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Post by The Summer of Muskrat XVII on Dec 22, 2023 9:41:16 GMT -5
Yup. Which is why I've always been a supporter of UFC/WWE pay being in the 30% of gross range and always been of the belief that matching the 50/50 other North American sports pay is unsustainable due to difference in operating costs That’s fair. It definitely should be more than it is now, though since it’s always weird when people are like “Get that bag!” and the bag is, like, the equivalent of the waterfall scene from Mad Max: Fury Road. Oh absolutely should be higher. And admittedly, the pay scale has exploded since AEW started but even the top guys aren't getting anywhere near what they should based on exponentially increased profitability the past few years. Cody, Punk, Seth, Roman, Becky, Bianca folks on that level should be getting $15 million rather then the $3-5 million that's rumoured to be the top of the pay scale now. Salary floor for main roster should be $1 million or close to it
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Post by polarbearpete on Dec 22, 2023 10:29:54 GMT -5
They’re completely different as far as profitability goes. Even with the 50/50 revenue split with players, the NBA is profiting at about 28% of its total revenue. With whatever the WWE talent are getting as a percentage, the company is still less profitable than that, profiting about 21% of their total revenue. Yup. Which is why I've always been a supporter of UFC/WWE pay being in the 30% of gross range and always been of the belief that matching the 50/50 other North American sports pay is unsustainable due to difference in operating costs If they are at 10% paid out to talent right now and are profiting around 20% of revenue, if they added another 20% to the talent budget there would be near-zero profit.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 23, 2023 13:54:51 GMT -5
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Post by Nosnorb on Dec 23, 2023 15:12:14 GMT -5
Didn't Paige (Saraya) get heat for appearing in the Impact Zone crowd in 2017?
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Dec 23, 2023 15:13:52 GMT -5
Didn't Paige (Saraya) get heat for appearing in the Impact Zone crowd in 2017? This guy got fired for this...
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Post by CMWaters on Dec 23, 2023 15:20:16 GMT -5
I think the difference, besides the Flair naming, is in who is running WWE now. Vince seemed the more petty sort to giving out such punishments which (and I could be proven wrong on this) the current people in charge wouldn't be.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 5, 2024 19:44:24 GMT -5
Road to recovery seems long. Hopefully she will be back as a surprise entrant for the 2025 Rumble.
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Post by The Rick Jericho on Jan 5, 2024 19:45:09 GMT -5
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