LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOThese mother fuckers have no balls
>>20397403TKO absolutely fucked them lol
join the circusbecome a clown
>>20397403they 100% low balled Roman
>>20397403LA Knight bros...we're practically working for free!
>>20397403they really do need a union unironically
>>20397403>unnamed sources that cannot confirm that this was the caseAI slop is better than this
>>20397403I thought they were making record profits. Why take a pay cut when business is supposed to be doing really good?
It was Drew. He loves getting screwed over more than anyone
I remember telling the e-drones, get ready for maximum TKO exploitationThey are notorious for not paying UFC fighters jack shit and basically ruining that company's entire feel and soul.
>>20397423Kofi and Woods literally left last week because they were offered low paying TKO contracts dummy
>>20397403Seth
WWE can't afford to pay the new day lmao
>>20397403>50% of talentRetard
They should have all walked out and protested the new restructured contracts but they took it in the ass like bitches so no sympathy from me
>>20397403>one talent takes a 50 percent pay cut>op says 50 percent of roster took a pay cutdrool covered planet retard hands hammered this into their tardputer
>>20397403>50% of WWE talent >A pretty majorly pushed talent
>>20397444oh so it's even worse
I for one love WWE and love Israel so this is great news. I hope Ari becomes a trillionaire.
>>20397403It actually says a lot of talent were asked to take a 50% pay cut, not that 50% of the talent got a pay cut.So the average main roster contract is like $350k. So a lot of talent signed a contract where they are now getting 175k a year.Brutal
Record revenue but we’re asking for pay cuts?
>>20397465With Jews YOU lose
>>20397403It's Big E he was on a new day contract and now his friends are gone he is getting paid half
>>20397403>LET ME WORK WITH A 50% PAY CUT FOR YAYEAH
>>20397403I mean why wouldn’t they get their pay cut when they aren’t as over as they used too? I don’t get it, this aint a typical job, it’s sports. Once athletes are past their primes they all have their salaries slashed, let go, or phased out until their contracts run out. Whether it be the NFL, soccer or basketball this always what happens
>>20397403The ALLURE of WRESTLEMANIA BABY WOOOOOOO
>>20397459They do less than ever now without having to do House shows
>>20397424They're raising 2 billy in capital to buy back their stock, all to massively overinflate their worth. It's basically some jewish get rich quick scheme.
Doing this is the equivalent of checking your couch for spare change like they are digging the bottom of the barrel like most corporations so they can post a rise in quarterly earnings
Surprised they haven't touched the legends deals yet. You'd think those would be the first to go but the TKO folks are milking the active talent first lol
>>20397430>Kofi and Woods literally left last week because they were offered low paying TKO contracts dummyThey are retards for thinking AEW or anywhere else will throw millions at them. What WWE offered them was probably more than what they were worth
>>20397499I hope aew doesn't but I know he will
I can't wait to see how bad Summerslam will be. Wrestlemania did not have enough to fill 2 nights and they are going to do it again
saudis really did pull out KWAB
>>20397403The Miz
My guess is Punk. TKO know he will never go back to AEW so they have him by the balls.
>>20397499Tony will, why wouldn't he. This the dude that brought in Mercedes Mone of all people and treated her like a queen.
>>20397520I think they need Punk more than he needs them.
>>20397527WWE does not need Punk lol.
>>20397531Punk is one of the last few main event draws and nostalgia acts of course they do lmao
>>20397520gotta remember that Tony fired Phil 'with cause' so like legally he cant come back due to some insurance legal mumbo jumbo
>>20397499Tiny Khan is a mark faggot that'll hire people that his faggot employees tell him to hire and all these faggot gAyEW wrestlers were already begging for them the moment the news broke. Kofi and Xavier know they'll have an easier schedule for good pay and having the faggot freedom to do gay wrestling on gAyEW.
>>20397555Meds
>>20397403Legitimately why would you sign with WWE at this point? Unless you're an actual mark for the ALLURE, you know they're going to lowball you and possibly change or cut your contract because some Jew wants a line to go up faster.
>>20397403Bayley LMAO
It's very likely. The TKO jews are doing the same shit in UFC.
I work as a lighting tech. It's cm punk. He is NOT happy about it they just made a new deal when he passed his probation period with Hunter. But he has no choice he is blacklisted from roh, NJPW, cmll and aew.
>>20397561I hate AEW but if WWE and AEW offer you a contract you would be stupid not to go with AEW and take the free guaranteed money at this point
>>20397459Nobody making 300k is getting a pay cut, that's already close to the absolute minimum you need to earn to make it worthwhile ot travel the world 52 weeks a year. If you cut people at the bottom they literally can't pay for their hotels and food anymore.They just needed a few geeks who have been in the fed for a decade plus and are on 7 figures salary to take a big cut, thats what New Day refused to do.
