Since TKO Group Holdings launched in September 2023, several names associated with WWE have parted ways with the promotion, either willingly or via termination. Now, another longtime employee of the wrestling promotion has reportedly been shown the door.
Michele Carlucci, WWE’s Director of Production Travel, has been “let go” from the company, the Wrestling Observer’s Daily Update reports. Carlucci had been with WWE since 1988 and had spent 14 years as Director of the Freelance Crew, Travel & Special Projects. She was elevated to the position of Director of Production Travel in 2019.
WWE Departures
WWE has seen several longtime figures in the company part ways, including Kevin Dunn who had been the promotion’s director of production. While WWE reportedly hoped for Dunn to stay on as far as WrestleMania 40, he left WWE in December 2023 and has since been replaced by Lee Fitting. Fitting’s work, including more dynamic camerawork compared to Dunn’s incessant cuts, has earned praise by fans.
In September 2023, shortly after the launch of TKO, over 100 people were cut from WWE’s offices in effort to create synchronicity with UFC. These layoffs included veterans of the company as well as Dana Warrior, wife of the Ultimate Warrior. Dana had previously worked as part of WWE’s creative team.
The biggest exit WWE has seen over the past year is, of course, that of Vince McMahon. Not only has McMahon stepped down from WWE, but he was scrubbed from WWE 2K24 archival footage as part of the game’s 40 Years of WrestleMania mode.
