— With Lio Rush managing Bobby Lashley and Drake Maverick alongside the Authors of Pain, the “anti-manager sentiment” that Vince McMahon had for a long time appears to have disappeared after the success experienced by Paul Heyman and Brock Lesnar.

— Since McMahon is no longer against managers in general, there have been discussions about bringing in managers from the indies for potential future roles as well as also using people already under contract, in the manner that Rush and Maverick are being used in.

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