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The Stylin', Profilin' WWE
Takeover speculation is back, but is Vince McMahon ready to sell his wrestling empire?
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Can you smell what the WWE is cooking?
It may have been years since the spandex-wearing likes of Hulk Hogan and The Rock were the main event, but World Wrestling Entertainment isn't even close to tapping out. And so the $1.4 billion franchise has been and still is a hot takeover candidate for which acquirers can only watch and wait -- until chairman, CEO, controlling shareholder and wrestler himself, Vince McMahon, is ready to sell. Let's just say a deal could be no Montreal Screwjob, as any change in ownership would need the 70-year-old's blessing, and it's unclear whether he's ready to give it.