Published: Jun 25, 2024 by Dave Adamson | Last Updated: Jun 25, 2024 by Dave Adamson
Dave has been a website writer for WrestleTalk since October 2022, having previously written for Den of Geek, among a number of wrestling, movie and television-related sites. Dave has been around the independent wrestling scene for more than a decade, including behind-the-scenes.
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On June 24, 2024, it was revealed that the Executive Vice President Chris Kaiser for WWE Television had left the company.
As reported, Kaiser’s departure came after a nine-year career in WWE, with it being noting that he had been ‘cut’ from his position.
Dave Meltzer has provided further insight into the departure on Wrestling Observer Radio, reporting:
“The deal basically is that it was one of those things, it was part of the merger, they are eliminating the post.
“They have somebody else that will be doing that job that is already hired from the UFC side most likely, but it’s an elimination of the position and that was it.”
Under TKO Group Holdings, WWE and UFC had previously merged their global partnerships team into a single unit ” providing brands with access to one of the most formidable sports marketing portfolios in the world.”
WWE and UFC have also recently merged their Live Events team “creating one of the strongest live events portfolios in all of sports and entertainment.”
The merging of business operation centres has seen the WWE Head of Corporate Social Responsibility Beth Fisher recently cut from her role.
As also reported, previously confirmed names let go earlier this week included Senior Vice President of Entertainment Relations Kristen Prouty, and Talent Operations & Appearances Manager Tavia Hartley.
In December 2023, it was reported that WWE Executive Producer & Chief, Global Television Distribution Kevin Dunn had departed the company.
It would be subsequently revealed that it was his decision to leave after more than 30 years after “Endeavor started wanting to make budget cuts to improve profitability in the department and started making decisions on the production side without relying on his opinions.”
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