Veteran wrestling journalist Dave Meltzer recently addressed WWE’s approach to handling mentions of Vince McMahon on television in light of recent events.
Following Janel Grant’s detailed lawsuit accusing Vince McMahon of sexual assault and exploitation on January 25, which led to McMahon’s resignation from the TKO Board of Directors, there has been speculation about how WWE will navigate discussions involving him.
On a recent episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Meltzer suggested that WWE might opt to minimize any references to Vince McMahon on screen. However, he noted the challenge of entirely omitting McMahon from wrestling-related discussions, unlike the case of Chris Benoit.
“I expect going forward, that they will mention his name as little as possible. I don’t know that it’s possible. You can, I guess, not talk about Chris Benoit. It’s pretty hard to do any kind of documentary on wrestling and not talk about Vince McMahon. That would be kind of impossible really. I’m sure they’ll do it as little as they can. But I don’t know that you can do it completely.”
