Long story short, they want to sell the company. Its something theyve teased, but apparently theyre serious. Theyll still run aspects of it because theyre still passionate about wrestling, but they want out of being the centralized power group in wrestling. The idea is that a larger company could afford to run WWE as a consistent profit-driving subsidiary in their portfolio, keep Triple H and Kevin Dunn on as consultants, and give Vince, Stephanie, Triple H, and Kevin Dunn more time to build their interests outside of wrestling. They put feelers out maybe 1.5 years ago about selling (it sort of shocked the world when they said theyre open for business in regards to a sale) but folks are intimidated about running a wrestling company. Theres essentially tons of people who know how to successfully make movies or TV shows, but only a handful of people whove ever made a successful wrestling company. Thats why WWE brought back Prichard, Heyman, and Bischoff, to make future buyers feel more confident that there were plenty of wrestling minds in the company. Barrios and Wilson have been asked to leave because a buyer is hot and a power struggle isnt in anyones best interest. Q4 earnings is going to be fine, not amazing, but fine. Their departure has nothing to do with Q4 and everything to do with selling the company.
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