>>20397403>50% Of WWE Talent Took A Pay Cut Last WeekGMS! It says ONE PERSON was asked to take a 50% cut you illiterate retard
>>20397578>he has no choicepeople keep saying this but Punk can retire if he wants he never planned on going back to WWE ever
>>20397579regardless of what people have said about tony, there has been not a single report of "damn he stiffed me with pay" or tried some 'restructuring' jewish tricks
This industry is so fucking done once they’re unable to stop coasting off nostalgia kek. Good riddance
>>20397585actually many were asked, but only one is confirmed to have accepted the 50% pay cut
>>20397590Instead he just keeps you off TV for two years which will make finding a job after hard
>>20397599>whining about mailbox money in THIS economy
Isn't it obvious it is Roman? He already said he isn't coming to work in June after promising that he will
This is why Fed marks like Vaquer and Monroe are less than filth and deserve zero respect
>>20397403LEMME TAKE A 50% PAYCUT FOR YA
>>20397598>he says this as he defends two DEI minstrel act wrestlers
>>20397599>will make finding a job after hardit didn't, Paul brought all these shitters in and is still holding on to many of them
>>20397403So where did the saudi blood money go, anyway?
>>20397424They are almost 5 bil in debt and have to pay it till 2030
>>20397604Two years pay is great but being unemployable after is not worth it>>20397618It does. He just let go of Black
>>20397499Kenny and Bucks absolutely love those guys, they will be paid like royalty
>>20397620Chez sucked it clean I'm afraid
>>20397548Punk was fired "with cause" to avoid paying him severance or any further monies he may have been owned after Sept.1 2023. He lost several millions he was contractually guaranteed as a result. It was the reason for the whole Tony Khan "feared for my life" public statement damage control theey put out. Onw day the truth will come out of how badly they railroaded Punk there because they wanted him gone permanently and didnt want to pay hima dollar extra he couldm have potentially sued for. They did a real good number on him locking his hands legally on the way out the door so he couldn't sue them over it.
>>20397623And is holding on to Starks, Rusev, and Fenix (who is also not on TV)
>50% of WWE Talenthi Will
>>20397491Stock buybacks are a symptom of our sick economy based on a central bank. Artificially low interest rates make it cheaper for companies to borrow money than it is to earn money through production. Companies, instead of investing in their own products, will just take out low interest loans to buy back their own shares. This technically increases earnings per share, without actually growing the business or increasing productivity.In a healthy economy with a truly free market, profits would be reinvested into the business, or paid out to shareholders in the form of dividends, instead of this focus on short term stock price growth and bonuses for the executives. Companies operating in this way is a symptom of the sick intermingling between government and big business. Ron Paul was right when he prophetically wrote End the Fed.
>>20397590Tony is a sperg, but he's not retarded. The only thing he offers any prospective employee is money, he's not going to fuck that up. The second he would try fucking someone over with money, he loses any ability to get talent, because WWE barely has a harder schedule anymore , and has the advantage in exposure, merch, and production.
>>20397626>railroaded PunkThey gave him his own show and booking power over it lmao
>>20397403but at least they get their Wrestlemania moment
I'm not a legal expert but how does this even work if you have a signed contract already?
>>20397626man i sure hope the 20 seconds of sperging out backstage was worth the loss of millions of dollars
>>20397628Of those 3 Rusev was the only one who sat the most and it shows with how underutilized he is. Fenix is a AAA guy now
>>20397421No star in wrestling wants one, is that hard to understand?
Literally why would you even sign with WWE at this point, especially if you're in your 30's>you get no opportunities outside of WWE anyway, the promised UFC / Netflix gigs are not happening>you get constantly harassed by the most retarded, mentally ill fanbase in the world>once you reach the age of 40, you're on the chopping block, WWE is a revolving door at this point>you will be asked to take a pay cut so Ari can buy a new yacht or villa in Monaco
>>20397648he took them all back immediately. What he didn't do with them after is not Tony Khan's fault, you are mentally ill
>>20397421all unions do is reduce your own pay even further so they get their cut.
>>20397643>You have 6 months left, re-sign now at a 50% reduction for 3 years or we won't re-sign you.
>>20397626sounds like Punk monumentally KWAB'd then
fucking hate these cuntsINVEST THE MONEY BACK INTO THE PRODUCTthese Jews are making off with so much money but can't have licensed music or pyro?
Honestly this looks bad for aew.
>>20397424This is what happens when glorified venture capital takes over a thing. Jews literally build nothing, they just have access to money to pay off the Vince McMahons of the world.
if they try to run WWE like UFC with lowball contracts they are in for a talent exodus.
>>20397678Maybe on planet retard. This is just yet another nail in WWEs coffin in a week where their reputation has completely tanked
>>20397666Yes and all three have lost their luster due to sitting down a lot. Rusev the worst as every angle he is in is him getting the shit beat out of him but Fenix got royally fucked not being able to debut with his brother. You are literally making my point bringing them up
>>20397638I mean specifically being able to fire him in a manner where he couldn't sue for breach of contract/ monies owed/guaranteed in the original contract. I know 'railroad' has a negative connotation to it but Punk very much deserved to be fucked over in that manner for being such a piece of shit in his final 9 months there. There is a good reason why he skply walked away with his tail tucked between his legs and made no noise publi3xly about it or tried to sue then for lost earnings/future guaranteed earnings etc. His one win was the no non-compete. Had they trued to slap that on him they wouldn't have gotten away with firing him with cause & $0 compensation/severance settlement. To reiterate, he completely deserved it
100% Kofi and/or Austin must have told TKO 'a how much PAY CUT?, where are all these record profits we keep hearing about going to then?' TKO shuffled those nigras with their release papers asap
>>20397683Its already happening...
