AEW hires former WWE VP of global TV production

In a move that will surely influence their TV product, AEW has hired Michael Mansury, WWE’s former vice president of global TV production, to be their new senior vice president and co-executive producer.

The hiring was first reported by PWInsider who added that Mansury will begin his new job at Wednesday’s AEW Dynamite. Specific job responsibilities were not reported.

Mansury was most recently the senior VP and executive producer of global production for Asian-based MMA promotion ONE. Before that, he was an executive producer for the Pat McAfee Show.

Starting in 2009, Mansury was with WWE for 11 years and left on his own accord in May 2020. While his name is likely not familiar with most fans, his work as the director of record for many WWE pay-per-view and TV shows during his time there are.

As noted by PWInsider when they first broke the story in 2020 of Mansury leaving, he was seen by some as an eventual successor to Kevin Dunn and “seen as a big part of the Triple H regime.”