McMahon had been cagey about his involvement in creative after the announced merger between WWE and UFC. McMahon answered “yes and no” to the question of whether he’d be involved in WWE Chief Content Officer Paul “Triple H” Levesque’s creative direction, noting that he wasn’t able to be as “in the weeds” as he was before his initial retirement in June of last year. While McMahon couldn’t confirm whether he would or wouldn’t get involved in the company’s creative direction, he was adamant that his in-ring character was “dead” and would no longer wrestle in the promotion.