McMahon, WWE Sanctioned Over Deleted Texts: Delaware Brief

May 28, 2026, 12:03 PM UTC

Vince McMahon Sanctioned for Deleted Texts

“Langis” is right up there with “stickler” for things you probably never want a Delaware Chancery Court judge to notice that you said in your position as CEO.

The single-word text message is “Signal” spelled backward. If you didn’t get that right away, don’t feel badly — Vince McMahon didn’t either, in a 2023 text exchange with Nick Khan, who was CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment at the time.

Vice Chancellor J. Travis Laster, however, understood what Khan meant: The conversation should proceed on a more ephemeral messaging platform, where communications can ...

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