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title: "John Laurinaitis On Administrative Leave, Bruce Prichard Named Interim Head Of Talent Relations"
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published: "2022-06-21T04:06:08Z"
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# John Laurinaitis On Administrative Leave, Bruce Prichard Named Interim Head Of Talent Relations

**UPDATE – Some news on the backstage reaction to the decision to have Bruce Prichard step in for John Laurinaitis has been revealed – [read more here](https://wrestletalk.com/news/wwe-reaction-bruce-prichard-interim-head-of-talent-relations/).**

Development in the ongoing backstage turmoil surrounding John Laurinaitis a report confirms that talent has been informed about his status.

According to a report from Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful, they are reporting that talent were informed that Bruce Prichard is now interim Head of Talent Relations as John Laurinaitis was placed on administrative leave.

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This comes on the heels of reports that [Laurinaitis was not at tonight’s WWE Raw taping](https://wrestletalk.com/news/john-laurinaitis-status-raw-revealed/), after also being absent for Friday’s SmackDown taping after the release of the Wall Street Journal article detailing the [ongoing investigation into Vince McMahon](https://wrestletalk.com/news/vince-mcmahon-appears-wwe-raw/) by the WWE Board of Directors.

You can stay up to date with all of the breaking news at WrestleTalk.com

> Fightful can confirm that talent were informed that Bruce Prichard is now interim Head of Talent Relations. John Laurinaitis was placed on administrative leave.
>
> — Sean Ross Sapp of Fightful.com (@SeanRossSapp) [June 21, 2022](https://twitter.com/SeanRossSapp/status/1539094309324173312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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