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upper midcarder male that could go to AEW and make a lot of money, at least one of them has to be finn balor

>>20408516
they had a graduated payscale based on seniority so anyone that's been around for over a few years who don't do anything

>>20408516
This company is dead in the next few years

>>20408520
It's Drew Mcintyre.

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besides kofi and xavier, it could be any of
>the miz
>finn balor
>damian priest
>rey mysterio
>shinsuke nakamura
>LA knight
>jimmy uso
>sami zayn
>montez ford
>angelo dawkins
>LA knight
not really sure about the women, only one that jumps out at me is bayley who might have hinted it wasn't her by posting this photo

>>20408568
r truth got a big money deal just last year so he should be on there given aew isnt signing him

>You will earn half of what you make now and be happy, repeat after me "RECORD PROFITS MEAN RECORD PAYCUTS"

>>20408574
Literally any wrestling company would hire geriatric Ron Killings.

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>>20408556
drew's a main event guy, even if he's a jobber there, i think he's firmly above the upper midcard. he's not roman reigns level but he's definitely way higher than the new day in the pecking order.
i also don't know if he'd be a big money guy in AEW, tony notoriously doesn't know what to do with true big men.
for what it's worth, drew re-signed in 2024 and his deal runs through 2028.
while i was looking for when his contract is up i found this - drew's (apparently (according to "indian times" so take this with a grain of rice, subhojeet didn't write this)) on an $8 milly per year contract, making him the fifth highest paid wrestler in the whole promotion
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/us/from-the-ring-to-riches-wwes-top-5-highest-paid-wrestlers-in-2025/articleshow/122292661.cms
that's pretty high, i feel like he wouldn't have even gotten that if they didn't value him like crazy. the cuts seem to affect those they didn't value like that.

>>20408520
this is either ilja or bronson reed and i shall not be elaborating on how i know this information

this is exactly what happened with UFC when these dipshits took over, the exact same thing will happen\

some hardcore dipshits will remain, probably even moreso than UFC because of the e-drone factor, but the product itself will become even more soulless than it already is in the process and become basically unwatchable

>>20408627
bronson reed is a good pick, i didn't think of him. i considered ilja but he seems unlikely to me, i doubt he's making much above the minimum.

>>20408516
>>20408520

It's Kevin Owens, Bucks buddy but borderline crippled now so they feel they can cut him down to his level

>>20408516
>Nattie
>Damian and Truth
>Street Profits
>Nakameme
>Creeds
>Akira, Otis and Maxxine
>Theory
>LWO and Los Garza
>Vikings
>Asuka and IYO (Kairi didn't accept and got fired)
>Fraxiom
>Tama and Talla Tonga

>>20408516
so guys who used to be thought as a big deal that are shitters now:
>LA Knight
>Shinsuke Nakamura
>Finn Balor
>Bayley
>Asuka
>Damian Priest
>Drew Mcintyre
>Sheamus
>Kevin Owens
>The Miz

>>20408652
why would dave say he could go make big money in aew if he can’t wrestle

>>20408712
Stick him in trios matches with the Bucks like they did with Omega

>>20408619
>i also don't know if he'd be a big money guy in AEW, tony notoriously doesn't know what to do with true big men.
Drew would be a rare exception in AEW imo, he wouldn't be a Wardlow situation. He's a smarky wrestler who had a big indie run and is willing and eager to work the kind of matches Meltzer gives 5 stars to. Tony would probably go crazy for Drew.

>>20408516
>who the fuck is it?!
Randy orton, finn balor, jimmy and jey uso, kevin owens and miz.

If the logic is less pay because they are doing less than before then why doesn't that apply to everyone? Seth is also doing less work so why doesn't he have to take a pay cut?

>>20409601
merch movers get a pass? Either way New Day come off as uppity proud DEI cases. Kofi was given a pity DEI title run that lost them millions of dollars in ticket sales and this is how he thanks them? By demanding a pay that you dont deserve. NEVER DESERVED. Pathetic losers with a loser mentality.

>>20408635
Neither of them have been there for "very long time" and they are not upper card

It's Drew. He was recently boasting that he likes the fact that he doesn't have to work house shows anymore and that he wrestles like once per month

Every old fuck who can't wrestle and wouldn't get hired anywhere else like the jizz or LA KWAB

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>>20408516
>per Bryan Alvarez via WOL

>>20409590
randy would walk if they tried to cut his pay

What's the point of a contract if you sign it and have to stick with it but the other side can break it anytime they want for any reason and also change your pay whenever they feel like?

>>20409653
bronson reed has technically been up there for 2 years now after he attacked seff and got over. makes sense they would’ve put his put up after joining the vision too just for him to go down to injured tag team wrestler

why the fuck would you agree to this when theyre gonna let you go regardless

I'm pretty keen for for Monday night raw for punk to come out and pipe bomb all of them, I imagine he's fired up and he's going to unleash and let them have it.

>>20409679
Welcome to professional wrestling

this is the e-drones fault for not buying enough dude wipes (because they don't wipe their ass)

The funniest part of all of this? Eventually someone will suggest they do house shows again to make more money and they won't get raises for this. I guarantee it.