>>20397668>all unions do is reduce your own pay even further so they get their cut.lmao. They function to limit access to your job and therefore get you paid more, retard.
Oba, Je'von and Trick will be the biggest stars in 10 years and they'll be earning less than 100k a yearRaw and Smackdown will be getting less than 500k viewersAEW will be getting less than 100k
>>20397403>look at my check, what do ya see?
>>20397678How so? It's probably someone Tony isn't interested in so they had no negotiating power. Kofi and Woods had no problem walking away
>>20397697>unions>pay moreAre you retarded?
>>20397403>WWE wrestlers are now working a hotdog and a handshakeLMAO
>>20397689>Paul is incompetent and didn't do his due diligencetoo bad
>>20397683Depends on how bad they try to lowball, and what they do with merch. Wrestlers make exponentially more money off merch than UFC guys do, so if they leave that alone guys might be ok paycuts as a trade off for the bigger star power WWE provides, which in turn lets them sell more merch. That's exactly how Vince survived in the late 90s where like 80% of the money guys were making was merch sales since he couldnt compete straight up with Turner's contracts.
>>20397586He lost most of his money in his failed UFC run and got milked by trainers for years for nothing
If only Tony got a clue and made his product appealing outside of the sicko sphere, he could be legit beating WWE by the end of the year
>>20397705>Are you retarded?Maybe I am. How are those unionized athletes in real sports doing these days?
Fake TKO leak to make offering a 25% cut to talent sound like a deal. Typical jew tricks, hope none of the wrestlers fall for it
>>20397716More like Tony keeps ruining wrestlers by keeping them off TV>>20397720He lost what, gym membership you retard? They paid him during that run
>>20397700WWE gets better the lower you go down on the tree as executives care less and less. AAA is the best show WWE has right now. NXT is the second best. They don't have Ari micromanaging the main event of their biggest show of the year.
>>20397424>Why would (((TKO))) and its president (((Ari Emanuel))) hoard so much money no matter how?
>>20397723See >>20397636It doesn't have to be like this.
>>20397723It's that Sopranos episode where they destroy the guy from Terminator 2's sporting goods store.
>“Reportedly asked”>“Allegedly did”>"The name of the talent is unknown”>“It cannot be confirmed 100% that this was the case”>“That claim”the news about Trannymite getting canceled really got to them, huh?
Unironically why would you keep doing the same job for half the pay it has Lockport chez
>>20397740Afraid so.
>>20397729Hello ESL. If you don't understand what I'm talking about them yes just imagine a UFC fighter spends years training and all they need is a 20 dollar a month local gym membership. That's what every boxer and MMA guy on earth does. Sure thing m8 great
>>20397645Money well lost. How many people in this world can say they made a billionaire fear for their life? The whole event made Tony look like a complete fool and the long term damage to AEW is really starting to show.
I have a sneaky suspicion the Saudis do not want to buy WWE anymore and now TKO is panicking and are syphoning as much money as they can from WWE until they just disband it and sell the video library
>>20397746Once again retard CM Punk didn't do that for free they paid him for his run.
even more funnier news, Alvarez on WOL just now said they are not done with talent cuts
>>20397748Hey Phil how's April ?
>>20397729>They paid him during that runUFC fighters pay for their own training camps/fight camps and medical. UFC did not pay Punk monthly for 3 years while he trained at Duke Roufus learning how to punch for real. UFC paid Punk exactly 2 times: Once for UFC 203 and again for the second fight vs the photographer at UFC 218. That's it. There is 0% chance that thise 2 paydays were even close to covering the amount of costs Punk had to pay out of pocket for literal years of training and the many injuries/surgeries he got along the way. That whole UFC run and the Amaan lawsuit drained him of his previous WWE fortune he had built up.
>>20397742The MLBPA is arguably the strongest union in the US period. The owners fucked over the players for so many goddamn years that every single player despised the owners by the time Marvin Miller got in their ear and explained to them just how stupid and easy to loophole everything was. And that's been ingrained in every single player since
>>20397636Top tier promo, lad. Luv to see a well read anon who knows his shit.
>>20397760Again they paid him so he didn't lost money. You are just talking out of your ass tranny
>>20397749My conspiracy for at least a year now is essentially the same, though yours seems more realistic
>>20397757tko finna be extra trim extra lean
>someone in wwe is a complete bitch>We all assume it's chez Kek
>>20397760kek he had to move states-with his wife, in a loft- during that time too. He invest a ton of his WWE money into it at the same time the lawsuit was draining him.
>>20397748>made a billionaire fear for their life?You do know that was a purely PR statement and total bullshit right? It was part of the strategy to be able3bto fire Punk "with cause" for breach of contract ti where he couldn't countersue for monies contractually owed to him. Some dumb motherfuckers on this website man.........
