Triple H welcomes fans to ‘new era’ at WWE WrestleMania 40
WWE is embracing that the company is in a new era.
At the start of WrestleMania 40 night one on Saturday, Paul “Triple H” Levesque made an appearance in front of the Philadelphia crowd. WWE’s Chief Content Officer welcomed the audience to WrestleMania – and he also welcomed them to a new era.
“Man, I live for this,” Levesque said after making his entrance. “Welcome to a new time. Welcome to a new era. Welcome to WrestleMania.”
This is the first time in history that Vince McMahon has had no involvement with WrestleMania. McMahon resigned from WWE and its parent company TKO Group Holdings this January following the sexual abuse allegations made against him in Janel Grant’s lawsuit. The lawsuit was filed against McMahon, WWE, and John Laurinaitis.
A new version of WWE’s “Then. Now. Forever. Together” signature open also made its debut at WrestleMania 40.
Levesque said leading into WrestleMania that he believes WWE is currently in the midst of another “white-hot” era like the Attitude Era. It’s an era that Levesque thinks is just beginning.
Cody Rhodes has suggested “The Renaissance Era” as the tagline for this period in WWE. Rhodes filed a trademark for that term on April 3.
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