Kairi Sane and Io Shirai have both been with WWE for a few years now. Shirai is currently doing great as a heel in NXT. Sane is one-half of the current WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions, alongside Asuka.
In the latest Wrestling Observer Newsletter (subscribe here), Dave Meltzer provided an interesting tidbit about Kairi and Io.
Specifically, how much money they made after first arriving at WWE. Here is what Meltzer wrote:
WWE did not pay big money for Shirai and Sane, believed to be in the range of $60,000 per year for each to start, which is less than both were earning in Stardom.
Sane likely makes more now working on the main roster than she did in Japan.
My Take: Io and Kairi are two of my favorites in all of WWE right now. I hope that they both cash in on bigger deals because they are super talented and have a ton of potential. This is definitely lower than I was expecting because they were big names in Japan prior to coming to WWE.
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