>>20397769>Again they paid him so he didn't lost money. You are just talking out of your ass tranny
>>20397459PWI insider is talking about a "majorly pushed talent". Someone like that almost certainly earns more than 350k a year. All of the top talent do.
>>20397769>Again they paid him so he didn't lost money.oh you're just a pajeet ESL retard lol
>>20397786>>20397797If your claim is he lost money during that UFC run then post actual proof with cited numbers that the run was a net loss tranny but you won't.
>>20397769The amount of money UFC paid Punk for his 2 PPV fights (those are the only 2 times he was paid, UFC fighters are not paid a monthly salary or downside guarantee like WWE wrestlers get, you dont seem to understand that) is nowhere close to being able to cover the literal years of training at Roufus sport dojo, one of the most expensive MMA training camps on Earth. He made a net loss on the UFC run. The Amaan Lawsuit also drained him. His w UFC payoffs were not enough to cover those monumental losses either. You are extremely stupid
>>20397636>>20397767Indeed, this is likely why you're paying $30 a month for ESPN Unlimited, and why there's so many commercials during WrestleMania. Again because of these artificially low interest rates, a company like ESPN is able to take on debt in order to bid for sports broadcasting rights. This artificially drives prices up for these rights, and they pass those costs onto you. They load the shows with commercials to make back the money they spent, even though they know it's costing them goodwill and probably some viewers. People don't even realize how much harm the Federal Reserve is doing in their daily lives.
>>20397802the proof is he tried to get back to WWE two years later lmao
>>20397403>"Record profits">"Record assistance">"Record sales"*Forces all talent to take pay cuts or getting fired*Pigs will find a way to defend this or to deflect it.
>>20397802>post actual proof with cited numbersYou want me to post his bank statements? Wtf is this shitDo you realise how retarded you sound right now with this cope? You think UFC fighters make a monthly salary you braindead retard. They only get paid WHEN THEY FIGHT. That's it. There is no minimum downside guarantee contracts in pro MMA like there is in pro wrestling.
>>20397811no one except for me keeps bring up how duke roufus basically swindled phil to play along in mma fantasy camp, that guy trained legit champions and clearly had some keen eye on who could cut the mustard, fact that he did it to phil twice is the cherry on top
>>20397811>>20397819>>20397822>still no proof with actual figures that it was a net lossI accept your concession tranny
>>20397802Prove he made a profit off his UFC run then.Go ahead
It was the USO’s. “Why are we paying two guys when they’re the same person!?”
>>20397785Doesn't matter dickhead, your lord and savor Tony Khan said it publicly, real fear or not.
>>20397827You are severely retarded and know nothing about MMA and it's pay structure. Stick to the fake gay play fighting for retards.You thought UFC pays monthly salaries and minimum downside guarantees. You know less than nothing about pro MMAPunk went broke trying to play pretend UFC tough guy. And yes thos guy is also right >>20397825 Punk got swindled HARD by bigger carnies than even him.You remain an ESL retard in tears
>>20397827Your heel work needs more improvement, jack
>>20397828>>20397841The initial claim made was he lost money on it. Since you can't prove it and keep saying bullshit and are now deflecting to me that is you conceding tranny and I accept it
>>20397833>your lord and savor>savorkek this ESL retard is melting down BAD
>>20397815I kinda don't see the direct link between the federal reserve and sports broadcasting rights. Can you enlighten a retarded nigga a little further on this?
>IM WINNING IN WINNING I ACCEPT YOUR CONCESSION WAAH WAAH I WIN I WIN SHUT UP WAAHA WAAAAAAHReminder eveen Moxley referenced Punk going broke on TV which really set off Mount Brooks.
>>20397853You will die while using this site.
Just put the 2 minute RAW squash match in the bag bruh
>>20397844>>20397866see previous post tranny
>>20397403I wonder who reported this dave
>>20397853When BT gets REALLY madHe types real bad
>>20397403Shitters are still way overpaid.Otis, for example: Sub 50k per year and no more access to catering.
>>20397403the factors at play:>getting pushed presumably at at least the new day’s level before woods’ injury>not a coconut>not one of HHH’s true inner circle (cody, seth, becky, charles, etc or any of their protégés/favorites)>no/relatively fewer/drastically worse options outside the company than dealing with a pay cut in WWE >not enough of a shoot self mark to leave over a big pay cutlist of possible talents this leaves>bayley>LA knight>drew mcintyre >sheamus>the miz>rey mysterio>damian priest
>>20397847You thought Punk was getting paid a monthly salary by UFC to train at Duke Roufus before he ever had a fight. IFV does not pay anyone unless they fight for them. There is no salary or base income or anything like that. UFC paid CM Punk 2 times, amd that's all. They did nit pay him 4 years worth of Training camp and surgeries and the Amaan Lawsuit draining his finances. Not even close to making up what he spent to be in UFCHe made a HUGE loss, and that is eating away at you inside right now and is why you will keep responding to me instead of accepting reality because you are a braindead retard who knows nothing about pro MMA
>>20397877>boogeyman reeeeeeeSpend less time on this site please.
