’t it? They had a monopoly for so long and don’t like the fact that we exist and that’s fine. We don’t care that they exist, God bless them. They are running a show in front of 50,000 people, why would he care about us? But you know, he should, and he does, and that’s why he said those things.”
Paul “Triple H” Levesque said there was an idea for something between himself and Gable Steveson at this year’s WWE WrestleMania 38 before his health issues made that a no-go.
“There was a plan for me to do something at WrestleMania that we had talked about. I was going to do something with Gable Steveson and try to get him launched and get going,” he said.
In an interview with BT Sport’s Ariel Helwani released Friday, Levesque spoken openly about his cardiac event, which happened one year ago, and that being given a clean bill of health recently was a game changer for him.
After retelling the story he discussed with ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith earlier this year about what led to his initial heart failure diagnosis, he then went into the two surgeries he had that that lasted longer than expected.
After suffering a “slight v-fib” (a fluttering of the heart), he was told he would need a defibrillator. He then needed two different surgeries to have it put in. The first took seven and-a-half hours and was filled with complications. The device still didn’t work, however, and he would have to undergo another surgery the next day which took over eight hours.
At the end, the device was functioning properly.
“15+ hours of surgery in two consecutive days with all this digging. And it was all stuff like I’m too vascular from years of training, my fascia tissue is too thick, the digging is incredibly difficult. All these little things. Every issue they could have had, I had,” he said.
During the months he recovered, he said he was not involved with WWE and didn’t watch the product.
“(I) just was done with it for that period of time. Being back for WrestleMania, coming back, engaging back into it, was awesome and amazing.”
Levesque noted that before he returned to the company, he underwent a medical checkup and received a clean bill of health.
“Before I come back at WrestleMania, I go to the doctor and get the check-up and they walk into the room and say, ‘your ejection fraction is over 50.'”
He continued to say doctors weren’t sure if his heart would reach that level again.
“That’s like, you’re 100%, clean bill of health, here you go, do whatever you want. That’s a game-changing moment,” he continued.
In his interview with BT Sport’s Ariel Helwani released Friday, WWE’s Paul “Triple H” Levesque said there is “some truth” to Brock Lesnar walking out of SmackDown the day that Vince McMahon announced his retirement.
On that July 22nd day in Boston, Bryan Alvarez reported what happened with Lesnar leaving as soon as the news broke with him saying, “If he’s gone, I’m gone” in relation to McMahon.
While Levesque didn’t specifically share the exact wording, he said that Lesnar did have a moment of doubt when he heard that McMahon was stepping down from his WWE duties because “Vince is the devil he knows.”
He said that Lesnar took his time to digest everything, there were conversations, he did his business that night and that they had long conversations about the future. In the end, everything between the two is “all good.”
The subsequent week, Lesnar lost to WWE Universal Champion Roman Reigns at SummerSlam and hasn’t been back on WWE TV since.
Paul “Triple H” Levesque has commented on the possible WWE returns of several former members of the roster.
Levesque spoke to Ariel Helwani recently and was asked about the chances of Sasha Banks, Braun Strowman, Bray Wyatt, and the Rock returning to the company.
When asked about Banks, Levesque responded, “Time will tell. I think in a lot of ways communication breakdowns are terrible. There was a communication breakdown there, for whatever reason. Starting back up that communication is not a difficult process but it can be a process and you have to go through the process. But she’s an unbelievably talented woman who can do just about anything she wants, it just comes down to what does she want to do now.”
“She’s an unbelievable performer that I believe in with everything I have,” he continued.
Levesque was also asked about Braun Strowman.
“Braun Strowman, we’ll see,” he responded. “He’s a polarizing person a little bit sometimes in the business but for a guy his size, what he brings to the table, he’s an amazing athlete.”
“If this is what he wants to do at the highest of levels, then I would like nothing more than to give him another shot,” Levesque continued.
