Legendary WWE boss Vince McMahon reportedly sacks his own son

WWE boss Vince McMahon reportedly fired his own son after he copped backlash for his antics at the wrestling company’s flagship event.

The boss of WWE has reportedly sacked his own son from his duties with the wrestling company.

According to Ringside News, Shane McMahon, the son of WWE’s CEO and biggest shareholder Vince, was “quietly let go” by the company after reportedly rubbing producers and performers up the wrong way at last weekend’s Royal Rumble.

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He was reportedly supposed to appear at WWE’s Elimination Chamber event in Saudi Arabia and WrestleMania 38, but those plans have now been scrapped. He will no longer be on RAW either.

Longtime wrestling reporter Dave Meltzer said Shane McMahon was “out of the company” after he copped a “lot of heat” for his role in crafting the storylines at the men’s Royal Rumble.

The report suggests McMahon wanted to book the match around himself and “buried (wrestler) Jamie Noble”.

“Vince had no choice,” a source told Ringside.

“Shane created chaos, had everyone in an uproar, p*ssed off everyone in the Rumble, openly buried other producers, and was changing things that Vince wanted.

“Vince had no other choice but to send him home.”

Vince McMahon reportedly sacked his own son.

Shane McMahon is out in the WWE wilderness.

Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp added: “Though he wasn’t listed as a producer internally for the Royal Rumble, he helped put the match together, which he’s done before in the past.

“We’re told he was integral in a lot of changes in a match that was already heavily changing as is.”

McMahon had been out of WWE for about a year before he made a surprise appearance at the Royal Rumble, entering at No. 28.

Brock Lesnar and the returning Ronda Rousey were crowned the winners of the men’s and women’s Royal Rumble, respectively.

McMahon, 52, is believed to have been on a part-time talent contract rathern than being employed by WWE as a full-time executive.

His younger sister Stephanie and her husband Paul Levesque (wrestler Triple H) both have executive roles at WWE.

Vince McMahon has been the boss of WWE for several decades and is believed to have a net worth of US$2 billion.

It’s unclear Vince told his son Shane he had been let go by delivering his famous line: “You’re fired!”.