WWE senior VP Patrick Dooley exits after eight‑year tenure

Patrick Dooley, WWE’s senior vice president of Global Strategy & Creative Operations, left the company quietly in July after more than eight years with the organization. He had risen from director of global strategy in 2018 to the SVP role in 2023 and was widely regarded as the "number two" to Paul "Triple H" Levesque on non‑creative business matters. Dooley was instrumental in negotiating the Lucha Libre AAA partnership with Fox Latin America and other media deals.

His departure was reported by PWInsider and confirmed during the post‑SummerSlam period, amid a series of budget‑related exits following the TKO takeover of WWE. No formal announcement was made and Dooley’s LinkedIn profile has not been updated to reflect the change.