Kevin Dunn, one of Vince McMahon’s most trusted employees and one of the most influential people behind the scenes after decades with the company, recently gave his notice to WWE, which WWE President Nick Khan confirmed this morning.
Dunn had been in charge of WWE programming’s TV production for many years. Dunn’s influence had dwindled over the last year or so, with McMahon no longer in charge.
The departure was due to internal changes implemented since TKO took over following the merger. According to one source, Dunn was “never going to do anything that was dictated” to him. He also did not want to change the production style from how he saw it.
Khan sent the following email to employees this morning:
“After 40+ years of helping to build WWE and, hands down, the best production and media unit in the entire sports and entertainment business, Kevin Dunn, will be leaving our company as of today.
Before WrestleMania 1, Kevin joined Vince at WWF. Many of us remember a pre-WrestleMania WWF – a regional wrestling company that looked like a regional wrestling company. Then we experienced WrestleMania 1, whether live, on closed circuit or years later elsewhere. It was magic. A regional wrestling company had become a global sports entertainment juggernaut. Vince led the way, side by side with Kevin Dunn. When many of us were kids standing in line waiting to play Pac-Man, Kevin was already on the road breaking his back to help build our company.
When you see our product now, there is nothing that comes close to its look or feel – 52 weeks a year, three to four times a week. It is singular and truly special. No other company can or will do that, and that is because of Kevin and our media team’s hard work, smarts and determination.
We are forever grateful to Kevin. He will always be a part of the WWE family.”
