Amid numerous sexual misconduct and abuse allegations, former WWE Chairman Vince McMahon was ousted by the company he helped turn into a global sensation. Of course, the fact that TKO owned the business made it that much easier to push him out.
At first, Triple H being placed in charge of creative led to a resurgence for the product. After all, McMahon, clearly creatively bankrupt, had spent years running RAW, SmackDown, and NXT into the ground.
However, TKO's influence has since led to changes that many fans don't appreciate, including heavy product placement and interference in storylines (the latest example being the insertion of Pat McAfee into Cody Rhodes' feud with Randy Orton heading into WrestleMania).
Now, WWE Hall of Famer Kevin Nash has chimed in, and he's torn into TKO for getting involved with creative and made it clear that they need to start listening to Triple H.
"[Paul] 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 guys above him that don’t have a clue besides get paid more decide to start sticking their dicks 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 he’s doing. If anybody out there thinks this might apply to them, how about leaving the company alone? Get your noses out of creative. Go f*ck yourselves. Let Paul run the company."
"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 guy’s name on there, I’m going to cut it by 50%.’ How about just go f*ck yourself. How about you grow a set of balls, you walk in, and you tell them because UFC is bleeding through every tourniquet 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. 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 mess with him, I’ll have nothing to do with that product the rest of my life."
Triple H has recently signed a new multi-year deal with WWE and TKO to continue serving as Chief Content Officer, so he's not going anywhere for the foreseeable future. However, how much good he can do with a parent company that frequently inserts itself into a product it doesn't understand is up for debate.
You can hear more from Nash in the player below.