World Wrestling Entertainment communications chief Robert Zimmerman has left the company after three-plus years.
“He has stepped down and no replacement has been named,” WWE spokesman Kevin Hennessy told O’Dwyer’s.
Zimmerman was senior VP of corporate communications, media relations and public affairs for the publicly traded professional wrestling juggernaut, handling the company’s unique position as a target by opponents in the campaigns of former CEO Linda McMahon, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat in Connecticut.
[McMahon got a lift last month when a federal judge tossed a lawsuit against her by the widow of a WWE performer who said the company used her late husband’s image without permission.]
Prior to joining the company in 2008, Zimmerman held top agency posts at Middleberg Communications, DKC, Edelman and The Lippin Group, as well as a stint as VP at Fox News.
WWE in late March brought in a new senior VP of marketing, Brian Flinn, from the National Basketball Association. He works under CMO Michelle Wilson, who took that title last year oversees PR among several functions.