TKO Looking To 'Move Past' Vince McMahon-Created PLEs

The vast majority of PLEs under the current WWE banner were named and created under Vince McMahon’s WWE rule. For instance, 2025 featured Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, WrestleMania, Backlash, Money In The Bank, Night Of Champions, Evolution, SummerSlam, and Crown Jewel, all of which first emanated under the previous regime. 

However, 2025 has also seen Clash In Paris and Wrestlepalooza; two new additions to the WWE calendar that were not used under Vince McMahon’s ruling. According to TKO President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Shapiro, these decisions have been made under a conscious effort to move on from some of Vince McMahon’s PLE marketing, revealing so in an interview on The Main Event with Andrew Marchard. 

“And yet, they’re open to new ideas. They never seem exhausted. They’re ready to take on a new shot, a new risk, a new opportunity. ‘Hey, Nick, let’s talk about launching a new event.’ Right now, a lot of our PLEs were created by Vince McMahon. We need to get in the business of taking that torch and moving past that, and Nick (Khan) and Triple H created Wrestlepalooza, which is the launch event for our new ESPN deal, which did incredibly well and may turn into a superfranchise. Not to mention from a merch standpoint, I don’t need to tell you, securing the I.P. rights and then selling merch at Wrestlepalooza, let’s just say it was a real winner…”

Shapiro also recently commented on Vince McMahon’s pricing of tickets, criticising the lower price that WWE sold them for previously. Reports circulated over the last couple of weeks, despite these attempts to move past McMahon, that he could possibly be present at John Cena’s retirement match. 

H/T Fightful