1) WWE Makes Offers To Released Superstars
A few months ago, WWE released several Superstars. This included names like Sarah Logan, Zack Ryder, and more. On Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez noted that WWE has reached out to several of the released wrestlers.
The reason why they were reaching out is to try and re-sign them. These new contracts were said to be at a much lower cost than what they were making before. Here is what Alvarez said:
“There have been people who have been released from WWE and they have been offered deals to come back and the offers for them to return are a fraction of what they were making.”
Tom Colohue also corroborates that several released Superstars were offered new contracts by WWE. He also says that Drake Maverick’s new contract is worth less money than what he was earning before:
I have been told that as fan support grew, WWE began to change the bracket, offering Drake Maverick a new contract at the same time. The contract is apparently for less money than he had previously been earning and was formally signed roughly two weeks ago when Drake Maverick changed his twitter handle to Spud. At this point, Maverick is the only wrestler in and around NXT known to have been offered his job back.
Several released wrestlers have been offered new contracts in recent weeks as I reported via YouTube on the 22nd of May. I also reported at that time that nobody released from NXT was on the shortlist to receive a new contract with Drake Maverick being the only exception to that rule.
My Take:
- It does seem a bit scummy to offer someone their job back at much lower pay. Maybe they are hoping that some of these Superstars are desperate enough right now to take it.
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