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TKO COO Mark Shapiro comments on where things stand between himself and Vince McMahon

Aaron Rift

TKO COO Mark Shapiro was interviewed by CNBC Sports and the topic of former WWE owner Vince McMahon came up. Here was the exchange between Shapiro and reporter Alex Sherman…

Sherman: “One question about Vince? He’s not a part of the company anymore. He’s sold out. Do you still hear from him at all?”

Shapiro: “I had breakfast with him a few weeks ago just to check-in. Been a long time. Haven’t heard from him at all. Obviously, the series on Nettlix came out. I wanted to see kind of where he was. By the way, he couldn’t have been more cooperative. He couldn’t have been nicer. I mean, he was a total pro at breakfast, if you will. It’s a one-on-one get-together, but he’s out of the business entirely. He doesn’t make decisions. He’s not on the board. He doesn’t opine. We don’t consult him. He’s got some litigation that he’s working through, and frankly, he wants the privacy and the time to work through it, which is great because, in the meantime, we’re going to keep building TKO and WWE, and expanding the horizon, expanding the opportunities. And by the way, he’s still a shareholder, not the shareholder he once was, but he’s still a shareholder.”

Sherman: “But he’s supportive of the direction WWE is going in and has gone?”

Shapiro: “Couldn’t have been more positive, but I wasn’t asking for his opinion.” (quotes courtesy of WrestlingNews.co)