The General Wrestling Thread

[JimLeavy59]

Male Wrestlers

Alberto Del Rio: $675,000 downside/first class travel – 3 year contract
Big Show: $1,050,000 downside/allocated a personal touring bus/first class travel arrangements paid for, when bus travel is not an option – 10 year contract
Brodus Clay: $170,000 downside – 2 year contract
Christian: $595,000 downside/first class travel – 3 year contract
CM Punk: $1,220,500 downside/allocated a personal touring bus/first class travel arrangements paid for, when bus travel is not an option/receives an additional 3.25% bonus for high merchandise sales – 7 year contract
Cody Rhodes: $494,500 downside – 3 year contract
Daniel Bryan: $620,470 downside – 3 year contract
Darren Young: $80,145 downside – 3 year contract
Dolph Ziggler: $540,230 downside – 3 year contract
Jack Swagger: $319,000 downside – 3 year contract
Jinder Mahal: $75,000 downside – 3 year contract
John Cena: $2,750,000 downside/first class travel and accommodation/receives an additional 6.25% bonus for high merchandise sales – 10 year contract
Kane: $905,000 downside/first class travel and accommodation – 5 year contract
Kofi Kingston: $254,200 downside – 3 year contract
Mark Henry: $877,000 downside/first class travel – 10 year contract
Randy Orton: $1,600,500 downside/allocated a personal touring bus/first class travel arrangements paid for, when bus travel is not an option/receives an additional 2.2% bonus for high merchandise sales – 10 year contract
Rey Mysterio: $985,000 downside/first class travel arrangements/receives an additional 4% bonus for high merchandise sales – 5 year contract
Sheamus: $1,000,000 downside/first class travel arrangements – 7 year contract
Tensai: $520,000 downside – 3 year contract
The Great Khali: $974,000 downside – 5 year contract
The Miz: $712,000 downside/first class travel – 5 year contract
Zack Ryder: $135,050 downside/receives an additional 1.5% bonus for high merchandise sales – 3 year contract

Divas

Alicia Fox: $72,520 downside – 3 year contract
AJ Lee: $104,300 downside – 3 year contract
Beth Phoenix: $112,500 downside/first class travel – 3 year contract
Eve: $109,475 downside/first class travel – 5 year contract
Layla: $86,450 downside – 3 year contract
Natalya: $74,410 downside – 3 year contract

Announcers

Booker T: $477,375 downside/first class travel and accommodation – 3 year contract
Jerry Lawler: $500,000 downside/first class travel and accommodation/allowed to make independent appearances – 5 year contract
Matt Striker: $164,000 downside – 3 year contract
Michael Cole: $549,000 downside/first class travel and accommodation – 5 year contract

Not sure if its legit.

[BigBiss]

Not sure if its legit.

[JimLeavy59]

I thought Cena would make more.

[IamMedellin]

Cole Does Not make more than Lawler.....Does He?

[BigBiss]

almost none of these guys are making 6 figures, im sure punk just broke 6 with his last contract ... Big show 10 year contract? why who are the locking him up from?

[Warner2BruceTD]

I thought Cena would make more.

I don't know if these are legit, but guys like Cena & Punk makes way more than that.

These are downsides, which means this is the BARE MINIMUM. As in, if you are hurt and never work. Or, you are Trent Barreta and never get used.

Cena works every PPV, sells tons of merch, gets massive DVD residuals, is in every video game, works every house show tour, etc etc etc. These guys all get a piece of that stuff, and the top guys get a bigger piece. He gets his downside before ANY of that. The last I read he was pushing eight figure per year, some years breaking it.

Those downsides look a little high for some of the lower card people listed.

[Aso]

Don't forget the money they get off of endorsements. Cena probably makes a lot more than what that number says all things considered.

[Warner2BruceTD]

Don't forget the money they get off of endorsements. Cena probably makes a lot more than what that number says all things considered.

Not probably, he does. He probably cracked seven figures at WrestleMania alone last year, it grossed $68M and he main evented.

[EmpireWF]

Seems off. Henry's original 10 year deal ended in recent years...why sign him to another 10 years?

[Warner2BruceTD]

Also, Big Show 10-years?

I know he just got a new deal (which is why he lost to Del Rio, they were afraid he was going to walk with the title), but why sign a guy who is over 40 to such a long deal? Not to be mean, but dude is also a giant and might not live ten more years.

[Aso]

Also, Big Show 10-years?

I know he just got a new deal (which is why he lost to Del Rio, they were afraid he was going to walk with the title), but why sign a guy who is over 40 to such a long deal? Not to be mean, but dude is also a giant and might not live ten more years.

So you're saying he wouldn't be a terrible pick in a death pool?

[Warner2BruceTD]

OK, I found an old thread from Meltzer's board with this same list, I will copy & paste Metlzer's reponses:

Whenever these things come out, I check with several people and they've always been off. I'll check again.

Just for the record, "I got off the record" numbers on five guys on the list. Four are way off on the high side. One is pretty close.

One guy I know personally is listed for double his downside.

Here's the guy who is listed as "double"...

John Cena's downside is $1 million.

So that can pretty much tell you the accuracy of the list.

...so there you go. If Cena is at $1M, clearly the rest are bullshit. Nobody is going to be higher than him, and lots of mid carders are listed as being close, too.

From one of the biggest stars:

The day a Diva gets first class airfare in their contract is many years after the day Vince McMahon is no longer in control.

L-O-L


Also, this thread I found was from October, and Big Show just had his contract expire this month, so clearly the list is bullshit.

[BigBiss]

Im guessing someone pulled it from TEW

[Warner2BruceTD]

LOL @ this

https://twitter.com/VivaMagnus/status/295248528656195585

[JimLeavy59]

 

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