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announced Friday.Stephanie McMahon, Vince’s daughter who took a leave of absence last month from her role as the company’s chief marketing officer, will serve as interim CEO and chairman.

Vince McMahon has “voluntarily stepped back” from his responsibilities as WWE CEO and chairman while the board of directors investigates claims of misconduct against the exec, the company said Friday.The board of WWE has launched an investigation into allegations that McMahon offered a $3 million settlement to a former female employee with whom he had an affair, according to a detailed investigative report Wednesday by the Wall Street Journal.WWE said Stephanie McMahon, Vince’s daughter, will assume the role of interim CEO and interim chairwoman. She comes back to the company after last month announcing a leave of absence as WWE’s chief brand officer to “focus on my family.”Vince McMahon will retain his role and responsibilities related to WWE’s creative content during the investigation and remains “committed to cooperating with the review underway,” the company said Friday.

Vince McMahon, the driving force behind the WWE and the company’s chairman and CEO, is stepping aside pending an investigation into “alleged executive misconduct” by a special committee of the board of directors.

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Let’s get ready to … focus on what matters. After decades of working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), executive Stephanie McMahon intends to take time away from her corporate role.

Stephanie McMahon is taking a leave of absence from her role as chief brand officer of WWE.

wrote on Twitter. “WWE is a lifelong legacy for me and I look forward to returning to the company that I love after taking this time to focus on my family.”As of tomorrow, I am taking a leave of absence from the majority of my responsibilities at WWE.

WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, a former wrestler and daughter of the entertainment empire founders, announced Thursday she’s taking a leave of absence.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterStephanie McMahon has announced she will be taking a leave of absence from WWE.“As of tomorrow, I am taking a leave of absence from the majority of my responsibilities at WWE,” McMahon wrote on Twitter. “WWE is a lifelong legacy for me and I look forward to returning to the company that I love after taking this time to focus on my family.”McMahon currently serves as chief brand officer of WWE.

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WWE. On Friday, the 52-year-old wrestler, who was born Paul Michael Levesque, announced that due to recent health issues, he's decided to get out of the game. Levesque, who made his WWE debut in 1995 and is a 14-time world champion, went into heart failure last September following a bout with viral pneumonia.«I will never wrestle again,» Levesque, who is also an executive vice president with WWE, told Stephen A.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBefore the in-ring action kicked off at Survivor Series at the Barclays Center on Sunday night, WWE hosted an upfront presentation for advertisers that laid out the company’s wide appeal with audiences.“We have massive reach and broad distribution available in over 900 million homes, 180 countries, 28 languages, and — in a non-pandemic era — over 500 live events [per year],” said Stephanie McMahon, WWE’s chief brand officer.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterWWE is getting back on the road with a bang.The sports entertainment giant is set to begin hosting regular live events across the country with fans in attendance for the first time in over a year starting on July 16 with a 25 city tour schedule set to run through Labor Day.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe WWE learned a lot about the ties that bind with its fans during the pandemic.The return of live audiences to WWE events with the “WrestleMania 37” event in Tampa, Fla., in early April was moment of celebration, for fans and for the league, WWE chief brand officer Stephanie McMahon tells Variety‘s “Strictly Business” podcast.“To see the tears in the eyes of our fans — I got goosebumps,” she says.

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By Variety Staff

While most of the entertainment and live event industries have shut down of late, WWE has forged ahead with its weekly TV programming amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Having relocated their shows to the WWE Performance Center in Orlando, the company is embracing new measures to protect talent and crew members from the virus.