BREAKING KAYFABE: AN INSIDE LOOK AT WWE’S UNLIKELY BUSINESS EMPIRE

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Breaking Kayfabe: An Inside Look at WWE’s Unlikely Business Empire | VICE Sports

Cliff notes via reddit user /u/Shootstarpress

Fascinating read. Here are some cliffs:

• Vince can't fix WWE's problems because HE is the biggest problem of all
  
  
• Shane attempted a hostile takeover of creative in 2012 via Kevin Dunn who wants him back to boost his position and influence over Stephanie and Hunter
  
  
• When Stephanie heard Shane was coming in for a meeting she 'turned white' and Hunter 'freaked out'
  
  
• Vince rejected Shane's offer
  
  
• WWE's alarmingly high turnover of senior executives is linked to Vince and his management style. He'll love you one day and then want rid of you the next
  
  
• Working in a creative capacity is stifling because it all comes back to Vince
  
  
• Vince never thinks long term. It's always about that one show at that exact moment
  
  
• NXT is Hunters way of having some autonomy within creative because Vince essentially leaves him to it
  
  
• Brian Gewirtz was quoted as saying he doesn't know if Hunter can create the stars WWE needs because he's an 'old school wrestling guy' and WWE needs characters
  
  
• WWE has put all its eggs in the networks basket
  
  
• Television is still the backbone of everything they do, it feeds all other branches of the business and right now it is suffering big time
  

That's just a highlight. It's really worth your time to read the whole thing.

Its a long read but totally worth it.

 

[edge4ever]

Sounds true. But WWE always suffers around this time and then it picks up around the rumble and mania. We will see.