Triple H's Role In 2026 WWE Wrestlers Releases Revealed
WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H is the primary decision-maker behind WWE's recent wave of talent releases, as per new report. The April 25 cuts saw a handful of wrestlers let go, including The Wyatt Sicks, Aleister Black, Kairi Sane, and Zelina Vega.
Triple H Has Final Say on Roster Decisions
Many fans initially speculated that TKO Group Holdings executives like Ari Emanuel or WWE President Nick Khan were behind the firings. However, Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer clarified that the assumption is incorrect.
"Nobody above Levesque is saying who to cut. Maybe [WWE President] Nick Khan, maybe not," Meltzer reported.
"Ari Emanuel isn't sitting there saying we have to fire Zelina [Vega] and Kairi. By and large the decision maker, for good or for bad, here is Paul. It's like in other years where people blamed this person or that person when the decision was 100 percent Vince [McMahon]."
Meltzer highlighted that TKO is not ordering specific cuts.
"There's not a chance TKO is ordering who to cut," he stated. "It is possible they've got an unofficial salary cap and Levesque as the manager has to keep the number below that."
According to Meltzer, Nick Khan likely handles salary totals, while Triple H makes the key personnel decisions.
"Most likely the salary total would be a Khan decision, and as far as the key in the personnel decision, that's Levesque although Khan having input and others having input is likely," he explained.
Meltzer compared the current structure to Vince McMahon's tenure.
"It's like Vince would consult with a few people but at the end, it was Vince's call, not evil Jim Ross or evil Johnny Ace or evil JJ Dillon," he said.
The April 25 releases mark one of the largest single-day cuts in recent WWE history. Triple H now faces the task of reshaping the roster while managing budget constraints from TKO.
