During WWE’s 2019 Q3 investors call, WWE Co-President George Barrios was asked about Eric Bischoff’s short stay as SmackDown’s Executive Director.
Although Barrios wouldn’t name any specific person, he stressed that WWE is committed to putting the right people into the roles.
“I think Vince has mentioned it before on the call that one of the internal projects we’ve had is just like every part of the organization,” Barrios said. “And it’s how you continually strengthen the structure and the process to accomplish the goal of that particular function. In the case of the writing there’s a lot of work done early in the year around that. One of the manifestations of that was the creation of these roles Executive Directors of each of the brands. And as Vince mentioned it allowed him to be more targeted and how he involved himself in the creative process.”
He continued, “So we’re really, really happy about the structure and continue to invest in that and strengthen it internally. I’m not going to talk about one — a particular individual. Ultimately the structure, the process loops you to create around that, if you do that really, really well over time we try to recruit the best talent possible to put into the roles and that’s what we do everywhere.”
Barrios avoided naming individuals but noted that WWE’s creative writing process hasn’t changed. He stressed that “[…] we feel really good about the changes we made to the structure in process.”
Eric Bischoff only served a short term as SmackDown’s Executive Director. He was replaced by Bruce Prichard.
H/T to Fool.com for the transcription.