Levesque was also asked about Bray Wyatt returning to WWE.
“One of the most – I mean this in the best way possible – crazy, creative people I’ve ever been around. Mind just never stops thinking of creative but it’s like being in a whirlwind of stuff. So without the harness and without someone to point the tornado, it’s just all over the place. He’s a victim of his own mind and creative but I love working with him.”
Levesque also commented on The Rock. He noted that he believes Rock wants to return for a big event such as WrestleMania but it’s a matter of if doing so works with his schedule.
“I know somewhere deep inside of him there is that burning thing to go, ‘I gotta feel that one more time, gotta get in there one more time because that clock is ticking,'” Levesque said.
Paul “Triple H” Levesque does not believe WWE is involved in a “competitive war” with AEW.
In an interview with BT Sport’s Ariel Helwani released Friday, Levesque was asked if he felt the rebranding of NXT was punishment for losing the “Wednesday Night War” to AEW.
“No. People put so much pressure on this…this “competitive war”…it never was that. First of all, they beat our developmental system, good for them. No, it was never that. There was never even pressure of ‘you have to beat that.’ It was just put on the best product you could.”
He was also asked if he feels AEW is competition to WWE.
“Everything is competition to us. We pay attention to everything. You have to,” he said. “Do we pay attention to AEW? Do I watch it on a week-to-week basis? No. Am I aware of what’s happening there? To a degree.”
Levesque was also asked about the future of NXT Europe and the end of NXT UK.
“We’re pulling [NXT UK] off the air now so that we can get to NXT Europe because it’s tough to do both at the exact same time.”
“We’re going to pull it off for a little bit, we’re going to bring NXT Europe back in a bigger way than it ever was before. And the intent is, hopefully, if we are successful at it, to replicate that so it’s NXT Europe, it’s NXT India, it’s NXT South Africa, it’s NXT Mexico. Be able to take those products, put them around everywhere, and eventually over time to build brands in those markets locally and build World Cup scenarios around that.”
“That tide then feeds into Raw and SmackDown. If Raw and SmackDown are the NFL, NXT at all levels is collegiate football.”
“Wrestling” and “wrestler” are no longer considered “dirty words” in WWE.
The two terms had been banned in the company in favor of “sports entertainment” and “sports entertainer” in recent years.
Dave Meltzer addressed this and the more “relaxed” atmosphere under WWE’s new regime in Friday’s edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
“It was noted it was more relaxed and calmer, that the women felt there is going to be more focus on them and that the words wrestler and wrestling were no longer dirty words talent was instructed to never use without authorization, and almost everyone considers that a good thing,” Meltzer wrote.
Last September, Meltzer wrote about words WWE talent was prevented from using.
“Blood, choke, belt, strap, diva, head shot, trauma, kayfabe, Mofos, house show, DQ, The Anti-Diva, spinal injuries, victim, violence, violent, wrestling, wrestlers, WWF, wifebeater, curb stomp, phrases including the word “push” and “being over,” babyface, heel, job, jobber, card, strangle, kill and murder,” were listed as prohibited terms.
Several WWE Superstars believe it is the “dawning of a new era” with Vince McMahon now gone from the company.
Becky Lynch, The Undertaker, and Bobby Lashley spoke with ESPN recently about the changes in WWE management.
“It is the dawning of a new era,” said Lynch. “For me, it’s crazy and sad because everything I’ve ever known about WWE has always had Vince in charge, and we wouldn’t have WWE the way it is if it wasn’t for Vince. He’s somebody who believed in me and allowed me to do everything that I’ve done.”
Still, Lynch believes that McMahon’s departure opens up the door for changes to be made.
“We have the opportunity to change some things that maybe weren’t so great that we didn’t love,” she continued. “I think everybody’s very excited and optimistic because we know that the people in charge [are] some of the greatest minds in the business, you know. Having Triple H at the helm of the ship is phenomenal. What he’s done with NXT speaks for itself. What he did with the women’s division and how he allowed us to change the business forever speaks for itself.”