They're wrestling for like 4 minutes on Raw and Smackdown each week and the rest of the remaining time are commercials. You bet your ass TKO is going to cut your pay
>>20397867gotten-to ;)
would the Miz count as a 'majorly pushed' talent? cause that guy seems like the type of person mortified of leaving the reservation and would agree to new terms without flinching
>>20397885*UFC does not pay anyone unless they fight for them. auto correct
>>20397894I think it was IYO desu. Got her husband signed now take that pay cut
>>20397403Totally not a dying company
>>20397882alexa bliss
>>20397892Not really, just tired of people attacking people for perfect grammar instead of addressing the post.
>>20397885>IFV>nit Good morning saar
>>20397890>WWE talent will have to take on hustle jobs like Lyft and Uber Eats to supplement their incomeOH SAY CAN YOU SEEEEE BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT
>>20397862A lot of the broadcasters will take on debt in order to bid for these sports rights. If they have access to easy money, it drives up the prices of these sports, which means that you'll have to pay more to cover that cost.
>>20397909Kek
>WWE superstars would rather miss out on hundreds of thousands of dollars a year than work for AEWAnd the AEW fan is ITT pretending this story is an own on WWE, LOL
>>20397624Nigerian royalty
>>20397915>you see jewish tricks are GOOD actuallyyou are revolting, worse than pig vomit
>>20397886You have 18 years here (most of it posting about your boyfriend Trevor)take your own advice BT
with record profits come record cuts, it's what the market demands so I get it, it's not even a tko/wwe specific thing every industry does this. what's record profits one year turns into stagnation in the next
i like the contrast in this thread between a sensible discussion about real world economics and the lame schizo consolewarring you'd expect out of this dump
Dump all the island coconut niggers collecting wrestling welfare because their 2nd cousins aunies friend is related to the Rock or some shit
>>20397907Waaaaaay too late >>20397900Punk lost millions trying to play pretend UFC tough guy. Cry more for me about it :)
>>20397928Record profits btw
IT'S NOT OVER
>>20397938>ESL tranny pulling shit out of his ass and lying again
>>20397906>lord and savor>perfect grammarKEK this retatd *actually* thinks the word Savior is spelt 'savor'
>>20397941the beaners not on tv nor in aaa are on borrowed time
Insider here. It was The Miz.
>>20397934>Console warYou're so easy to spot
Which faggot that'd never get hired anywhere else do you think it was, LA KWAB or the jizz?
>>20397930>Must defend man who I am not
>>20397643The terms of the contract can dictate just about anything, including the right for TKO to renegotiate payment at any time.
For Wrestlemania Night 2, WWE got like 1.5 million for the first hour of Wrestlemania which featured Brock Lesnar. I think TKO realized at that point that they got sold a lemon.This is them stripping everything in hopes of selling it to the next sucker.
>>20397479>t. can't read
>>20397965That’s awesome man. Mind posting AEW’s last PPV number?
>>20397947You think UFC pays fighters salaries to do training camps and covers medical costs. The only money UFC ever pays guys is when they fight. UFC fighters pay for their own training camps, cover their own medical and travel expenses, ams are mever paid back enough to cover those costs. Even Jon Jones and Daniel Comier and Conor McGregor spend more money peparing for fights than they get paid to actually fight. Punk took a HUGE loss on the UFC vanity run. His UFC 203 payoff and the 218 payoff combined do not xover the cost of 3 years of training at Duke Roufus+ all the surgeries he had ib that time+ moving to Milwaukee for that period. These are all facts and your tears dont mean shit to me. You know nothing about pro MMA or how the payscale works. Stop embarrassing yourself like this
>>20397941Giulia... You've survived two rounds, and you're actively still on TV... We might be okay.
>>20397976Yeah i'm thinking you got worked
>>20397976>ams are mever paid backGMS
>>20397973>b-b-b-b-but AEWsystematic
>>20397976It’s not your fault.
>>20397971I think that's you.
>>20397985Haha, yeah man, totally. So, could you post them?
>>20397904i considered bliss but she’s so popular and makes them so much money, she could do that outside of the company too, she has options. or just retire, because she has non wrestling options too. i think that some of these people would just hang the boots up and that’d be “better” to them than taking the cut in WWE. randy is in this same category.
>>20397973>b-b-but AEW!!!!You're so easy to spot
>>20397980kek, all seriousness she would just crawl back to pedo hat man
>>20397986unf daddy
>>20398002if he's not out of business by then
Talent getting a 50% pay cut while Triple H gets a raise is really funny I gotta say
>>20397403Priest prolly
>>20397996Alexa literally was whining that she wanted a new deal prior to her return. She's not saying yes to a 50% pay cut. It's not her. I think it's iyo or like drew>>20398002Yeah, true lmao. Idk I still don't want her getting fired though desu. better pr when you leave on your own as opposed to getting released
>>20398012funny how that is completely glossed over
>>20398002I've seen literal mudshows that are drawing better than Marigold right now
>>20397519Honestly, The Miz was great on American Gladiators, and he could be great do similar thing else where making more and doing much less.