>>20408516
>we are booking you less
>we wanna pay you less money
>no it's because YOU aren't wrestling or traveling as much
>no that's on you

WWEfags, this is your mindset

>>20408683
>>20409590
>>20408652
>KO
isn't that fat fuck retired and physically unable to wrestle or get medically cleared to wrestle?

>>20409694
there's no fucking way phil gives a shit about them cutting other male wrestlers' pay

when they restructure the deals are they now allowed to make money in other ways tho? i know some guys like cardona and AJ had it in their contract that they could do livestreams/podcasts. but i know Ethan Page said he is no longer allowed to make youtube vlogs. so it's pretty shitty if they pay them less and dont give them a way to try and make it up

>>20408516
>do well and get over with the crowd
>sign a nice contact that both sides agreed
>being over lasts about a year
>suddenly booking has nothing for you so you stay in catering for a while
>UUUHHhH YOU'RE NOT DOING ANYTHING RIGHT NOW SO WE HAVE TO VOID THE CONTRACT YOU SIGNED AND RENEGOTIATE SALARY! BUT DON'T WORRY, WE'LL PAY YOU MORE IF YOU GET OVER AGAIN!

kek what a pissant company

The marks are in the negotiation

>>20408516
I can't wait for the bitchfit Giulia has about this bullshit, she's a devout grievance collector

there's just not a lot going on if four dudes taking a pay cut is supposed to be some big story

>>20408520
that guy, you guessed it...Matt Cardona

>>20411054
he talks a lot about workers rights

>>20408652
>safe WWE style

>>20410548
Weird how this only seems to happen in the fed who insists it's not wrestling.

>>20411096
is their whole thing, the "big leagues" money.
The reality always has been different

>>20411105
and then he goes and sucks saudi blood dick and licks TKO boots. he could have pushed for a union for years and he didn't. he's very performative and only cares about the cash in his own pocket

>>20409679
wrestlers are too scared to fight them in court and get black balled forever. the only one with the balls who currently wrestles to do that was Andrade

For the "big leagues" it seems like AEW pays more desu....

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>>20408516
They were probably making too much to begin with
The only upper midcard guy in WWE that brings value relative to his contract is LA because he has big merch sales. You telling me dudes like finnalor or damian zest shouldn't be making low six figures? They've never drawn flies to shit.

My sources are saying mania will now be 3 nights so they can pay you with added allure

the dick is no longer covered in blood money, they still have to suck it though

>>20408516
>shitters getting their pay cut because they're working one day a week anyway
Why should I pretend to be outrated over this? I mean sure the actual reason is because the debtridden kikes hijacking WWE want to increase their bottom line but realistically they're probably still being paid too much after the cuts

>>20411148
>no ari and nick need more money personally, we shouldn't pay the on screen talent or the nonwrestler workers, that money has to go to ari, nick and gaych

>>20411175
>things that were never said
Yeah sorry pal but Damian and Finn draw zero dollars
You can be mad about that money going into the pockets of vampires but don't pretend to be mad about it not going into the pockets of people who are shitters to begin with

>>20411190
Ari and Nick also cut benefits for the camera, lighting and sound guys last year.

>itt: jews taking the heat for silver lake, which is owned by 4 white guys and run by a chinese guy

TIME TO CUT YOUR PAY
It's all about my raise and how I'm gonna spend it

>>20411202
Yep that's shitty
Those guys are more valuable than most midcarders

>>20411074
Nobody is watching an AJ podcast lil bro

>>20408520
has to be balor

>>20411202
yea. Endeavor is gonna bleed WWE dry than cast it off. the sale was all for their debt

>>20408520
Finn
Bayley
LA Knight

3 people that immediately came to mind. Honestly very sad.

>>20408556
>Drops Lil Dick Nick
>Has to take a pay cut
Lmao

>>20409601
> Seth is also doing less work so why doesn't he have to take a pay cut?
he wasn't asked NOW. i'm not going to be surprised if he gets asked next year.

>>20411093
As much as Giulia's booking has blew more ass than Whataburger diarrhea, she's actually been working, and has constant TV time aside the bullshit.

>>20408579
>You will earn half of what you make now and be happy
just like i said previously
>things are very different now
>you are doing significantly less now
>youre not doing four house shows a week
>youre wrestling maybe twice a month
again the wrestlers [workers] are doing less so of course they should be paid less

>>20408520
>>20408556
First name I thought because they flubbed his title run twice and dumped him hard after losing to Cody, and if he went to AEW he'd get the Claudio treatment of 'big workrate do-nothing who main events ROH but is a warm body in AEW', especially at his age, so he probably figured he's actually better off even with the paycut.
>>20408619
Drew in WWE is the definition of what a Jobber To The Stars used to mean- guy who sits above the midcard but is a filler opponent for the main event, guy to pad out multimans, guy to put over the big prospects, and transitional title runs if they're squeezed. He should be a real main eventer but Too Scottish.

