Would You Rather Be A WWE Midcarder or Indie Main Eventer?

[LastManStanding]

You can make real money in the indies with less expenses, less injuries, less work schedule

Its a different time breh..... Being a midcarder in the E is like being an NBA allstar in on a garbage team.... just wasting they prime life away

I don't think you understand just how little 90% of the independent guys make. for every big name (former WWE star) commanding a couple thousand dollars per indie show, there are countless others struggling just to get booked. most of them are lucky to work maybe 4 shows a month for a few hundred dollars per show and the large majority of them have part time or even full time jobs during the week just so they can pay their bills.

it's easy to sit back as a fan and say that you would prefer to work outside of the WWE because of more time off, more creative control, or whatever. however the reality is that being a professional wrestler is a ridiculously hard business to make money in and a short career span. the overwhelming majority of these guys would jump at the opportunity to make $200-500k a year jobbing on Smackdown.

 

[Art Barr]

The way things are going though, if you really shine in the indies you could end up main eventing in WWE

That window really was only reserved for the Indy heroes who saved wrasslin who were still relevent and were not as small as Chris Sabin.


Art Barr

 

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[Renegade47]

mid carder on wcw would be hilarious. those nikkas did whatever the fukk they wanted.

 

[Here Comes the Pain]

I don't wanna be slaving for Vince McMahon until my body breaks down.

I'll take my chances on the indy scene.

 

[TBdaGhost]

Don't know if this has been said. but ROH main eventers make as much as midcard WWE wrestlers, and have to work way less dates, and can work extra on the side of they want. Pretty easy choice

 

[richaveli83]

I don't think you understand just how little 90% of the independent guys make. for every big name (former WWE star) commanding a couple thousand dollars per indie show, their are countless others struggling just to get booked. most of them are lucky to work maybe 4 shows a month for a few hundred dollars per show and the large majority of them have part time or even full time jobs during the week just so they can pay their bills.

it's easy to sit back as a fan and say that you would prefer to work outside of the WWE because of more time off, more creative control, or whatever. however the reality is that being a professional wrestler is a ridiculously hard business to make money in and a short career span. the overwhelming majority of these guys would jump at the opportunity to make $200-500k a year jobbing on Smackdown.

My thoughts exactly. It would suck not being able to be in the main event or whatever but making that money and the exposure will help. Take for example Fandango. When he's eventually released from the WWE he can get booked at a indy event and collect a bigger check being billed as "former WWE superstar" which will attract a few more people. You have people like Honky Tonk Man who haven't been relevant in over twenty years still able to collect a decent payout on shows because of that WWE experience.

 

[Honga Ciganesta]

Indie for the art. Those five star matches feeding the family well

 

[Silkk]

Don't know if this has been said. but ROH main eventers make as much as midcard WWE wrestlers, and have to work way less dates, and can work extra on the side of they want. Pretty easy choice

IDK breh, if that was the case AJ, Joe, & Aries would've probably stuck around.

In most cases when guys turn down WWE like The Briscoes it was a NXT deal instead of a main roster deal.

 

[TheAlbionist]

Mid-Carder all day.

A former WWE Mid-Carder could headline most indie promotions.

Not all indie-headliners can make it into the WWE mid-card.

I'd probably try and get my ass into developmental support as soon as humanly possible so I can slow down on the touring and bumping though - can't imagine many jobs better than that Scouse guy training NXT talent alongside Regal.

Or personal Bayley shower/laundry assistant. I'd do that ahead of making a PWG debut.

Right now though, I'd take a leave of absence from any position in the E and 6 months in traction to try ONE LEAP off the top of Dario Cueto's office in The Temple.

 

[TBdaGhost]

IDK breh, if that was the case AJ, Joe, & Aries would've probably stuck around.

In most cases when guys turn down WWE like The Briscoes it was a NXT deal instead of a main roster deal.

Maybe man. I read that they paid AJ more than usual. Not sure about Joe or Aries. But I know I read somewhere that top guys in ROH are making more than some main roster guys

 

[Silkk]

Maybe man. I read that they paid AJ more than usual. Not sure about Joe or Aries. But I know I read somewhere that top guys in ROH are making more than some main roster guys

Yeah i mean Bricoes probably getting more than somebody like Konor & Victor.

But idk i've never seen the ROH salaries leak out

 

[Wacky D]

I feel ya, but still, they work year-round and are rarely home. There's retired wrestlers who always talk about how they missed out on their kids' lives nshyt, there's wrestlers who've left because they needed to be with their families, etc... they barely live in them houses, breh. Some of 'em probably have nice homes cause they chose to spend their money that way, but it's not far fetched to believe there's some who don't choose to- especially if they don't have kids. I doubt Uso and Naomi are having deep convos about how they gonna pay the bills next month and still have enough to eat.

a ONE bedroom tho?

 

[Vinny Lupton]

Former WWE Superstar Eugene's Shoulder Surgery Paid for by WWE • /r/SquaredCircle
WWE paid for Eugene's shoulder surgery last year.. when's the last time Eugene worked for WWE?

Get that "indie money" and "bigger cut of your merch" instead, brehs

 

[Superkick Party]

Former WWE Superstar Eugene's Shoulder Surgery Paid for by WWE • /r/SquaredCircle
WWE paid for Eugene's shoulder surgery last year.. when's the last time Eugene worked for WWE?

Get that "indie money" and "bigger cut of your merch" instead, brehs

He was a trainer at the performance center a few years ago you goof