By James Caldwell, Torch assistant editor

In a major newspaper feature in the Connecticut Post today, WWE CEO Vince McMahon dropped hints of potentially scaling back on his WWE duties "over time."

"As time goes on obviously I'm going to be in retreat mode," McMahon told Brian Lockhart for the feature on McMahon.

People who have been in McMahon's inner circle have maintained that McMahon will never actually retire from wrestling, as WWE is essentially his life.

Regarding his on-air role, McMahon said he thinks it's "time to move on" from being on TV. That has been hinted at before, but McMahon has typically returned to TV, including the current Nexus angle on Raw.

"We need to move on, you know?" McMahon said. "It's important that we develop new characters and my character seems to eat up a lot of time on the show. We need to have these fresh young faces."

WWE spokesman Robert Zimmerman added: "It was Vince's intention to write himself out, and there are no plans for him to return to the ring. But since it's WWE, you never know."

Notes: Brian Lockhart has an in-depth report on McMahon in the Connecticut Post story published today. This is one aspect of the story, with the other aspect being McMahon responding to wrestler health issues and making some very outlandish statements.

-- FOLLOW-UP STORY: McMahon on Benoit, Wellness, "no drug problems at all," more.

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