Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 He must make his fair share, since the reason you rarely hear Gary Michael Cappetta is because they dont want to pay him a penny. He sued them in the mid-80s because his voice popped up on the Hulkamania Work Out set and since then he's been persona non grata. I don't think Schiavone is starving to be honest. I've heard he saved his money and has done pretty well since then, doing local radio and TV on baseball. He's pretty much the Eric Gates of America these days (Sunderland based gag there). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 Aye he does announcing for the Braves minor league affiliate and is head of sports for a local radio station while also doing some college baseball so along with the odd WWE cheque and the money he saved from WCW i'd imagine he's sitting pretty, top bloke on Twitter aswell, always seems to reply to wrestling fans even though he's made it clear he's not interested anymore. Always loved abit of Tone, dunno why but still like/am curious about the guy even after he's not been around in 10+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatseeker Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 With DDP although he took the pay cut etc was he part of the deal at first or was a separate 121 deal? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 DDP came in months after the buyout. He was collecting on his Time Warner deal and gave up in the high 6 figures to come in and get buried for months and then break his neck for them. He could have sat home and earned 7 figures like Goldberg and Nash did. But DDP's an odd character. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heatseeker Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 I remember reading about him making a fool of himself in front of Vince, perhaps even going and giving him a big hug? Poor DDP. Â Stacy Keibler was part of the deal too, yeah? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 Aye didn't DDP go up to Vince in the airport and in front of everyone give him a big hug and say something ridiculous like "I'm Home" or summit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members ColinBollocks Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 Wasn't that when he signed his contract? He said "Lets do this the right way" and the hugged. Apparently, that's where they got the idea for the Austin hugging Vince stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members garynysmon Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) DDP came in months after the buyout. He was collecting on his Time Warner deal and gave up in the high 6 figures to come in and get buried for months and then break his neck for them. He could have sat home and earned 7 figures like Goldberg and Nash did. But DDP's an odd character. Â DDP knew that he didn't have many years left in the business and had never worked for WWE, unlike Nash (Unless driving Rhythm and Blues around in a Cadillac counts). Goldberg never was a wrestling fan growing up, so probably didn't feel the same urge and happily sat at home collecting his cheque like any sane person would. Edited August 27, 2013 by garynysmon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Pitcos Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 From DDP's perspective, you can see why taking the WWF offer was appealing. He was the only big name they'd have from before-it-went-to-shit WCW so he was expecting a top spot when it relaunched, he was great mates with Austin, and the invasion was going to be the biggest storyline wrestling ever had. If he'd waited out the eighteen months of his contract, he would've had to compete with Hogan, Nash, Steiner when he came in (as well as whoever else WCWWF would have built by then). And at the age of 325, Dally's best chance of establishing himself at the top of New WCW was getting in first. He was expecting to be all over pencil cases and ringbinders in Asda a year later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 As he should have been. Talk about taking gold and making shit. The crowd reaction on his reveal was... huge. At the very least they could have given him a main event program with The Rock or similar. What a waste. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 The way wrestling was at the time, if he'd have waited, he probably could have got a run against Triple H in 2003 at WrestleMania or something. The reason he was buried was because they thought he was a mark. Anyone who gives up a 7 figure contract to come and work for you is going to get slaughtered when they come it. He's already chopped his balls off. Goldberg and Stings star quality remained super high during that period. Scott Hall and Hulk Hogan weren't under contract when WCW went under and they weren't stupid enough to get in that Invasion angle (even though they were asked). If DDP would have let his deal ride out, they'd have brought him in eventually. Everyone came in eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCW Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 Would Booker T have given up a big money contract to come in from the start too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members IANdrewDiceClay Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 (edited) Would Booker T have given up a big money contract to come in from the start too? He probably lowered his guarantee like Benoit did, but nor to a significant level and WWF's merchandise and PPV bonuses would have made sure he earned more in a year than his WCW contract. He wasn't a big WCW name. His push came when WCW was in a right state. Â Like WWE probably won't give Sting a downside that his TNA deal guarantees him. But a DVD, a series of t-shirts, an appearance on a WWE game, a toy line would murder and one match at Mania would blow away what he has got from TNA in the last two or maybe 3 years if he signed on. Downside guarantees are the bottom line of what you make. Edited August 27, 2013 by IANdrewDiceClay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JNLister Posted August 27, 2013 Paid Members Share Posted August 27, 2013 Sure I've told this story before, but anyway: Â I was at WWF New York in February 2002, just before the show where Nash, Hall and Hogan debuted. They were airing Raw live in the restaurant with DDP (who was doing his motivator gimmick at the time) as the guest host. After the show he did a Q&A at which point some guy (not me) asks: Â "DDP, you gave up a guaranteed contract to join WWE, were quickly buried and there's now no sign of you being involved in any major programs. Meanwhile Nash and Hall sat out their contracts, collected a load of money to sit at home, and have now been signed up on a big money contract and will likely be put in high profile positions to justify their salaries. Â "Would it be fair to say that as far as your career goes.... that's not a good thing, that's a bad thing?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwffan2 Posted August 27, 2013 Share Posted August 27, 2013 has anybody seen ovw when both Paul Heyman and Jim Cornete were bookers seperatly ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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