In July of last year, shortly after taking a leave of absence from WWE, Stephanie McMahon returned to the company and took over from Vince, who had seemingly retired.
However, he would make his return at the backend of last year, something that lead to Stephanie once again leaving the company.
Since then, the company has been sold to Endeavor for 21 billion dollars, and Stephanie has not been involved in any of the promotion of the sale.
Speaking to Bill Simmons on the Bill Simmons podcast, WWE President Nick Khan was asked about Stephanie’s decision.
“She decided to step away. Initially, she was on leave of absence, some of the Vince stuff started to happen, he stepped out for a moment. She was asked by Vince, by myself, by the board, to come back. She came back, which we were extremely gracious for her in doing so. Ultimately, when Vince came back, she decided she was ready to go and step out. I respected the decision, I wish she hadn’t done that, and she knows that from me personally, she’s a terrific executive and a terrific person. That’s her decision, her relationship with Vince is theirs and when she made it, I have full respect for the decision,” he said.
When asked if Stephanie may potentially return, Khan replied, “I don’t know what the future holds, but with Vince as the Chairman of the company, Paul [Stephanie’s husband Paul Levesque aka Triple H] the head of creative, me in the role that I’m in, if Stephanie wanted to do something with WWE, WWE would embrace that, the WWE Universe would embrace that. I think she’s enjoying some time off. After grinding hard, as she grinded hard, take a few months off. She still has school-aged children, she and Paul do, I think she’s enjoying herself.”
Nick Khan
We will have to wait and see if Stephanie will ever make her way back to the company in the future.
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