The Paul Levesque regime has taken full control. Earlier this month at WWE WrestleMania 40, WWE Chief Content Officer Paul"Triple H" Levesque kicked off the weekend by welcoming fans to a new time of WWE.
Vince had been slowly fizzled out of power over the past two years. Sexual misconduct allegations in early 2022 led to Vince stepping down and later retiring from his corporate positions, but his shareholding power allowed him to essentially reappoint himself to his former powers just six months after calling it a career. That tenure back on the mountaintop lasted just about one year, as January 2024 saw Vince resign altogether in the wake of a sex trafficking lawsuit filed against him and WWE.
WWE's post-Vince product has received praise from fans, critics, and talent across the industry, with more people than ever wanting to be apart of it.Speaking on The Vanguard, WWE Hall of Famer Jesse Ventura revealed that he has been"in talks" with WWE about a return now that the company is in a"new direction."
"I will tell you this, now that wrestling has chosen this new direction, shall we call it, Jesse Ventura is in talks with them. It required them going in this new direction," Ventura said."I hope you get what I'm saying about the new direction. The direction the company is now going was good enough for Jesse Ventura and the WWE to begin talking again."
While Ventura did not mention Vince McMahon's exit specifically as why he is now open to returning, the two's history suggests that McMahon was a reason that had been holding him up. Ventura sued McMahon in 1991 for not receiving the same royalty benefits as other talent on the roster. Ventura won $801,333 in the verdict. Tensions resumed in the years that followed when Ventura pushed for wrestlers to unionize.