You know I gotta ask, what does Cena do to earn 10+ million a year? Like seriously. I'm a fan but let's be real. This is where I can see where Ryback was coming from. Take Tom Brady out of the Pats and they turn to shyt, so he earns that massive dough, take Cena out of WWE and do they turn to shyt? Let's see.
Ratings were crap with him, crap when he left/got injured and are still crap with his return (brand split is why they're up now). And since 05 they've slowly been dropping, so he's not a ratings draw.
Shows still sell out with him not there, Raw's still sold out, SD's still packed, PPV's still sell out, WM still sold out; so him being there doesn't affect the bums on seats then. So a few kids don't show up, adult smarks just replace them.
So he sells a lot of merchandise, so would anyone else with about 100 items on the store, especially when guys like Cesaro have like 2 items. When they push someone else they overtake, *cough Punk cough*.
I don't know about house shows, not my area of expertise, so someone would have to fill me in on that.
So yeah I ask, when most guys are earning 100-300k, and Cena is earning 10 milly; why? Like Ryback said, why is he on 200k but Cena on 10 milly? Because Cena's a star? But the show does the same with or without him? This isn't like adding Robert Downey Jr to a Marvel movie and it make a shyt ton more, or add Lebron James to 76ers and they become instantly better. Because with or without Cena, ratings/attendances and overall interest in WWE is the same, if not worse.
So Cena stans, what does he do to earn that massive dough?
They didnt always have a million items of his to sell, he sold more thus they make more. Nike makes more Lebron James merchandise than Paul George merch. The reason for Cena going to Smackdown was to boost their Smackdown branded house shows. Cena downside guarantee is $1 million just like HHH and all top guys beside Brock so the rest of his money made from royalties and main eventing shows
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