Xavier makes "little to nothing" from UpUpDownDown youtube channel

[Thavoiceofthevoiceless]

Watch WWE do some shyt like try and replace him with someone else as the face of the channel and then act surprised when it flops

In a way though, I kinda see why WWE can't cave into his demands as it would open the floodgates for everyone else to make an argument as well for future purposes.

 

[Norrin Radd]

Apparently he ain’t really getting paid for hosting G4 either, WWE really owns these peoples souls

 

[Bryan Danielson]

Apparently he ain’t really getting paid for hosting G4 either, WWE really owns these peoples souls

Like I don’t know how the usual Stan’s can defend this. I get why they ignore it, but when face to face with it, they spin and defend it.

Whether you are a hourly or salary employee and ESPECIALLY if you are an “independent contractor”

Your company should never have this much control or ownership of ventures you have on your own personal time that they ain’t putting no effort or resources in

Like he created that brand and when you think “UpUpDownDown” nothing about it says WWE

 

[thaKEAF]

Smh

 

[Mook]

Apparently he ain’t really getting paid for hosting G4 either, WWE really owns these peoples souls

The guy who said marks are in the ring was not lying. That's why these wrestlers stay in WWE for 60 years now as opposed to before. Vince screws them and they just happy to be there.

 

[Reality Check]

The guy who said marks are in the ring was not lying. That's why these wrestlers stay in WWE for 60 years now as opposed to before. Vince screws them and they just happy to be there.

Hate to be the bearer of bad news, but the biggest marks in the wrestling industry have always been the wrestlers themselves. This isn't something that has all of a sudden become a thing over the past couple years.

 

[OnFleekTing]

wrestlers in general got to be some of the worst business men and women out there
I get that WWE gives them exposure and a decent salary but you cannot justify them getting all the money and ownership of endeavors that you build on your personal time

They want your twitch money, youtube money, all income streams related to your time outside the ring apparently otherwise you get depushed

 

[Grifter]

Also as far as I know he never sold ad space to other companies. Which is smart in the long run given the E.

 

[folasade]

I don't feel bad for him. They are independent contractors and he chose that shytty ass deal.

 

[krackdagawd]

bbbut Kofi got a title run where he never main evented and was squashed in 5 seconds tho

Hurt business boomin tho

Now these guys aint even getting paid for these "pushes"

 

[8WON6]

yall didn't learn shyt from all that Queen Zelina Vega shyt, huh?

 

[Beautiful Bobby Eatin]

Report: Latest Update on The Status of Xavier Woods' UpUpDownDown YouTube Channel


The UpUpDownDown YouTube Channel, first started by WWE's Xavier Woods in 2015 and now boasting 2.27 million subscribers, hasn't posted a full video since Oct. 15. Fightful Select's Sean Ross Sapp then dropped a report on Tuesday stating that there's a reason for that, as the wrestlers who work on the channel are standing in solidarity with Woods over the deal he was given when he sold the YouTube channel to WWE.


"...They felt he was getting taken advantage of by a bad deal with UpUpDownDown. We're told they don't plan on posting new content until Woods gets a better deal," Sapp wrote. He then stressed that this is likely not the end of the channel and that videos will resume once a new deal has been reached.

The report comes just one week before the relaunch of the G4 network, which Woods will be a part of.


"Never in my wildest dreams did I expect #Creed4G4 to gain so much momentum among WWE fans and gamers alike," Woods said last year when the company announced his involvement. "As a lifelong video game fanatic, I have always held a genuine affinity for the G4 brand, and I'm honored and humbled to be joining the G4 team at a time when interest in gaming and the gaming community has never been stronger."
On WWE programming, Woods recently had a lifelong dream fulfilled by winning the King of the Ring tournament and becoming King Woods.

"I already thought I felt everything, you know? Like almost 20 years in wrestling and this is like the only real thing, this and Tag Team stuff, I love Tag-Team wrestling, but this is like the only singles accolade that I ever cared about. Titles are cool, even like that white leather IC title is so dope, but like i only care about this," Woods said in an emotional backstage promo after winning the finals against Finn Balor at Crown Jewel. "Like you know you can do something and you know that it's possible but there's something in your head that says this will never happen, this is a pipe dream," Woods said. "Like you've done well enough, you know. Be happy with what you have you know. I guess I never actually like really believed this would ever really happen for me, so..."



@ the people for standing up.

I guess he gotta a push out of it, which isnt the same as proper equity but it bees like that


Seriously this makes WWE's push for black talent look funny if the real dealings aint there. Between this and the Keith Lee not getting his bills paid, they looking awful

But when myself and others called the black push disingenuous, bootlickers couldnt wait to call it out as being ungrateful and haters. This is another reason why I never want to see black talent in that awful company.

 

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Imagine if Hogan hadn’t have snitched to McMahon about Jesse Ventura, and for what? Dude was already a millionaire with a guaranteed top spot.

 

[THE 101]

Watch WWE do some shyt like try and replace him with someone else as the face of the channel and then act surprised when it flops

In a way though, I kinda see why WWE can't cave into his demands as it would open the floodgates for everyone else to make an argument as well for future purposes.

Then you let them.

Not everything is about squeezing every cent from the company. That's the thing with this Nick Khan shyt....all these releases and slave deals ignore the human aspect. At some point you have to give a little back to the employees for morale. Better morale means better performance at their job, and also means less talent will jump ship. And the youtube/twitch situation is just gonna stifle potential creativity. There's no incentive for talent to do interesting stuff online if they don't benefit from it.

Nick Khan has completely imbedded souless corporate culture into WWE. It was already going in that direction but Khan has taken it to another level. This is just pure uncut late stage capitalism. And that just isn't conducive to a creative environment.

 

[Max.]

Key words

WWE has always owned UpUpDownDown.