A non wrestling Bliss is more inportant... that about says it all.Where has he been?Will WWE just hold him hostage until his contract runs out?
Lio Rush in the doghouse again
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During a recent interview with the Inside the Ropes podcast, Lio Rush commented on the reports that he had a ton of backstage heat in WWE, butting heads with WWE management about his pay, and more. You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the reports that he had backstage heat in WWE: “I don’t really know where the backstage heat thing came from. I mean, people talked to me, people were pretty cordial with me. Nobody ever came up to me and said anything bad or disrespectful and vice versa.”
On butting heads with WWE management over how much he should be paid: “As far as the split with me and Bobby, I know that there was some miscommunication as well as some frustration and just me butting heads with the powers that be, financially, that was my biggest thing at the time just because I was still making the money that I was making while I was in NXT at the time, and then merchandise was getting put out and I just felt like I contributed so much to that as far as the sayings and the mottos and the catchphrases and stuff like that, and I wasn’t getting compensated for that stuff. I wasn’t on the meet and greets with Bobby, which didn’t make sense to me.”
On why he felt like he deserved more money:“Everywhere Bobby went, I had to go because I was his manager, but Bobby was so busy, he was the Intercontinental champion, he was on every show, every live show, traveling, had to get hotels, all of that is great to be used, but I’m not making enough money to cover all these expenses because I have to do everything that Bobby is doing, but the difference is Bobby is making this much and I’m making this much. So if I’m going to be doing this, I basically need more money, I need more money to survive. It’s not just me out here, I got a wife, I got two kids, I got other responsibilities that I have to take care of, so I just felt it was unfair in that sense, and I guess they didn’t like a 25 year old, or a 24 year old, however old I was at the time, they didn’t like me being so outspoken about that, so I think they just cut it, but that’s what I think. They never told me why they split us up.”
On the reports that he had backstage heat in WWE: “I don’t really know where the backstage heat thing came from. I mean, people talked to me, people were pretty cordial with me. Nobody ever came up to me and said anything bad or disrespectful and vice versa.”
On butting heads with WWE management over how much he should be paid: “As far as the split with me and Bobby, I know that there was some miscommunication as well as some frustration and just me butting heads with the powers that be, financially, that was my biggest thing at the time just because I was still making the money that I was making while I was in NXT at the time, and then merchandise was getting put out and I just felt like I contributed so much to that as far as the sayings and the mottos and the catchphrases and stuff like that, and I wasn’t getting compensated for that stuff. I wasn’t on the meet and greets with Bobby, which didn’t make sense to me.”
On why he felt like he deserved more money:“Everywhere Bobby went, I had to go because I was his manager, but Bobby was so busy, he was the Intercontinental champion, he was on every show, every live show, traveling, had to get hotels, all of that is great to be used, but I’m not making enough money to cover all these expenses because I have to do everything that Bobby is doing, but the difference is Bobby is making this much and I’m making this much. So if I’m going to be doing this, I basically need more money, I need more money to survive. It’s not just me out here, I got a wife, I got two kids, I got other responsibilities that I have to take care of, so I just felt it was unfair in that sense, and I guess they didn’t like a 25 year old, or a 24 year old, however old I was at the time, they didn’t like me being so outspoken about that, so I think they just cut it, but that’s what I think. They never told me why they split us up.”
Pull Up the Roots
I have a good time when I go out of my mind..
This is really reasonable. I don't see how anyone could read this and still hate this dude.
Mark Henry pulling the "you didn't work hard enough" bullshyt to justify things like the above really goes to show how far he has his head up Vince's ass. It's shameful how Black veteran wrestlers who "made it" push this bootstraps mentality.
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Norrin Radd
To me, my board!
Facts. All those guys who came up back in those days are so deep in the pool they can’t see the top anymore now.
Beautiful Bobby Eatin
SWEEEEEEEEEETNESS!
Especially Mark Henry who it took EIGHT YEARS for Vince to see a return on the investment they were paying him for lifting weights in the olympics. Like breh, let a young man get his money
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Atlus / Ryū ga Gotoku
He was doing a main roster schedule with a NXT contract basically 
And Mark really tried to come at that man
And Mark really tried to come at that man
Pinyapplesuckas
He's A Good Man
Soon as i saw he made a statement i immediately guessed that he was still getting nXT money while being on Raw and i was right. shyt is goofy and i agree with him. obv he didnt deserve equal to Lashley but he should have gotten a raise for being on the main roster. he damn near skipped NXT to be there too. they clearly undervalued him and put him in a wack position where he didnt seem valuable in the end when he was one of their best performers.
Doesn't even seem like he was asking for Bobby money.
It's ridiculous to expect someone that's getting paid minor league money, where they're pretty much staying in Orlando, to pay for major league travel.
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He wasn't. He just wanted the expenses paid for or at least, make enough to pay for the expenses and take care of his family. It's a reasonable request. They've paid guys more who essentially weren't worth it.
Pinyapplesuckas
He's A Good Man
He wasn't asking for Bobby money but I just know how dirt sheets and people in the comments would try to twist it to seem like that.
At least pay for the man's travels
Beautiful Bobby Eatin
SWEEEEEEEEEETNESS!
Whats funny is I know for a fact there is a raise for going to the main roster. I have no idea how the inner pay tiering goes but it clearly isnt enough for a liveable wage. Especially for a guy getting Lashley over
Norrin Radd
To me, my board!
I remember Breeze saying as much on twitter. Some neckbeards were asking him why he was cool with being buried and he said something like "The pay is better
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