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Several WWE executives, including Paul “Triple H” Levesque and Stephanie McMahon, received pay raises for their new roles after longtime chairman Vince McMahon retired in July.
Ringside News’ Nitish Vashishtha gave an updated salary Friday based on the company’s latest filing with the SEC:
- Triple H: $730,000 (old salary) to $900,000 (new Salary)
- Nick Khan: $1.2 million to $1.35 million
- Frank A. Riddick III: $850,000 to $950,000
Stephanie McMahon: 730,000 to $1.35 million
Vince Retires Later, WWE Ann announced that his daughters Stephanie and Khan would be promoted to co-CEOs, while Triple H took over as creative head.
SEC filings state that WWE’s CFO Riddick will retain the role while now Also serves as company president.
Additional salaries for Triple H ($1 million) and Stephanie ($750,000) as screen performers, According to Circus News. All four executives also received equity grants: Khan and McMahon received $3.6 million, Riddick received $2.4 million, and Levesque received $1.6 million.
Changed to This product has received mostly positive reviews since Triple H took over creative control. The nine-time WWE Champion brings an old-school feel to the weekly broadcast, with more backstage footage and a willingness to use slower story builds.
He also introduced some new faces, including some former NXT talents he worked with while leading the WWE development program. This has created a much-needed fresh storyline over the past few months.
On Friday, Triple H told BT Sport’s Ariel Helwani (via PWTorch’s Zack Heydorn) about the screen All key decisions in product creative direction were “surreal”:
“I can look at me A lot of things in my career, even now, it’s fair to say I’m in this place where I can creatively control WWE — the biggest sports entertainment company ever on the planet, like, it’s hard to think about. It’s Overwhelming, such a huge responsibility. Trying to replace Vince’s shoes in some way, which one can’t do, but trying to step into any shape or form is just overwhelming, but you Just go get the job done. Hope you’re doing well and people will dig it.”
The WWE schedule will be played on Saturday at the Battle of the Castle at Cardi Principality Stadium on Pay-Per-View ff, Wales.
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