Longtime WWE Executive Leaves the Company

WWE has gone through a significant amount of changes since TKO took control. The company's merger with the UFC ushered in a brand-new era, and now someone who was there through that transition is gone.

WWE recently saw the departure of John Porco, a longtime executive who had been with the company since June 1999. Porco's exit adds to WWE's ongoing organizational changes following Vince McMahon's resignation earlier this year, with Justin Scalise stepping in as the new Executive Vice President of Live Events.

PW Insider has reported that WWE experienced a significant departure as a longtime executive, John Porco, left the company last month. It seems that we are just now hearing about this departure.

Porco had been with WWE since June 1999, initially serving as a Public Relations Coordinator before transitioning to roles in the live events department. He was Senior Vice President of Live Events Marketing. He was named EVP of Live Events in May 2022. They already have the position covered.

With Justin Scalise stepping in as the new Executive Vice President of Live Events, WWE continues to navigate organizational changes in the wake of corporate restructuring and leadership shifts.

The departure of Porco adds to the ongoing turnover within WWE, particularly after Vince McMahon's resignation earlier this year amid legal issues. McMahon's heinous actions were outed in Janel Grant's lawsuit, and he left the company after Slim Jim pulled their sponsorship prior to the 2024 Royal Rumble event.

Mr. McMahon was also scrubbed from memory on WWE 2K24. He was blurred out, or cut entirely. Now, we will have to see how the company continues from this point on.

There was no allusion in the report about Porco's exit that he had anything to do with the terrible allegations against Mr. McMahon. His exit, following Kevin Dunn's in December, is another longtime departure from someone who spent a majority of their tenure in WWE under Vince McMahon's watch.