Wrestling Thread (WWE, AEW, etc)

Originally posted by TonyStarks:
and some of those guys spend all of their money on the travel right? Tyler Breeze mentioned that he has to sleep on coffee tables sometimes. Tales of near death Uber drives for 4 hours cramped up with big dudes.

No one ever said the wrestling business was easy lol.

Originally posted by TonyStarks:

and some of those guys spend all of their money on the travel right? Tyler Breeze mentioned that he has to sleep on coffee tables sometimes. Tales of near death Uber drives for 4 hours cramped up with big dudes.

Yeah it's b******t. They get f**ked so badly by being independent contractors. Breeze was smart to go back to NXT. He can go to work in Orlando and spend every night in his own bed.

This new wildcard b******t is probably hurting merch sales for the midcarders too since theyve lost their tv time.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by TonyStarks:

and some of those guys spend all of their money on the travel right? Tyler Breeze mentioned that he has to sleep on coffee tables sometimes. Tales of near death Uber drives for 4 hours cramped up with big dudes.

No one ever said the wrestling business was easy lol.

When you're working for the biggest company on the planet you shouldn't have to worry about that kind of s**t.

Originally posted by TonyStarks:

Originally posted by jrg:

Sullivan out 6-9 months w/ serious knee injury

how did it happen? Vince is truly killing these guys. There's no roids. No painkillers.

House shows, double ''WILD CARRRRRDDDDDAAA..'' rules so smackdown and Raw for most. You have to do charity work. AND work out to truly look more an than average human.

No clue. I'm assuming a house show. Lately all he's done is come out and beat up the Lucha House Party guys

Now we just need to see Corbin, Shane, and Lashley get hurt for a bit.

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by TonyStarks:
and some of those guys spend all of their money on the travel right? Tyler Breeze mentioned that he has to sleep on coffee tables sometimes. Tales of near death Uber drives for 4 hours cramped up with big dudes.

No one ever said the wrestling business was easy lol.

When you're working for the biggest company on the planet you shouldn't have to worry about that kind of s**t.

Tyler Breeze makes what $150k to $200k per year? Yeah sorry, not sorry.

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by TonyStarks:

and some of those guys spend all of their money on the travel right? Tyler Breeze mentioned that he has to sleep on coffee tables sometimes. Tales of near death Uber drives for 4 hours cramped up with big dudes.

No one ever said the wrestling business was easy lol.

When you're working for the biggest company on the planet you shouldn't have to worry about that kind of s**t.

Tyler Breeze makes what $150k to $200k per year? Yeah sorry, not sorry.

I'd agree if he only had to travel around North America but these world wide tours aren't cheap so who knows how many tens of thousands of dollars are wasted on traveling alone.

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by TonyStarks:

and some of those guys spend all of their money on the travel right? Tyler Breeze mentioned that he has to sleep on coffee tables sometimes. Tales of near death Uber drives for 4 hours cramped up with big dudes.

No one ever said the wrestling business was easy lol.

When you're working for the biggest company on the planet you shouldn't have to worry about that kind of s**t.

Tyler Breeze makes what $150k to $200k per year? Yeah sorry, not sorry.

I'd agree if he only had to travel around North America but these world wide tours aren't cheap so who knows how many tens of thousands of dollars are wasted on traveling alone.

But one can share cars and hotel rooms with other superstars who are also traveling. It's not a new concept, lots of guys and gals have been just that.

Mark Henry alluded to spending when he talked about Lio Rush :

And if you're walking around and cannot pay for a rental car, you can't pay for a hotel with the money that you make every week? Then you need to change the way you are spending. You can't blame that on the office. If you spent everything you made before you got it, that's your problem."

Originally posted by evil:

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by JustinMT:

Originally posted by VaBeachNiner:

Originally posted by TonyStarks:
and some of those guys spend all of their money on the travel right? Tyler Breeze mentioned that he has to sleep on coffee tables sometimes. Tales of near death Uber drives for 4 hours cramped up with big dudes.

No one ever said the wrestling business was easy lol.

When you're working for the biggest company on the planet you shouldn't have to worry about that kind of s**t.

Tyler Breeze makes what $150k to $200k per year? Yeah sorry, not sorry.

