WWE Hall Of Famer Blasts TKO For Cutting Talent While Giving Executive Raises: “Go F**k Yourselves”
A WWE Hall of Famer isn’t mincing words when it comes to how TKO is running World Wrestling Entertainment.
After another successful WrestleMania in Las Vegas, the annual post-WrestleMania cuts took place in WWE. Over 20 wrestlers were released less than a week after WrestleMania 42, and there were some surprises, too.
There were also reports that WWE owners, TKO Group (run by Endeavor), approached some talents, saying that the deals you signed previously were for more money and more dates. Meanwhile, TKO wanted talents to agree to pay cuts.
The biggest names to depart WWE among the recent cuts are The New Day’s Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods. Even though Kingston had been in WWE for 20 years and Woods for 16, TKO asked them to renegotiate their recently signed 5-year deals. After Kofi and Xavier declined, they requested a release, which was granted.
On his Kliq This podcast, 2-time WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash spoke out about TKO’s decision-making while also defending his good friend Paul “Triple H” Levesque, who is WWE’s Chief Content Officer in charge of the main roster creative team. Nash also referenced TKO executives wanting to use Pat McAfee in the main Cody Rhodes-Randy Orton, which bombed with the audience.
“Levesque takes over and everybody loves the direction that he’s carrying the new WWE program into the Netflix era.
Lo and behold, like every other business on earth, the f**king guys above him that don’t have a f**king clue besides get paid more decide to start sticking their d**ks where they don’t need to. ‘We’re going to throw this guy in. Let’s put this guy in. How about him in the main event? We have a $500 million deal that this guy is locked into. While we’re at it, let’s make the arena look like NASCAR.’
It doesn’t take anything away from Paul Levesque, because Paul Levesque still knows what the f**k he’s doing. If anybody out there thinks this might apply to them, how about leaving the f**king company alone?
Get your f**king noses out of creative. Go f**k yourselves. Let Paul run the f**king company.”
Kevin Nash Will Quit Supporting WWE If TKO Removes Triple H
As he continued, “Big Sexy” blasted TKO for wanting to cut talent and making Triple H do it, and claimed TKO was making WWE cut talent because UFC (also owned by TKO) wasn’t doing as well.
“If you guys want to cut the talent, don’t throw it in Paul’s lap and make him be the bad guy. Don’t tell him, ‘Give me six years of creative process and give it to me by Wednesday. If I don’t see a certain guys name on there, I’m going to cut it by 50%.’
How about just go f**k yourself. How about you grow a set of balls, you walk in, and you tell them because UFC is bleeding through every tunikit that they have, we’re going to cut people from WWE to stop the bleeding from the other company. UFC is hemorrhaging money, and WWE isn’t. How about we tell the truth?”
That led to Nash making a bold statement claiming he would have nothing to do with WWE for the rest of his life if Triple H isn’t running the company.
“If something happens and Triple H is no longer at the helm because there is some type of power play, I hope you follow my lead because the minute they f**k with him, I’ll have nothing to do with that product the rest of my life.”
Triple H recently signed a new contract to remain as WWE CCO for at least three more years, but it also could end at any time if TKO Group wants it to end.
Also read: Triple H’s WWE Future Was Reportedly Uncertain
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