Declan McMahon praises his family.
Declan McMahon, the son of Shane McMahon, is currently playing football at Indiana, but he has aspirations of being in the family business.
Vince McMahon, Declan's grandfather, helped bring wrestling to the mainstream and remains involved in WWE operations, which is now part of TKO.
Speaking to Developmentally Speaking, Declan was asked about his future after football.
"I really don't know. I've got a lot of time to think about that. I'm working in the Kelley School of Business. I'm working on getting my degree in business management. I would love to shadow my grandfather, my dad, and my uncle, and just see how the business is run when I have the time to be able to fully commit to it. I would love to run other businesses and things like that that I'm interested in, but I'm really one of those guys that kind of goes where the wind takes you, and like I said, I've got a lot of times to think about it, but whenever the opportunity presents itself, I'll capitalize on it to my fullest ability," he said.
Asked about the benefit of learning from Vince, Shane, and Triple H, Declan said, "I've truly been blessed with the family that I'm in. My grandfather is one of the most renowned businessmen in American history. Taking a company that pretty much declared bankruptcy and went out of business, and buying it back, and having that vision, playing to the market has been incredible."
He continued, "I can't think of anybody smarter than my dad. My dad originally wanted to buy the UFC when it was very low and a lot of people turned it down, my grandfather included. [They] turned it down because it was a different market and it wasn't really a big thing back then, but my dad saw the vision and my dad sees his visions all the time. My dad wanted to invest in Disney and in a bunch of other companies. He truly sees the market in a way that I've never seen anybody else do. He's so smart and I feel like people don't always give him the credit for it that he deserves because a lot of the things that he does, obviously are behind the scenes, right? You know, you don't always see the work that goes in and the time that he puts in, but fans are so quick to jump on his last match or his quad injury, whatever. Everybody instantly goes to, like, 'Oh, you should retire' Rather than appreciating the fact that he's still doing it and the genius behind it. Being able to learn from my dad and my grandfather would be absolutely incredible, and learning from Paul [Paul Levesque aka Triple H], you know, he's just so knowledgeable about the business, about creative. It'd be really great."
Unlike Triple H and Vince, who are still involved in WWE business, Shane is involved in other business ventures.
Elsewhere during the interview, Declan discussed Shane's recovery from his torn quad. You can find his full comments by clicking here.
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