“He understands as a talent what we go through and what we need to be more creatively energized,” Lynch continued. “There has been a tendency in the past for creative to change last minute, or we don’t know where we’re going. It’s hard to bring everybody along on this journey if we’re rambling.”
“Triple H has a great eye for storytelling and for treating the women the same way he treats the guys. Just everybody’s equal. How do we tell great stories? And that’s all this is.”
Lynch continued to say that she’s hopeful WWE talent will be able to use words such as “belt” and “fans” again as well.
The Undertaker also spoke with ESPN and said the recent changes in WWE have led to talent being given more freedom.
“They’re loosening the reins a little bit as far as what guys can say and do,” Taker said. “I think the product will probably be a little more aggressive. I think that’s going to come through in the creative.”
“They’ve kind of been in this entertainment mode, so they’re going to have to get some grit and meanness.”
WWE United States Champion Bobby Lashley is optimistic about having Triple H at the helm. He doesn’t believe that Vince McMahon has stepped away completely, however.
“It’s not like Vince isn’t going to be there anymore,” Lashley said. “He’s not going to just let his baby that he’s grown to this level just falter. So, he’s still going to be there. He’s just giving other people opportunities to keep pressing on.”
“Stephanie, she’s been in the business her whole entire life, so it’s not like she doesn’t know. … And look what he did with NXT; that’s a big thing Triple H did. So he’s just going to take that same mentality and same philosophy, building stars, bring it up to the main roster, which is cool. It’s going to be refreshing.”
Paul Levesque appeared on an episode of Impaulsive with Logan Paul released on Tuesday.
During the conversation, Levesque commented on filling Vince McMahon’s “massive shoes” and also credited his father-in-law for taking “this tiny, little thing happening in bars” and turning it into a “big global sensation.”
“I’ll say this about Vince, massive shoes that I couldn’t even dream of beginning to think I could fill. The gap there in this moment is massive but the opportunity to take it in a direction that it’s never gone before is massive. I’m thrilled for that opportunity. We have an unbelievable team. It’s never going to be one person, one person can’t even begin to fill his shoes, it’s going to take an entire team of people to jump in those shoes because without him, there’s none of this.”
“The vision to take this tiny, little thing happening in bars to this big global sensation like nothing else,” Levesque continued to say of McMahon. “WrestleMania is one of the most valuable sports franchises on the planet.”
The interview was filmed on Friday, the day before Paul would wrestle The Miz at SummerSlam. With the event taking place in Nissan Stadium, Levesque spoke to him about the difference between boxing in front of a live crowd and performing in front of fans in WWE.
“You box a dude like Floyd [Mayweather] you have one focus,” Levesque said.
“You have one focus, an athletic event is different, one focus, it’s the person in front of you. You’re not so worried about fans, you’re not so worried about the reactions.”
Whereas in WWE, Levesque continued, the focus is on the live crowd.
“Our job is to make them go crazy. Your focus is on their reaction.”
Levesque praised how quickly Paul has taken to WWE but spent part of the interview encouraging him to think about creating drama rather than just focussing on moves.
“It’s not the moves. It’s like watching a movie, how many movies have you seen with crazy budgets and special effects and CGI that visually you go like, ‘holy s**t, that’s amazing’ and no one cares? The movie bombs, there’s no story, no one really fully cares because it’s not about the moves in what we do, it’s about what you do in between, it’s the characters and the story.”
“I can make a way longer list of terrible athletes that were incredibly over in this business than I can crazy athletes who were the be-all end-all. People that are fanatics about what we do go like ‘oh my god, that match was so good, those guys are so good,’ everybody else is like ‘meh’.”
Later in the show, Levesque would also speak about the benefits of highlight-worth wrestling moments, however.
