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Although a few weeks have passed, Vince McMahon's resounding retirement still echoes in the air. The 77-year-old announced his farewell to WWE on July 22, after being overwhelmed by a series of fairly heavy accusations. Not surprisingly, his right-hand man John Laurinaitis was also forced to pack.
In fact, from an investigation by the Wall Street Journal, it emerged that Vince gave $3 million to a former employee with whom he had had an extramarital affair. Subsequently, it was discovered that several women had been 'silenced' with agreements of the same type (for a total of nearly 20 million dollars).
Vince's place was taken by his daughter Stephanie and Nick Khan, while Triple H was put in charge of the creative team. The Game has already given its creative touch to the shows and has favored the return to the company of several stars who had been released.
In the latest edition of 'Smack Talk' on Sportskeeda, Dutch Mantell expressed some doubts about recent events involving WWE.
Dutch Mantell on Vince McMahon's saga
"As I said some time ago, I believe that Nick Khan's entry into the company was aimed at propitiating Vince McMahon's departure," said Dutch Mantell.
“Second, I wonder how the Wall Street Journal got all those details. Who leaked them? I doubt that it was someone from the inside. Suddenly all those details were leaked, the Wall Street Journal released them and the story became gigantic.
At some point, the pressure became too great even for someone like Vince and he resigned. For me there is something strange" - he added. A few days ago, Chris Jericho commented on Vince's retirement: “The consequences of his farewell will not be seen immediately, it will take time.
My thinking is that there will be pros and cons. To become aware of the latter, it will take six months or perhaps even a year”. Former WWE manager Dutch Mantell is against the idea of SmackDown Superstar Ludwig Kaiser breaking away from Gunther and turning babyface.
"They don't have any heels. They got Roman, that's it. They need another one. I don't know who he would work with if he was a babyface," Mantell claimed. "If they're gonna separate Gunther and his little protégé, I won't like that move because where is the little protégé gonna go? It just doesn't make sense.
They don't have any heels. They got Roman, that's it. They need another one. I don't know who he would work with if he was a babyface," Mantell claimed," Mantell said.