Vince McMahon recently appeared as part of the Smackdown Live 1000 episode celebrations. The CEO of WWE appearing at Smackdown appears to be a fairly rare event these days according to recent reports.
The Wrestling Observer noted that McMahon is usually at home or in the WWE offices on a Tuesday, Vince is still heavily involved in the Monday Night RAW show. McMahon apparently still participates in Smackdown conference calls and oversees the show’s script. The Chairman also adds changes to the script but is not backstage with the blue brand each and every week. Even with this in mind Smackdown is still very much “Vince’s show.” His directions are still followed and the buck still stops with him.
It will be interesting to see if this changes in late 2019. As we now know FOX will be taking the Smackdown Live brand to their own channel on Friday nights. The deal in place for Smackdown is reportedly huge and McMahon may well want to oversee the transition personally. We reported recently how FOX are looking to present Smackdown as more ‘Sports’ than the current presentation style. It is also worth noting that the XFL brand will be returning in 2020. McMahon has previously stated that the XFL returning will not affect his WWE responsibilities…but this could play a factor.
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