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Originally Posted by molson
What does TNA pay compared to the WWE? I can't imagine how they have so much money to pay all these people. I guess rarely having to travel makes some amount of a pay cut worth it, but the WWE is just in a different stratosphere when it comes to revenue. I'm sure they don't share that with the talent as much as they needed to in the Monday Night Wars days, but, i'd still think they could easily out-bid TNA for top talent.
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Oh they can easily outbid TNA for anyone they want, but that's the key:
that they want. Realistically Vince hasn't shed any significant tears over the defection of pretty much anyone that's gone to the other side of the street.
Plus TNA is paying truly crap wages to the majority of the roster, $500 per appearance (i.e. most of the roster doesn't get paid if they aren't used) for the middle range, even less for most of the Knockouts as well as the guys on the bottom. Sting-types not withstanding, TNA pay has been topping out below $150k per year while the WWE has quite a few in the 7-figure annual pay. The only way TNA has been able to afford the bigger names (Sting & Hogan most notably) is that Spike is contributing directly to their salaries, something that started with Sting & has continued.