Head Writer Let Go

[The Ultimate Nullifier]

WWE's latest head writer Jay Gibson was cut by WWE CEO Vince McMahon over the weekend.

Sources believe the change was made on Friday, which would have been the day after WWE released 11 talent as part of the first wave of internal changes.

Monday's Raw was the first WWE TV show without Gibson, which led to more of McMahon's fingerprints on Raw, including his brand of humor that included a spiked coffee, a bathroom scene, and multiple vomiting on recurring target Vickie Guerrero.

Overall, McMahon is spearheading changes to reduce payroll as part of the fall-out from underwhelming initial results for WWE Network and a disappointing TV contract renewal with NBC Universal.

[The Ultimate Nullifier]

Vince McMahon recently cut RAW head writer Jay Gibson. This release was not believed to have been budgetary like the other releases. Even though WWE cut their head writer, it's not as significant as it sounds and there likely won't be a major change in TV direction.
The Wrestling Observer noted that Gibson had been with WWE for about 5 months and basically organized writers to work on different angles and different Superstars, as opposed to actually writing himself. It was said that Gibson had very little knowledge of the WWE product and that was made apparent when he was asked his opinion on some things.