I'd agree if he only had to travel around North America but these world wide tours aren't cheap so who knows how many tens of thousands of dollars are wasted on traveling alone.

But one can share cars and hotel rooms with other superstars who are also traveling. It's not a new concept, lots of guys and gals have been just that.

Mark Henry alluded to spending when he talked about Lio Rush :

And if you're walking around and cannot pay for a rental car, you can't pay for a hotel with the money that you make every week? Then you need to change the way you are spending. You can't blame that on the office. If you spent everything you made before you got it, that's your problem."

I'm just saying, it adds up fast when you're working and traveling every other day. Their take home money isn't really all that great after you take out travel expenses. Add in not having decent insurance and stuff and its a s**t job really.

Originally posted by evil:

But one can share cars and hotel rooms with other superstars who are also traveling. It's not a new concept, lots of guys and gals have been just that.

Mark Henry alluded to spending when he talked about Lio Rush :

From what i understand, he did travel with 2 others. Baron corbin and tye dillenger. I imagine it still gets expensive as f**k.
Hotels 300+ nights a year, Rental cars all the damn time, Just those i figure is around $120 a day possibly more. So $39k a year for an economy car and a motel 6. $50k to go small SUV and holiday inn.

I could not even guess gas cost.

I am surprised more wrestlers do not go the RV route. Even if you split it 4 ways it might be just a bit more, but the level of comfort for 4 big guys would probably be worth it.

Here is the video i remember.

Originally posted by jdt84_2:

Here is the video i remember.

That was funny

Originally posted by jdt84_2:

Originally posted by evil:

But one can share cars and hotel rooms with other superstars who are also traveling. It's not a new concept, lots of guys and gals have been just that.

Mark Henry alluded to spending when he talked about Lio Rush :

From what i understand, he did travel with 2 others. Baron corbin and tye dillenger. I imagine it still gets expensive as f**k.
Hotels 300 nights a year, Rental cars all the damn time, Just those i figure is around $120 a day possibly more. So $39k a year for an economy car and a motel 6. $50k to go small SUV and holiday inn.

I could not even guess gas cost.

I am surprised more wrestlers do not go the RV route. Even if you split it 4 ways it might be just a bit more, but the level of comfort for 4 big guys would probably be worth it.

Originally posted by jdt84_2:

Originally posted by evil:

But one can share cars and hotel rooms with other superstars who are also traveling. It's not a new concept, lots of guys and gals have been just that.

Mark Henry alluded to spending when he talked about Lio Rush :

From what i understand, he did travel with 2 others. Baron corbin and tye dillenger. I imagine it still gets expensive as f**k.
Hotels 300+ nights a year, Rental cars all the damn time, Just those i figure is around $120 a day possibly more. So $39k a year for an economy car and a motel 6. $50k to go small SUV and holiday inn.

I could not even guess gas cost.

I am surprised more wrestlers do not go the RV route. Even if you split it 4 ways it might be just a bit more, but the level of comfort for 4 big guys would probably be worth it.

It gets very expensive. At least 20k to 30k a year for hotels. About 40k to 50k a year on gas and rentals, 20k on flights, plus other expenses, more than 100k a year in expenses. Also, as independent contractors, they have 1099s, so they pay even higher taxes. And they have to buy their own insurance, and that cant be cheap. Jericho talked about all this, but didnt say how much insurance was.

So a wrestler is who is making 200k a year, keeps about 50k of that.

Originally posted by TheGore49er:
It gets very expensive. At least 20k to 30k a year for hotels. About 40k to 50k a year on gas and rentals, 20k on flights, plus other expenses, more than 100k a year in expenses. Also, as independent contractors, they have 1099s, so they pay even higher taxes. And they have to buy their own insurance, and that cant be cheap. Jericho talked about all this, but didnt say how much insurance was.

So a wrestler is who is making 200k a year, keeps about 50k of that.

but they get free catering.

Originally posted by John_Candy:

You probably got some Maria fans mad at you. Some wrestling fans are really obsessed with their favorite women. It's the male equivalent to crazy female fans that like Beyonce or Taylor Swift and will go hard against people on social media.

I did try to explain that because I watch WWE, NXT, NJPW, MLW and ROH plus working full time, being a parent and having other serious sporting interests (football, soccer, cricket, boxing) I had to make the cut off somewhere or I'd never sleep!