Bill DeMott On WWE’s New Regime: There Will Be More Opportunities For Talent Now

Bill DeMott discusses WWE’s regime change.

Bill Demott discusses WWE’s regime change.

WWE has been under new management in recent months; Vince McMahon retired on July 22, and Triple H was named the head of WWE creative on July 25. He was later elevated to Chief Content Officer. Shortly thereafter, Shawn Michaels was promoted to senior vice president of talent development creative.

In an interview with T.J. Stephens of PWMania.com, DeMott, who worked for the company for several years as a road agent and trainer, shared his thoughts on Michaels running NXT. He noted that he expects there to be more opportunities for the talent now because they will have the chance to grab the proverbial brass ring.

“There’s gonna be opportunities now, especially with Shawn, running the Performance Center and part of talent and all that and Brian and everybody else who’s there, Matt Bloom and everyone else there. That’s the biggest thing that is going to happen. There’s been a lot of talk about, well, you, there’s opportunity to grab the brass ring, and you’ve heard a lot of people say that brass ring doesn’t exist. Well, I think Paul found it. He’s put it in front of everybody’s face, and he’s gonna give everyone an opportunity. And it’s just, I think, I hope it goes back to when you had to prove yourself and get things done. And I think the beauty part is you don’t have to prove yourself in one night and be judged by that you’re gonna get an opportunity to not just deal with the numbers or the ratings, but let’s see who you are, what you can do and how you can relate to this new product, but I think I’m excited. I was excited that Paul was the person taking over. I wasn’t excited to hear how it happened,” DeMott said.

Likewise, DeMott commented on Triple H’s new role as the head of WWE creative. He recalled how, while he was working for the company, Triple H told him about his vision for the company. DeMott noted that nobody could have predicted McMahon’s exit would have happened this way, but now that Triple H is in charge, he has he chance to make his vision a reality. 

“I don’t think anybody saw it coming the way it happened. But first of all glad that, that Paul’s healthy and feeling good where he can now, this is his journey, there’s that word passion, like this guy is wrestling. And his best interest is in the business and in the WWE. So I think we’re going to keep seeing the the building of the company, but I don’t think the structure is going to change, I think, you know, Vince laid out a format that if anybody’s been with him long enough, could follow it and improve on it. And I think that’s what Hunter is doing. I think he’s taking the vision that he had, and we were working with in developmental at the time and building the PC and building the NXT brand, and the opportunities that are that were happening, you’re going to see a lot more of that. And then you’re going to see an opportunity for some of the guys and girls that haven’t been featured to now step up. And I think that’s the biggest thing,” DeMott said.

Dolph Ziggler recently stated that Triple H is “the guy” to lead WWE. Check out his comments here.