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NEWS: Top WWE Names "Will Likely Request Releases" Following Vince McMahon Return | MAJOR NXT Heel Turn

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Cultaholic

Sports, Wrestling, Sports & Recreation, Wwe Podcast, Wrestling Podcast, Wwe, Aew

4.71K Ratings

🗓️ 5 April 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

Top WWE names “will likely request releases” following the return of Vince McMahon.  A top WWE SmackDown star is taking time off.  Plus there were returns and a heel turn on last night’s WWE NXT.


Tom Campbell reports the latest news from WWE, AEW, IMPACT, NJPW and around the wrestling world every weekday morning. For the latest wrestling news throughout the day check out Cultaholic.com and follow us on Twitter @Cultaholic.


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Some top WWE names will likely request releases following Vince McMahon's return,

0:06.0

plus a major Smackdown star is taking time off, and we had returns and a heel turn on last night's

0:13.3

nxt. For Wednesday, April the 5th, 2023,

0:17.0

my name is Tom Campbell, and this is your cultaholic wrestling news.

0:34.8

Endeavor confirming this deal to merge. selling news. entertainment giant. Now the new company will have Mr. Emanuel as CEO with current W. W. E. CEO, Nick Kahn, staying on as president of the brand. Dana White

0:39.4

continuing as president of the UFC, while Mark Shapiro assumes the role of President and

0:44.0

C.O of both Endeavor and the new company. The wild card throughout the

0:48.3

bidding process was what role, if any, WWE founder Vince, would play in a new company after a sexual misconduct

0:55.3

scandal.

0:56.2

McMahon was forced to retire thereafter.

0:58.0

He left the company for nearly six months before returning to help lead a potential

1:02.1

transaction.

1:03.0

Most had assumed McMahon would leave altogether if a deal happened.

1:07.0

He is staying on as executive chairman of the board

1:10.0

at the behest of Emmanuel himself.

1:12.0

The wrestling world still wr from the news that Vince McMahon is back in creative control of

1:19.2

W. W.E.

1:21.2

He has an office next to the guerrilla position and was heavily involved with the production of

1:27.6

Raw on Monday. Now Fightful have done a major report on this, thank you to Sean Ross Zapp and his team and they say there was a huge hit to

1:37.6

W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. W. held a talent after Vince McMahon made sweeping changes.

1:43.0

After WWE held a talent meeting where Paul Aveck and Nick Khan told talent nothing would be changing

1:48.0

and minutes before Triple H did an on-screen promo saying much of the same.

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