Some disgruntled WWE performers believe their pay has been savagely cut by the McMahon family to finance the WWE Network, but looking at the books reveals that the venture is largely being paid for out of their rapidly dwindling cash reserves.
There is little evidence from WWE’s recent financial statements that backs up the hypothesis that WWE have purposefully cut performers pay to cover for some of the cost of their Network.
The reason for house show payoffs being down despite revenue from those events staying constant was due to increases in building rental, advertising & promotional expenses, which meant there was less money to pay wrestlers once those cost had been taken care of. Profits for the live events division was down 14%.
Source: Bleacher Report
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