The reality is that he’s the only one high enough to know about it, and the one with the most to gain from Vince leaving. Notice that there were no stories from the early 90s that came out. Only stuff from 2005-present, which is the time frame when he had power. No one else who’s been with the company that long had as much to gain from Vince being gone. Not dunn, not Pritchard, obviously not Johnny Ace. The company was going to Steph, which meant that HHH would be the booker in charge no matter what Vince had to say about it.