Keith Houchen Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 “Increased Bumps” explains the Twitter twattery on some night for little tone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members LaGoosh Posted March 15 Paid Members Share Posted March 15 14 minutes ago, Keith Houchen said: “Increased Bumps” explains the Twitter twattery on some night for little tone. You have your own thread for this stuff. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loki Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Let's say it's $10 million over 4 years or something like that, it doesn't sound insane to me if you compare it outside the wrestling bubble. Â Top athletes in other sports get sponsorship contracts worth that even without a salary or fight purse. UFC and pro wrestlers have historically been underpaid outside of the WCW Turner contract era. Â If AEW is willing to shift the needle on this I'm all for it as it will force TKO to do the same over time. For AEW she's going to get eyes on the product, shift a ton of merchandise and put on some good matches. Â She also has had some Hollywood success and connections into that industry that they'll appreciate. Â I honestly think she's their biggest signing since Moxley. Â With the possible exception of Edge but he's come in more as a "legend" than a full time wrestler seemingly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69MeDon Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 To be clear, I don't care if she is being paid $10m a year. It's just that I don't believe for a second it's true. What were the reports about what Okada was getting? $4m a year? I don't believe that, either, but the idea that Mercedes Mone would be getting several times more than Okada is mental, even with her larger US star power. A lot of this stuff seems to come from a place of "I don't like Tony Khan (which you shouldn't, because billionaires are bad), therefore I'm willing to believe literally anything that helps me paint him as a 'money mark'". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Supremo Posted March 15 Paid Members Share Posted March 15 Okada earned a solid million or two just for the comedic timing of him telling Marvez to sing Happy Birthday to Mathew. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JLM Posted March 15 Paid Members Share Posted March 15 (edited)  Non-native English speakers doing skits like this so often sound like they’re reciting lines, the intonation is wrong and their personality doesn’t come through. The delivery here was perfect. Stupidly read the replies underneath and it just reminded me yet again why I only chat wrestling on here. Edited March 15 by JLM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members JLM Posted March 15 Paid Members Share Posted March 15  Quite the list of names he’s taking credit for there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 15 Paid Members Share Posted March 15 The clout vampire showing off his blood bank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Wiseau Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 2 hours ago, Loki said: Â I honestly think she's their biggest signing since Moxley. Â With the possible exception of Edge but he's come in more as a "legend" than a full time wrestler seemingly. Surely Punk was bigger? I know it ended badly but getting him back after such a long absence from the industry was huge and got lots of eyes on it, more than anyone else they've signed surely? Biggest ex WWE signing by a long way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 15 Paid Members Share Posted March 15 8 minutes ago, Harry Wiseau said: Surely Punk was bigger? I know it ended badly but getting him back after such a long absence from the industry was huge and got lots of eyes on it, more than anyone else they've signed surely? Biggest ex WWE signing by a long way Paul Wight is the biggest signing, hands down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King Mal the Glorious Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 Is it not Satnam Singh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Lion_of_the_Midlands Posted March 15 Paid Members Share Posted March 15 Ironically i couldnt find Satnav Singh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Blog Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 1 hour ago, Lion_of_the_Midlands said: Paul Wight is the biggest signing, hands down. Even bigger with hands up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wordsfromlee Posted March 15 Share Posted March 15 I think you'll find it was Christian. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Nick James Posted March 16 Paid Members Share Posted March 16 Tony is breathing a sigh of relief right now. Â Â Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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