Former WWE Employee Calls Out Company For Gender Pay Gap

[David_TheMan]

You don't get paid on what you think you deserve or because the job is "dangerous" or you "put your heart into it" you get paid based on the amount of revenue you generate in return for the investment in you, especially in entertainment.
That people still talk this non-sense when its known that the top woman performer bring in nowhere close to the same amount of money that male performers do is ridiculous.

 

[Psychosis]

Sidebar: Holy shyt, Styles has more merch than Reigns or Cena.

Didn't he come to wwe with the P1 merch brand? Can't find a link, but I think he worked out a sick merch deal using his brand

 

[Grifter]

They had one to three 3 minute diva matches a week for a few years and business stayed the same.

 

[richaveli83]

 

[Finn Baller]

I'm assuming this is probably in reference to someone in the Riott Squad or Absolution who just started on the main roster. Usually WWE picks up their travel expenses for a period of time before they switch over to a main roster contract, so that is a bit disingenuous.



NXT main eventers are no different than 1st round draft picks in sports, why wouldn't an NBA lottery pick make more than a 12th man?

 

[Amor fati]

Piss off, she's looking for a money grab.

 

[Amor fati]

which is why wrestlers need to form a union, but all that shyt is the furthest thing from their minds.

Hogan the damn snitch screwed the shyt up, because he was in business for himself.

 

[CM_Burns]

We don't know for sure that Sasha or Charlotte shouldn't be making Cena money, neither of them has gotten a year long push of being in the main event every night. We'll need that to happen before justifying paying them less.

 

[dh86]

You don't get paid on what you think you deserve or because the job is "dangerous" or you "put your heart into it" you get paid based on the amount of revenue you generate in return for the investment in you, especially in entertainment.
That people still talk this non-sense when its known that the top woman performer bring in nowhere close to the same amount of money that male performers do is ridiculous.

If the top woman makes 400k, that’s midcard money or less. If Ziggler hasn’t main evented anything since 2013 and he talks making 1.5 mil, why isn’t a woman making close to that? Want to argue that Sasha or Charlotte isn’t more irreplaceable than him?

 

[dh86]

The disrespect to Djokovic

I don’t even know dude first name without google. Venus Williams is considerably more well known. Great tennis player though, but my point is that the women are equal to the men interest wise in tennis.

 

[dh86]

You said "sold out"

High school football playoffs draw more than that

The men soccer team can’t. Hence the women forcing the issue of equal pay & getting it. WWE will adjust the pay scales though because just like with the Paige thing, they don’t want Stephanie answering the wrong questions.

 

[DamienWayne]

I'm assuming this is probably in reference to someone in the Riott Squad or Absolution who just started on the main roster. Usually WWE picks up their travel expenses for a period of time before they switch over to a main roster contract, so that is a bit disingenuous.



NXT main eventers are no different than 1st round draft picks in sports, why wouldn't an NBA lottery pick make more than a 12th man?

"Men in nxt make more than women on the main roster" doesn't mean anything out of context. Like drew McIntyre or a alister black should be making less than ruby riot or Dana brook

 

[GoddamnyamanProf]

"Men in nxt make more than women on the main roster" doesn't mean anything out of context. Like drew McIntyre or a alister black should be making less than ruby riot or Dana brook

Ruby Riot and Dana Brook should be making the same amount as Elias and Zack Ryder

Ember Moon should be making the same amount as Drew McIntyre

This isn't difficult, guys. All these wacky comparisons and juelz explanations just look goofy.

 

[Pinyapplesuckas]

if Tony Abs makes more than Sasha Banks then yeah something is wrong

 

[Coco Brown]

These numbers if true speak to at least 2 other problems the company has, which is 1) nepotism and 2) racism. Let’s see the tweets about that.

Because there’s no way in hell Sasha and Charlotte’s pay gap should be that wide considering how equal to each other they’ve been portrayed as on television for years.

Oh, now you know they aren't trying to get near that conversation. But yeah, if those numbers were accurate it's crazy that Charlotte was/is making almost twice what Sasha is/was. Especially when you look at how much merchandise Sasha moves. I wonder if part of the reason salaries are kept so secret is because there's a lot of shenanigans and pay disparity, especially as it relates to race and "legacy" talent and the WWE really doesn't want to address any of it, especially since they are trying to rebrand with a non-controversial family friendly image.