“The story has to be there but yeah the special effects got to be good when you get them and you’ve got to have the commercial moment to sell the movie because there are a million great movies out there that nobody gave a s**t about and/or watched because there was nothing that hooked them to go see it. You have to have that hook and you have to have those things.”
He also spoke about his rivalry with The Rock and how they never had a one-on-one match at WrestleMania.
“Unfortunately, I always feel like it’s the one thing, we got to this unbelievably heated, long-term rivalry, and then never got to pay it off on the biggest platform possible and I think the Rock feels the same way too which is why a couple of years ago we did a backstage little thing.”
“That was literally him coming to me and saying like ‘dude, I want to do a match next year, I’d like to do it with you, let us have that WrestleMania match we never got to have and I was like, ‘yeah, I’m in.'”
Levesque then noted The Rock’s schedule prevented the match from taking place, however.
He was also asked what his first impression was when he heard that “Jake Paul’s older brother” was going to join WWE.
“You want me to be completely honest? I said ‘who the f**k is that?'” Levesque responded.
“He’s not the demo,” Paul commented. “You’re not the demo.”
Levesque continued to speak about working with celebrities such as Paul in WWE.
“I can tell you, over the years a million celebrities have come up to us and said, ‘I want to be a WWE Superstar, I want to do it so bad.’ That all sounds great on paper. First time they hit the mat, they’re like ‘yeah, so I was thinking maybe I could help with commentary or I could do something else because that s**t hurts.'”
He would continue to say that when a celebrity does get it, it’s something special.
“Then there are certain folks that come into it that are just invested in it and then that’s when I light up. If somebody comes in and they just want to hook their wagon to it for a minute, or they want to promote a film, that’s exciting but when somebody comes in like you and goes, ‘well, hey this is awesome, I’d like to be a part of this’ and then when they come in and they kill it, you see that level because to do what you did… it’s like Bad Bunny, same thing. I don’t give this easy because I’ve done this for a long time, put my life on the line for it, and seen other people do the same. Respect in our business for what we do is tough to get and I don’t give it easy, Taker doesn’t give it easy, the people at the top are like, you got to earn it and it’s a lot to earn. You earned my respect big time, Bad Bunny earned my respect big time because to do what you did you had to dedicate yourself 100%.”
Paul “Triple H” Levesque says it will take a team of people to fill Vince McMahon’s shoes.
The new head of WWE creative took part in a media scrum today in Nashville. Levesque noted that the intent of the new management team is to take WWE to “new levels” and “beyond where it is now.”
“There are a massive pair of shoes to fill that I’m trying in some way to step into but I do not dream, for one second, that I can fill those shoes by myself,” he said. “It’s going to take a lot of us, it’s going to take a team, it’s going to take everybody here to fill those shoes and continue this on but we will.”
“The intent is to continue the legacy of what has been going on, what made me fall in love with this business that he created, and to take it to new levels and to take it beyond where it is now,” Levesque continued. “The only way we’re going to do that is with a team. That’s with Steph, that’s with Nick Khan, that’s with myself, that’s with Kevin Dunn, that’s with everybody that is here, that is with all this talent. We have the greatest, hardest working talent in the world. I have no doubt in my mind that with this team that we can do it.”
“We have the greatest fans in the world and we’re going to make sure that they get everything they want out of this product and then some.”
Triple H also noted that he has “a clean bill of health” and is motivated to continue in his new role.
“I have a new appreciation for life, it’s precious, it doesn’t last long, embrace it, get everything you can out of it!”
“I’m going to do everything I have in my power to make this better than they’ve ever seen before,” he continued.
"I have a new appreciation for life, it's precious, it doesn't last long, embrace it, get everything you can out of it!"
The current system will remain in place with a writing team as Bruce Prichard will head things up and report to Levesque. This dynamic was in place last Friday for SmackDown.
The new 8-K report filing noted that the McMahon departure was a resignation and not a retirement as was stated publicly.
