Vince McMahon was the CEO of WWE before he had to step down following allegations of sexual misconduct and allegedly having paid $12 million in hush money in a huge scandal. He eventually retired from WWE for good and was replaced by his daughter Stephanie McMahon as the CEO of WWE. His son-in-law Triple H is now the Executive Vice President of Talent and Relations as well. Vince McMahon also lied about quitting WWE recently.
In October 2019, WWE held its annual Crown Jewel premium live event in Saudi Arabia. However, over 200 WWE personnel were left inside a plane for several hours due to an alleged mechanical issue.
However, reports later suggested that Vince McMahon was involved in a dispute over pay with Saudi officials, leading to superstars being held hostage.
On the latest episode of Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer revealed that current superstar Karl Anderson got in trouble with WWE after his wife commented on the 2019 situation on social media.
“Saudi Arabia, they were on that trip where they whatever, got held hostage, and Karl got in trouble because it was – can you imagine, this is total WWE, right? They were held hostage so Karl’s wife is concerned and trying to find word and so she goes on Twitter and she’s going like ‘what’s going on?’ and complaining as you would think that she would do when her husband’s being held hostage in Saudi Arabia and can’t come home and getting no answers or anything.
Then they come back and everyone’s called into a meeting and Karl gets yelled at because of what his wife did
