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As previously reported, to the shock of many Stephanie McMahon recently announced she was taking a "leave of absence" from WWE to focus on her family. In an update, during Weāre Live Pal, Andrew Zarian, Dave Meltzer, and Bryan Alvarez discussed McMahonās decision to take time away, and Zarian revealed a conversation that he had with someone very high up about Stephanie:
ā[It was a] very bizarre conversation, Iāll tell you that. I didnāt expect that phone call. It was a phone call that kind of veered into a discussion about Steph. So I asked and I was like, āhey, anything I could add to this? Whatās going on?ā And, you know, some of the comments, I was shocked. One being that people internally and this is coming from someone in the know in WWE. This wasnāt like a guy in catering.ā
āThe comment was that internally, there was doubt put on Steph [and] her abilities as an executive. And a lot of this started after she absorbed some of Michelle Wilsonās responsibilities after she left. One [responsibility] being ad sales and sponsorship. And the comment that I found interesting was that they mentioned that the investors were questioning why they werenāt performing as well. And internally, there was some questioning as to why that wasnāt performing. I think a month ago, [WWEās Head of Global Sales & Partnerships] Claudine Lilienā¦she went over to handle that and she was released a month ago and Nick [Khan] has taken over all these responsibilities. When the Shane issue happened at Royal Rumble, WWE was pretty quick to kind of say, yeah he got sent home for all the reasons that you heard, right? I was not expecting the words to be used for Steph because at the end of the day, the McMahons are the McMahons and they are the most protected people in that company.ā
Meltzer also weighted in commenting on WWEās efforts to keep the story about McMahon under wraps:
āAs far as Steph goes, like, if and when she comes back, and it wonāt be soon, thereās a real good chance it wonāt be in the same positionā¦But it was interesting, because I talked to somebody about something similar and asked about Stephanie in that in that realm, and you know, certain things were explained thatā¦thereās people who Stephanie dealt with that, but because Vince always had to answer, you know, she didnāt have the power. Nobody does. Vince has all the power. Sheās someone who talks to Vince but at the end of the day, Vince is going to make those decisions. But the thing was, thereās some people who are saying stuff and a person told me ā heās like, āif anyone hears that, theyāre gonna be gone. No one can say anything bad publicly about Steph.ā And itās like like a left hand and a right hand thing. Yeah. You (Zarian) were told, in a way, because they wanted it out.ā
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