In addition, the company has made a preliminary determination that certain payments that McMahon had authorized (approximately $14.6 million) were never recorded in WWE financial statements. These payments took place between 2006 and 2022.
A WWE official stated that despite the wording in the released 8-K reported, that the $14.6 million in question was paid by Vince McMahon from his own personal funds and not from WWE money. The statement in the release was that the expenses were or will be paid by McMahon personally. They said there were corporate accounting reasons that they released the information and will be adjusting the corporate books for 2019, 2020 and 2021 to account for those expenses.
They are aiming to publicly revise the documentation by August 9, although stated there is no assurance it will meet that deadline.
The company has also received regulatory, investigative and enforcement inquiries, subpoenas or demands arising from, related to, or in connection with the the matters related to the conduct of McMahon and the expenses.
It was not specified if the payments to women, that had previously been claimed were by McMahon personally and not from company funds, constitute some or all of that $14.6 million. But this would likely be something that, when uncovered, forced McMahon out of the company.
The key to this revelation is that it would be almost impossible for McMahon to return to power and this won’t be a temporary departure until the heat dies down as many in wrestling over the past few days had believed, noting the company track record over the years with people who had gotten negative publicity over different things.
They did say that the investigation by the board’s special committee, meaning all members of the board aside from McMahon, Stephanie McMahon, Levesque and Nick Khan, remains ongoing.
The WWE released its expected second quarter (the WrestleMania quarter) financial results early. It showed $328 million in revenue with $92 million in OIBDA and $70 million in operating income. The numbers were above what most analysts had projected. This release was done today to attempt to keep any potential share price drop due to McMahon leaving to a minimum.
But the opposite happened. At the time of this writing, WWE stock price has risen $5.15 per share to $71.77.
This came after analyst Alan Gould of Loop Capital raised his guidance price for the stock from $59 to $90 per share based on an increased likelihood the company would be sold. Within Wall Street, there had been some talk of that in recent weeks even before the resignation of McMahon. Gould said that he expected a rise in U.S. television rights fees in 2025, and mentioned Comcast, Disney Amazon or Netflix as potential buyers.
Paul “Triple H” Levesque is now in charge of WWE creative.
The company sent out a press release Monday morning formally announcing that Nick Khan and Stephanie McMahon were appointed by the Board as co-CEOs while Levesque is taking over the role previously held by Vince McMahon who announced his retirement on Friday.
“WWE executive Paul Levesque will assume all responsibilities related to WWE’s creative, in addition to his regular duties,” the press release states.
The company had just announced on Friday that Levesque is resuming his role as EVP of Talent Relations.
“I look forward to returning to my prior position as head of Talent Relations. I’m healthy, fired up, and ready to take charge,” Levesque said in the release.
Fightful reported Monday that Bruce Prichard will remain with WWE and also work in creative.
Stephanie McMahon is now Chairwoman of the Board while Khan remains on the Board.
From the two in the release:
“We are grateful for the opportunity to lead WWE together with our unmatched management team. We recognize this is a tremendous opportunity and responsibility, and we look forward to serving the WWE Universe.”
At the time of this writing, WWE stock is up 6% in trading to $70.20 — the first day the markets have been open since McMahon’s announcement Friday.
Meltzer said that it appears Levesque meant he was back working in the WWE offices as he hasn’t done anything directly with the old black and gold brand since making that statement. He hasn’t been at Tuesday night shows as everything is still being run by Shawn Michaels and a small creative staff.
According to the late-June reports, Levesque said that he was in Orlando for business reasons and couldn’t say why at that time. He was previously in charge of NXT before the 2.0 rebrand last September.
With a lesser workload, Levesque returned to the office in March after suffering a major cardiac event last year that nearly killed him. He also announced he was retiring from in-ring action due to his heart issues.
Levesque has been one of the faces of WWE’s NIL program, designed to recruit college athletes, and will be on hand for their next tryout during SummerSlam week in Nashville, Tennessee.