>>20397982>>20397983>>20397986I accept your concession ;)
>>20397403drew LMAO
It's hard to comment without knowing who got asked to take cuts. The New Day making what they made was probably more of a courtesy thing since they are older and basically on the downside of their careers. Even if the talent was still there, there's just no universe where they were getting major pushes anytime soon.UFC can get away with paying less a lot easier than wrestling can. They are the only game in town and there's not much of an indy MMA scene. WWE has AEW to deal with and AEW overpays big time. WWE cannot play games with top guys salaries when they really only have 4 guys who are worth something right now (Cody, Roman, Seth and Punk).
>>20397408>>20397403Go look at what that cocksucker Mitt Romney did to Toys R Us and Remington. We had a thread up last week with the SEC filings for Ari and Nick and some of those other cocksucker's compensations. The majority of their compensation is by a combination of bonuses (likely tied to stock price/growth) and stock options. by operating the fed in the most disgusting way possible where they are jacking up ticket and streaming prices, filling everything with ads and cutting the payroll/employee costs for the workers and wrestlers (they cut benefits for the nonwrestler workers last year) they are causing the stock prices to go up and Nick sold off like $2 milly in stock or something last year. Nick and Ari are trying to to the WWE what Romney did to Toys R Us and Remington where they extract every last dime they can with the higher prices and shittier product before letting the debt consume the corpse of the WWE and writing it off as bankrupt.And gaych is helping them do it
>>20398029What part of India are you from?
>>20397579Not to mention the lack of dates you are obligated to work, AEW seems to be a great place to coast, so I wonder why some chose to go back to WWE even though AEW seems like a cush gig in comparison, it makes you wonder how bad its ran backstage.
>>20398032Eh I would risk asking Seth to take a 25-50% cut ngl. He's not worth high seven figures like the other 3
it was dragon lee. he was being featured for over a year, they tried to get him over teaming with rey, then aj styles, then penta. penta came in months after the dragon lee push started and got over doing the old la parka walk. mr iguana got over with a puppet spot in his first match. they don't even need him for a featured role in aaa.he is blackballed from cmll, like his brother rush. aew probably doesn't want him back. minutes after beating ftr for the tag belts, he vacated and announced he signed with wwe.
>>20397421>>20397668>>20397697>>20397651I'm sure the issue is that the top guys like Cawdy, seff, phil, ect don't want a union because they don't want to pay into the union and it could potentially affect their pay. It's weird how in wrestling top guys like hogan have always been anti union, where as in the MLB Harper is one of the highest paid guys and also one of the biggest pro union guys, but maybe he just really fucking hates the owners or some shit for some reason.
>>20397403Kek who in their right mind will pick signing with WWE over AEW at this point, theyre not going to be able to field a roster in the near future at his point
>>20397629I mean I can read just fine, but I would have a lawyer read me the contract as well to clarify any law speak. Should have just kept his mouth shut on this subject
>>20398054You realize that a Wrestlemania Moment is priceless, right?
>>20398054You’re so fucking fat and stupid lol
>>20398045He's the weakest of the four, that's for sure.
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>>20397403With jews, you lose
>>20398046No, they said majorly pushed. It's none of the jobbers or mid card people. >Iyo>Rhea>Drew (debatable but he was champion)>Dom>Liv>Vaquer>Gunther>Randy (he wouldn't take it tbf)>Tiffany>Sami>Priest (I don't think he's been majorly pushed as of late)>Jey (I don't think he'd take it but whatever)I am probably forgetting a bunch of people but that's who I can think of right now
>>20398049CM Punk is even worse. Dude said he hates that there's guaranteed pay for the boys now. Said he would rather them get paid by the house. Which is ironic since he drew one of the worse Manias of this era.
This already bad week just keeps getting worse for rollerwheels. WWE talent is taking paycuts because they know AEW won't be around after Paramount takes over WBD LMAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
>>20397403Tony really has unleashed his zero dollar an hour attack dogs on this.
>>20398036Bain Capital has go away heat with me, brother
>>20398073>mfw I willingly take a cut in pay to work for the biggest, most successful, most lucrative pro wrestling company in the world!
>>20397403The E-Fed on its deathbed
https://x.com/AustinCreedWins/status/2051398443847835795
Anons, do you have any favorites in WWE that you are currently praying for. (preferably those who are more at risk of getting released so don't say "Roman," "Cody," "Rhea," "Charlotte", etc.)
>>20398081>not a midcarder>starts list with a midcarder
>>20398084If you took the gate of every gayew show including ppvs and combined them it will be a 10% of the gate mania 42 will end up being.
