WWE vs Being an Independent

[willywonka666]

Her's the deal-You're single-No one to support or think about but yourself. do you...

become an independent, making enough to get by and calling your own shots including your character, gimmicks etc.

OR

Work for Vice for a LOT of money, but You'll do what you're told, no matter how humiliating(as we've seen before) -a risk you'd have to be willing to take

[Tyfo]

I'd go with Vince and the money. Indys are fun yes, and I would love doing them, but there comes a point when you've gotta move up. Doing what they told me to do charecter wise and storyline wise wouldnt bother me in the least. At the end of the day, its entertainment and you can go home and your still you, regardless of who you play on tv.

[Michael Coello]

I'll go Indy first. Gives me time to work on my skills and such. Besides, with no family or kids to worry about, it's not exactly a big rush to go for the big bucks unless you want a big house with a big car.

[MGH]

My initial reaction would be work the indies. But unless I was faced with it, I couldn't say honestly.

[Jeff]

Its all about the money. After a few years as an independant.

[AriadosMan]

Almost everyone who has a shot at the Double Double E ends up going there eventually, the lure of the money is too good to pass up.

[Person With A Hat]

Indies to get the skills. WWE to get the money. After a 10 year tenure (provided I last that long), if I haven't moved on up in the E, back to the indies to help out newer, fresher talent get a break.

[Efren]

The E for sure, that life style seems a lot more interesting to me than the indie one. It would suck if you have a steady relationship/kids but you just said in this hipotetical scenario I have no one to suport.

[Jason Todd Grisham]

I wouldn't care much about the money honestly, if I could do what I love to do and get to see many things. And I don't think I could handle the WWE travel schedule, it would be smart to put myself in charge of that.

So at least for a time being I'd go indy.

[MolotovMocktail]

I don't care about the money. I'd take WWE just to be on a national stage, on the program that people actually watch.

[Suck it Trebek!]

Seeing as how my dream is to have a miniature replica of myself, I don't see too many action figures of people in the indys...

[Rocky Van Heineken]

I'll take the money. In a year or two, nobody will remember how humiliating your character was.

[Big DSR Energy]

Indies. Then, for a while, WWE. Then, after saying something derogatory to Vince, Steph, or Johnny Ace, back to the indies, where I can be promoted as "the guy that WWE didn't know how to handle" or something.

[x]

A lot of people make more money on the independent scene than they are offered from the E. ie. Samoa Joe.

If there was no safe style, I could wrestle my own style, keep my own gimmick and name (even after I leave) I'd probably go. But I doubt that would happen.

[A Platypus Rave is Correct]

I would probably dumbly mark out and sign the E contract immediately... without even really thinking about it

[Joekishi]

I'd work WWE for sure, I'd get to see the world, I'd even do a gay retard who dresses like a turkey gimmick and never win but dedicate everything to Eddie.

I'd do it in a heartbeat.

[Person With A Hat]

basicboogeynomix said:

I'd work WWE for sure, I'd get to see the world, I'd even do a gay retard who dresses like a turkey gimmick and never win but dedicate everything to Eddie.

I'd do it in a heartbeat.

And I'd manage you. As... I dunno, but I'd be wearing a dress.

[nisi]

willywonka666 said:

become an independent, making enough to get by and calling your own shots including your character, gimmicks etc.

This is a little overstated, as the promoters of even small indy feds have all kinds of outlandish opinions and try to call at least a few of the shots. Characters and gimmicks are affected by angles, and the promoters get to think those up and decide who gets to be in them. It's not like indy wrestlers write their own ticket; even the names have to go along with weird booking sometimes.

But in the past half decade when pro wrestler compensation has really plummeted, WWE wrestlers who get on TV can still make a quarter mill or more. Really tough for indy wrestlers to hit this--going to Japan and staying really busy stateside puts it within reach, but it's tough.

[dirtydickraines]

No doubt, have to choose the WWE. It's like asking a baseball player if he would rather play Major Leagure Baseball or be stuck in the minors his entire career.

[MichaelRBoh]

wwe no question about it. i'd like the money and to be in a raw vs smackdown game.