By Wade Keller, PWTorch editor

-As first reported in this week's new PWTorch Newsletter (now available in a text version within our iPhone/iPad app for VIP members), one of the reasons Brian Gewirtz was relieved of his duties was that his replacement, Eric Pankowski, had really impressed Vince McMahon and earned his trust over the last eight months since he was hired. Also, Pankowski is considered "a Triple H guy." Meanwhile, as has been reported, Gewirtz had been working a lot from home lately, hadn't been on the road much at all, and was only in the office a few days a week. While just a couple years ago Gewirtz was considered as close to McMahon and as trusted by McMahon as anyone besides family and Kevin Dunn, he has fallen out of favor since.

-Also of note, Vince McMahon went on a tear before Raw on Monday, but in the midst of all of that, there is a buzz because one prominent wrestler fired back at Vince and didn't hold back. Details are sketchy because so few people were in the room, but PWTorch has learned that at least one powerful player in WWE let Vince know that he is a big part of the problem and blaming others and trying to intimidate people into fearing his wrath doesn't change that fact.

-A broad overview of the entire creative shake up with even more details including the current hierarchy is all part of this week's PWTorch Newsletter (coming in at over 22,000 words), packed with Keller's newsletter-exclusive in-depth stories on the C.M. Punk fan incident, the WWE creative shake-up and Vince's meltdown, and Hulk Hogan's sex tape scandal that is just getting started, plus exclusive staff columns and Keller's newsletter-exclusive TV reports with extensive analysis of Raw, Impact, and Smackdown. To sign up and gain access online on the web and now within our new VIP section of our free App, click link below:

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