>>20398081I don't think the guy that retired Goldberg, Styles, and Cena would be asked to take a 50% pay cut. Gunther seems like he would jump ship immediately since has friends in AEW
brother, take a look at who runs TKO
WWE right now currently reminds me of how Disney is doing with their parks right now. I'm a big theme park guy so I keep up with how things are going. There is a lot of negativity going on now about Disney's parks from their fans and former fans. The prices have gone up, hotel benefits have been cut back, classic rides are being made worse with new additions or destroyed entirely to make room for worse attractions. I recently took a trip to Disney World myself, and while I had a good time, I couldn't help but think it should be better. The classic rides should still be there, I should've gotten more value for the price I paid. Just this niggling feeling where I could just focus on the fun that I did indeed have. There was always this little bit of a negative feeling in the back of my mind. Then you have Universal, the AEW of theme parks, where the feeling from park fans is generally really positive. They're cheaper than Disney, a lot of people tend to like their rides more, and they have a more fan friendly reputation these days. Some people are choosing to stop going to Disney and go to Universal instead, but some people never will. Because some people just don't care for Universal. The vibe isn't right for them, maybe they don't care for the IPs, or they just like Disney more. Even if Disney is frustrating them, they still prefer Disney to Universal. But Universal is definitely gaining. And, the true Disney fans know that the best Disney resort in the world is Tokyo Disney, because it's owned by a different company that just licenses the IPs from Disney. Tokyo Disney is a better product for less money than you get in America, that gives you that ultra high quality Disney flavor you're craving if you're willing to look at another country. That's AAA in this scenario.
>>20398081I could see it being Iyo since they just brought her husband fiance boyfriend whatever he is in and leaving right after that would be weird. would also be a 300IQ move by TKO knowing that
>>20397403This is unironically what corporate jews do right before they kill a company and liquidate its assets. Piggalos got too cocky talking all that shit about AEW, you get what you fucking deserve
>>20398109Gunther's really not a big draw though, just a good wrestler.
>>20397403Some concessions had to be made to bring back the CODYVERSE
>>20398084wow, as if I couldn't hate that piece of shit any more than I already did
>>20397565>Accept the lowball and go down to AAA to work a few minutes every other week under daddy takerNice retirement plan all things considered, as long as these people aren't blowing the money like retards the less pay = less screentime deal seems nice. Mind you, this is in regards to the few old farts still laying around, young people will be fucked over.
Vince went around buying up tape libraries and the rights to the whole of professional wrestling, and then sold it to jews who promptly ejected him from the country based on fake or exaggerated allegations. Literally the entire medium of professional wrestling has less than a decade to live.
>>20398089I worried about that myself. All the AEW guys are probably gonna wait out their guaranteed contracts too.Death of WCW beat for fucking beat.
>>20398106Please stop this shit. Being on the midcard for a few months doesn't mean you stop being considered top 5 in the entire division across all three brands by the company.>>20398114Yeah, that's who I think took the pay cut actually. "Take the cut and we'll hire your husband" or something like that.>>>20398109Yeah well they also weren't too hurried about finding him a Mania match so I don't know how much people besides HHH really give a fuck about this dude
Miz is the surest bet. He's likely getting paid a fuck ton for being there for 20 straight years but really brings nothing to the table as far as business is concerned.>>20398071In most ways yes but Seth is very underrated for how much he builds up other guys and stories.
>>20398113>AEW tranny is a pathetic Disney adultchecks out
>>20398114he's an ex. nothing more.
>>20398090They/he was still seething mad from Nick The Knive carving them up over the wknd. They were gonna have a melty today regardless.
>>20398105Bayley
>>20397557Prove me wrong faggot
>>20398132I'm actually not, but I know that their fans are happy right now, and WWE fans, like myself, are frustrated, even though we still have plenty to like in WWE.
>>20397555>>20397557>>20398140I'd like to see that aewtist prove you wrong too
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>>20397403Do you know how to fucking read you retard? That says 1 person took a 50% pay cut, not that 50% of the talent took a paycut. Get the wheels out your brain shitberg.
>>20398113>Densely veiled post trying to argue that AEW is the ''really positive'' alternativeGood effort tranny, but your shows still reek of infected axe wounds. And Disney will always be the big league record profits making top dawg in the world. I love buying Star Wars themed salad. I will happily go to the theater during the opening week of Ant Man 4.
>>20398123nah its fine just stop watching e-slopalso>promptly ejected him from the country based on fake or exaggerated allegationsthis never happened
>>20397403>50% Of WWE Talent Took A Pay CutYou can't read.
>>20397403Are you illiterate? It says A TALENT took a 50% pay cut, not 50% of talent took a pay cut.
>>20398152>this never happenedwhat never happened was grant's fanfic
>>20398143>I am a big theme park guy>wait no I am notadd lying sociopath as well
>>20398120Did you know he lost millions of dollars paying for his UFC run and made $0 net profit from it? KWAB!
>>20398159I like Disney World but I like Universal way more. But I understand why some people will always prefer Disney despite the issues. I'm also someone who can't get into AEW, and I like WWE even though there's things about WWE I don't enjoy.
I bet they slashed the gurantees down and put the backhalf of that money into bonuses. The bad part is now the company picks how receives or doesn't receive those bonuses just by pushing their merch out to the crowd, That's why they didn't resign Kross because he kept asking for the merch satistics before he resigned. Unironically Danhausen probably is in the top 10 most paid in the fed.
