Report: WWE Executive Fired Following WrestleMania 30 Merchandise Debacle

August 27, 2014

According to The Wrestling Observer, Alan Rebhun, WWE’s Vice President of Venue Merchandising and Operations, was fired following mismanagement of the concessions at WrestleMania 30.

Rebhun was released from WWE shortly after WrestleMania 30 after he hired a vending company, which previously went bankrupt twice, to handle concessions at the PPV. The concessions were said to be poorly staffed and very disorganized, and to add insult to injury there was a large sum of money missing at the end of the weekend.

Rebhun’s tenure with WWE was not all bad, however, as he was credited with increasing the t-shirt price from $25 to $30, which helped increase WWE’s per-cap merchandise numbers. Those figures have fallen since Rebhun was released.

Additionally, Rebhun was responsible for having the WWE crew travel with loads of merchandise, as opposed to pay for drop shipping of the merch at every venue. WWE has since resumed using drop shipping and the costs are said to be a ridiculous amount.

Nick was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, and lived there until the age of 18, when he decided to pack his flack jacket and move to New York City.

Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

Inspiration in his life has come from many people including his family, Woody Allen, Steven Spielberg, Jack Nicholson, The Beatles, and of course, Lassie.