Another familiar name behind the scenes is no longer with WWE. Gavin O’Shea, who had been with the company for 25 years and served as Director of TV Production since 2020, announced on LinkedIn that he has lost his job in the wake of the company’s latest round of cuts.
O’Shea’s departure adds to a sweeping post-WrestleMania 42 reset that has already seen roughly 25 in-ring talents released, including Aleister Black, Zelina Vega, Kairi Sane, the Motor City Machine Guns, and the entire Wyatt Sicks faction. The behind-the-scenes side of the business is clearly being trimmed as well, and O’Shea’s exit is one of the most prominent on the production side to surface publicly.
In his own words, O’Shea framed the news with a mix of candor and forward-looking optimism. He wrote that after 25 years he had “seen, heard and experienced it all,” noting that he had grown up at WWE, built friendships there, and learned the craft on the job. He acknowledged how unsettling it can be when a job tied to one’s identity suddenly changes, calling the moment “humbling… and honestly, a little scary.”
O’Shea also outlined the lessons he’s taking from the experience: that a job is something you do rather than who you are, that setbacks can open the door to better opportunities, and that resilience is a skill built through tough moments rather than just a buzzword. He said he plans to use the time to reflect, reset, and refocus on what he wants from his next chapter, expressing gratitude for colleagues and the support he has already received. He closed the post by inviting his network to reach out with opportunities or simply to connect.
O’Shea’s tenure spanned multiple eras of WWE television, from the tail end of the Attitude Era through the Ruthless Aggression years, the PG era, the brand split’s various iterations, and the company’s recent transition under TKO Group Holdings. Television production at WWE is a famously demanding operation, and a quarter-century in that environment is rare.
WWE has not issued a public statement on the production-side cuts.
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