>>20398157cope
The day Dana goes poof is the day WWE gets treated with respect again. Ari loves that bald fucker so he doesn't ask him to pay his share of the rent
>>20398164Fence sitters get the rope
WHERE ARE THE RECORD PROFITS IF YOU KEEP ASKING TALENT TO TAKE PAY CUTS?!?!SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER ME THIS!!
>>20398164We already established you are a Disney adult AEW tranny.
>>20398167you're already coping
>>20398130>Take the cut and we'll hire your husband"if it actually is iyo there is a 0% chance they told her they were cutting her pay before hiring evil, they would have signed him then did this to trap her on a weak contract while evil is now locked in for at least 3 years.
>>20398179Well Evil was signed a hot minute ago
>>20398177nice (and hard) cope
>>20398173Ari and Mark's pockets.
>>20398113I'm sorry but I gotta ask you anon: how can you be alright with yourself spending your hard earned money on a company as fucked up as disney?
>>20398193with jews... y-you lose?!
>>20398195Rise of the Resistance is a pretty awesome ride man. There is fun to be had at Disney. But it'll probably be a while before I go back, since Universal is just way better right now in my opinion.
Hey you independent contractor take this pay cut we're only multi billion dollar company withso-called record profits.Kek
>>20398203How much did the whole deal cost you?
>>20397424because the whole thing is, for lack of a better term a pump and dump scam where nick and ari are trying to cash out all their stock and bleed the fed dry like mitt romney did to toys r us and Remington
>>20397431I hope so, fuck seff
>>20398146If 1 guy took it and 2 didn't (The new gay) it is safe to assume that more people were told to get its pay cut
>>20398220I went with my family so I'm not sure what the final bill ended up being. We got a good deal that included a lot of food, but it's still a worse value than Universal. Especially when it comes to the value you get from the hotels.
>>20397459this is the most literate eastern yuropean
>>20397403I bet Cuck Rollins and his cuck wife took the paycut lmao
>>20397465pump and dump scam. someone posted the tko compensation from the sec the other week. nick and ari get paid based on the stock price
>>20397740>getting canceled You're doing the same thing you're complaining about.
>>20397403It was Triple Paul
someone make a new thread
>>20397491>>20397636>>20397735stock buybacks are a huge fucking problem, but they are just the symptom. nick and ari get paid more the more the stock is worth. buybacks are one way to increase stock prices. jacking up ticket prices, selling ads and increasing streaming costs and cutting the pay and benefits for workers and wrestlers (they cut a ton of benefits for the non wrestler workers last year) also drive stock prices up
>>20397495they might be worried about stone cold sperging out if they touch his deal
>>20398289Austin and Hogan are the only legends deals worth keeping. The others don't really turn a profit. Who the fuck is buying a Kevin Nash right now
>>20397403Probably Solo, wait until Rikishi gets on a podcast mic again for confirmation.
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>>20397495Partially due to TKO and Vince before them, partially due to the guys themselves SUCKING, the active talent can't draw a dime, so a legends deal provides more value. Or alternatively, they just forgot they existed.
>>20397414Naw. Cousin Dwayne is on the TKO board. And Roman is more than pretty majorly pushed.
>>20397499tiny will over pay them. it's his dad's money, not his
>>20397403I told you this was going to happen when that thread was posted about triple h justifying his poor performance
>>20398436sorry tony khan raped you
>>20397755Saar. Please study harder in english lessons.
>>20397403Either Seth, Phil or Jey.
>>20397719>Wrestlers make exponentially more money off merch than UFC guys doyeah because TKO killed sponsorships and forced everyone to wear the same UFC brand shit all the time, so fighters couldn't advertise merch or even show off sponsorships anymore
>>20397765MLB has like 15 of the top 20 worst owners in sports even to this day lol
>>20397403>cannot be confirmed 100%
>>20397403A lot of people in this thread who don't know how to read
>>20398593Take the L, drone
>>20397683The problem is only Tony can consistently pay high ratedNew Japan and cmll can maybe pay a few people highly but not to the same extent as wwe and aewTna the nwa and anything else is a joke money wiseIf Tony hired 50 percent of the current wwe he would need to rework ring of honor to be bigger then it is as a brand split
>>20397643>plans change
>>20397760Punk could have been wrestling in japan, been apart of or fueding with the bullet club and have been a day one member of aew but he wasted time in the ufc lol
>>20398036Yeah HHH is but a cog in the wheel. This was all set in motion by loose bowels Vince and his affinity to rape his prostitute with Laurenitus
>>20398289Stone Cold would bitch hard about wrestlers getting less paid.
>>20398600Op herself misread the tweet and tried to claim that half the roster took the pay cut
>>20397623>Two years pay is great but being unemployable after is not worth itYou realize AEW talent is allowed to do indie shows, right? It's not like they're forced to be on the couch for 2 years.
>>20397765>The MLBPA is arguably the strongest union in the US period.They are terrible in negotiation deals and very corrupt look at how Tony Clark fucked the players union hard. There's a reason why unions are absolute shit.
>>20397403Okay let's be real, it was him wasn't it?
>>20397403>"50% Of WWE Talent Took A Pay Cut Last Week!">tweet says they know of ONE TALENT that took a 50% paycutlearn to read, you fucking faggot.
