MVP has commented on WWE’s management change and how it led to him leaving the company.
The Hurt Syndicate member appeared on Drop the Heat recently and said that he told WWE he wasn’t going to re-sign because of the new management that was in place. His WWE contract expired in August, and he debuted on AEW programming the following month.
MVP said:
“I didn’t want to re-sign and I let it be known that I wasn’t going to re-sign because the new management in place. Anytime, I don’t care where you work, whatever you do for a living, when new management comes in, it’s good for some people and not good for other people. New people come in, old people go. So I just felt that it was definitely time to go because the new management just wasn’t for me and I ain’t for him.”
WWE’s management structure was in flux from Vince McMahon’s initial “retirement” in July 2022 through his return to the company in January 2023 and, ultimately, his resignation from TKO Group Holdings in January 2024.
Earlier this summer, MVP was critical of Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s decision not to reform the Hurt Business upon his taking WWE’s creative reigns.
“Triple H had the power to fix it. He chose not to. Go figure,” he wrote in a series of Instagram replies.
MVP would later clarify that he does not feel Levesque is racist but does take issue with how he books people of color.
“It made the rounds that MVP said that Triple H was racist. I never said that word. I never said that. Now, my opinion about how he looks at talent of color, that’s a different conversation. But I never said the man was racist,” he said during a virtual autograph signing with K&S Wrestlefest.
It could be a big week on Dynamtie for MVP and The Hurt Syndicate. Bobby Lashley is scheduled to appear on the show, while Lashley’s Full Gear opponent, Swerve Strickland, is scheduled for a match against Lio Rush. MVP previously gave his business card to Rush, and it appears he is considering joining the faction.