WWE President Nick Khan has addressed the recent shock departure of a significant employee in the company.
On December 30 it was reported by Mike Johnson of PWInsider that WWE’s longstanding Executive Producer & Chief of Global Television Distribution Kevin Dunn would be departing the company after over 40 years at his own request.
While the report stated that the news was ‘not so much shocking’ within the company due to his previous reported intention to not work for anyone other than Vince McMahon; a different report from Fightful Select noted that it did in fact take several WWE talent by surprise.
Now, in a follow-up to the story, once again by Johnson of PWInsider, an internal email has been revealed to have been sent by Nick Khan to WWE’s employees.
In the message Khan confirms Dunn’s departure and reveals that an in-person meeting will be taking place with the company’s media team ahead of tonight’s Monday Night Raw (January 1).
Khan wrote:
After 40+ years of helping to build WWE and, hands down, the best production and media unit in the entire sports and entertainment business, Kevin Dunn, will be leaving our company as of today.
Before WrestleMania 1, Kevin joined Vince at WWF. Many of us remember a pre-WrestleMania WWF – a regional wrestling company that looked like a regional wrestling company.
Then we experienced WrestleMania 1, whether live, on closed circuit or years later elsewhere. It was magic. A regional wrestling company had become a global sports entertainment juggernaut.
Vince led the way, side by side with Kevin Dunn. When many of us were kids standing in line waiting to play Pac-Man, Kevin was already on the road breaking his back to help build our company.
When you see our product now, there is nothing that comes close to its look or feel – 52 weeks a year, three to four times a week.
It is singular and truly special. No other company can or will do that, and that is because of Kevin and our media team’s hard work, smarts and determination.
We are forever grateful to Kevin. He will always be a part of the WWE family.
Paul and I will be having an in-person meeting with the media team at Raw in San Diego today at 12:00p PT and with our Superstars at 12:30p PT.
We look forward to seeing many of you there – and we look forward to crushing 2024 together with all of you.
Nick Khan
While no details are given on a potential successor to Dunn in Khan’s email, Fightful Select reported that the belief from some within the company is that there would likely not be a singular successor to Dunn; with his responsibilities split between many instead.
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