AEW would absolutely fuck him up though. Claudio arrived as the most "why didn't WWE push him" guy, moreso than Moxley who had actually been WWE champ, and his AEW highlight is his 2nd appearance with them in the Wargames vs Jericho. Tony's fucking allergic to anybody with height and muscles. Drew wouldn't be Wardlow or Archer but he'd absolutely be a go-nowhere midcarder

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>>20411873
RECORD PROFITS

>>20411873
If the paycut is due to less work then why doesn't it apply to the top guys who are also doing less work?

>>20408516
>from what I understand
>I was told
Without any details this is all just bullshit

>>20408568
It was Rey Fenix.
Penta stuck his neck out for his brother.
Penta would have left with his new found hype for big money elsewhere

>>20412392
fenix hasn't been around for a long time, he's probably making peanuts too because they knew he couldn't go back to AEW/CMLL and WWE was buying AAA when they signed him.

>>20408516
>Bloom: Off the Rose.
>Cracks: Starting to show.

>>20408568
>>the miz
He'd be stupid enough to take it is what is sad.
Miz still is owed 5 title runs and a billion dollars for the bullshit he's done for that faggot company.

>>20408516
In all honesty pretty much all these 'Talents' deserve a pay cut. The wrestlers of today couldn't touch the magic of the guys back then. Yet these shitters are pushed and pushed constantly and when the wwe does have genuine talent they waste it either doing retarded shit or pushing the actual talent aside for people like Punk

>>20413164
And Daddy Ari deserves every cent that would have been theirs. Yessir. Yessir.

>>20413130
Wipe your fake tears faggot. They trust Miz enough to put over their biggest draw: Danhausen.
That speaks volumes about his place in the company.

In fact, if they're comfortable enough using Miz's mansion for filming they're not going to do him like that. Use your head jabroni.

"Contract is a contract, eat shit."

>>20413250
That has nothing to do with my post and would make it even dumber then to ask him to take a paycut. He should be getting a pay increase.

>>20413164
The logical solution, then, is to not hire or push shitters. Not keep hiring shitters and paying them less. In your solution, the shitters are still there being pushed.

>>20409694
Punk famously known for workers rights and not sucking Saudi dick

>>20408568
>kofi and xavier
nothing of value (in 2026) was lost

>>20413275
>The logical solution, then, is to not hire or push shitters.
anon you can't just fire 99.999999% of the brown black and bug wrestlers hired across the industry for the last 20 years.

>>20408516
Israel won
Trump won
Weinstein won
Epstein won

>>20411511
I don't think it's knight since iirc he was the guy that worked pretty much every house show they did last year and also is the motion cap guy for the 2k games

>>20413294
Actually anon that is 100% why they would do that to a talent because they know they can get away with it. Much like how they abuse Miz.
Worst thing you can do is be loyal to creatures like those in charge at these companies. They will never appreciate it or reward you for it in any way.

>>20412313
no one even knows who took a pay cut. im sure its going to affect everyone in some way eventually. the wwe is under new ownership and the way they do business and pay their workers is different than how it was done in the past. dont understand why some people want to make a big deal out of this

Drew
Knight
Bliss
Balor
Priest
Bayley
Owens

>>20413286
sloppy job, mossad
sloppy job

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>>20413286
WWE won
New Day lost
DEI lost
Pajeets lost
Demon Commie Rats lost

>>20408531
I highly fucking doubt this is in any way true. There is no reason to give some low card shitter a raise after X number of years that is retarded.

>>20408516
LA Knight took the pay cut, YEAH!

>>20413294
knight has been vocal about negotiating hard to get the best contract possible
if he didn't manage to get a no cut contract, that could work against him here if his deal is too good

>>20413362
bliss would leave if they tried to do a 50% pay cut on her, she barely came back as is

>>20413472
That's Vince for you, he didn't behave like a modern publicly traded company. WWE was run on the old school mantra of treating your company like sort of a fraternal order.

>>20408520
Chad Gable

TKO seems to be getting rid of vince's "deal increase or future endeavor" system which was by and large a shibboleth of the monday night wars. it has no reason to exist and was always because of vince's trauma with luger and madusa

It appears the shills took a 50% paycut and are coping itt

>>20408516
They wrestle less than ever, they are less than ever so they should get paid less.

>>20413980
I agree.

>>20408516
They are really working that little? Well damn thats one thinf AEW had over WWE,. No house shows? Not even one per week? Like one per week, plus a tv taping, and sometimes a 3rd show if there is a PLE seems reasonable, but ZERO house shows? Damn, just remove the whole roster split then.

>>20413283
There are no brown black and bug wrestlers. It's all prosthetics.

>>20408683
The Miz can easily transition from WWE to tv host of some kind, he was good on American Gladiators

>>20411202
Jonathan Coachman said a long time producer was part of the cuts too

>>20417186
>The Miz can easily transition
Got that right.

>>20417194
This anon wants to fuck the miz

>>20417208
The miz is transgender

>>20417208
Permission to speak freely, saar. Miz is a twink.

>>20417212
>>20417214
Yall are jealous of who he fucks every night.

>>20411138
and still no one chooses to go there? kwab