Dunn, who held the post of Executive Producer & Chief, Global Television Distribution, informed WWE around Christmas week he was exiting after more than three decades with the company. We are told that a big factor in his decision to retire is changes made internally post-Endeavor acquisition and as one source stated, that Dunn was “never going to do anything that was dictacted” to him, as opposed to how he personally oversaw production in the past. We are told this was not an issue of creative but two differing versions of how things should be run from a TV production perspective as WWE’s new owner seeks to cut costs.

… See link for full story, this is truly the end of an era.

  • ImADifferentBird@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    10 months ago

    Wow. Guess TKO really did just kick Vince upstairs while giving him no real power over the product.

    I remember how we all fucking hated Dunn’s production style and his creative sensibilities back in the day, but I haven’t really been following WWE pretty much since the Saudi Arabia deal was signed. Is him leaving still something to be celebrated, or did he actually get better over the last few years?