WWE Chief Content Officer Triple H recently paid tribute to WWE’s international touring manager Davey Coates, who has passed away. Coates was instrumental in setting up WWE’s international shows.
Coates monitored and helped in setting up all WWE international shows, both large and small. He also worked extensively with NXT UK and at the UK Performance Center.
Triple H’s Tribute to Davey Coates
Triple H shared a photo of himself with Coates from 30 years ago. He posted on X:
Learned of the sad news of Davey Coates passing. Davey was @WWE’s international touring manager and was largely responsible for making all international shows, large and small happen. He ensured our wrestling rings got to the most remote corners of the world, our backstage ran smoothly and always took great care and personal pride in assisting our NXT UK talent at the “UK Performance Centre.
Former NXT GM William Regal also paid tribute to Davey:
I’m beyond deeply saddened to hear my close friend and colleague Davey Coates has passed. We’ve been on tour with WWE for 20+ years in over 20 countries. We shared the same interests in British sub cultures and music. We laughed harder than anyone has the right to. We’ve shared our closest moments that we couldn’t tell anyone else. We both knew that we had charmed lives because of our work that we would never of had without it and both could have ended up going down a wrong path in our teens and later life. My deepest condolences to Henry and Davey’s friends and family. I’ll miss you forever.x
The passing of Davey Coates marks the loss of a behind-the-scenes figure whose work helped bring WWE events to fans across the globe. Our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to Coates’ family, friends, and everyone in the WWE community during this difficult time.
