Vince McMahon was running WWE for decades, but he parted ways with the company a few years ago due to the Janel Grant lawsuit. Now it’s been reported that the lawsuit is moving to private arbitration which has led to immediate speculation regarding a potential WWE return for Vince McMahon.
While talking about Vince McMahon’s status on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted that he wouldn’t be shocked if the company brought him back. However, it’s unlikely that Vince would be brought in to replace someone like Nick Khan or Triple H.
“It wouldn’t shock me. I don’t know that I would expect it. I cannot imagine he would be put in charge of anything. It’s not like they’re going to have him replace [WWE President] Nick Khan calling the shots. He certainly isn’t going to replace Paul Levesque [Triple H] doing the booking. There’s no way they can go to that card. That’s not going to happen. But the idea of bringing him in in a figurehead position, trotting him out every now and then… like I said, it wouldn’t shock me at all.
The funny part is that if he came out as a surprise on a TV show, it’d be this giant reaction. That’s just the reality of the situation. So, I’m not saying it’ll happen. I don’t know. I cannot imagine him being put in a position of any real decision-making power, though. That I couldn’t see. [Mark] Shapiro and [Ari] Emanuel aren’t going to give up the power they have in that regard. They’re not going to replace Nick Khan. Nick Khan has gotten very, very powerful and very, very successful.
They’re not going to replace Levesque, I don’t think. Not with Vince anyway. I don’t think they’re going to replace him anyway because they haven’t trained anyone for that position. I mean, who’s out there that they would trust in that position?”