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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 20:42:10 GMT -5
TOP STORY: TNA Pay
Recently a list began circulating on the internet with the TNA salary averages for 2008. Below is the list and below that is my thoughts.
A.J Styles $115,000 Alex Shelley $82,000 Angelina Love $60,000 (expected to rise) Awesome Kong $90,000 BG James $115,000 Black Reign $80,000 Booker T $556,000 (First class flight tickets paid for to arenas, hotel & transportation) Chris Sabin $75,000 Christian Cage $376,000 (First class flight tickets paid for to arenas) Christy Hemme $157,000 (First class flight tickets paid for to arenas) Elix Skipper $45,000 Eric Young $88,000 Gail Kim $105,000 Hemandez $90,000 Homicide $90,000 Jacqueline $60,000 James Storm $90,000 (expected to rise) Jay Lethal $75,000 (expected to rise) Jimmy Rave $65,000 Johnny Devine $50,000 Kaz $86,000 (expected to rise) Karen Angle $75,000 (First class flight tickets paid for to arenas) Kevin Nash $126,000 Kip James $123,000 Kurt Angle $600,000 guaranteed (First class flight tickets paid for to arenas, hotel & transportation) Lance Hoyt $75,000 Matt Morgan $90,000 (expected to rise) ODB $85,000 Petey Williams $76,000 (expected to rise) Rellik $62,000 Rhino $140,000 Robert Roode $90,000 (expected to rise) Roxxi Laveaux $90,000 Salinas $60,000 Samoa Joe $156,000 Scott Steiner $133,000 Shark Boy $70,000 Sonjay Dutt $85,000 Sting $673,000 Tomko $110,000 Traci Brooks $83,000 Velvet Sky $60,000 (expected to rise)
I pulled this from a colum at TNAWrestlingNews.com
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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 20:43:37 GMT -5
I think it's a damn shame that Christy Hemme of all people
A.) Gets paid more than AJ Styles B.) First class flight tickets paid for.
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Post by Iron Man on May 29, 2008 20:46:13 GMT -5
Wow, AJ Makes that little compared to everyone else? And it is a travesty that Cage is paid less then Booker freaking T.
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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 20:48:22 GMT -5
Yeah. I'm also going to assume this isn't with their % of merch. added in.
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Post by King Bálor (CM)™ on May 29, 2008 20:53:30 GMT -5
Fire Christy and Booker T. Styles, Cage, Joe and Angle should be the highest paid people. Karen Angle should not get that first class treatment either.
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Post by Blackjack on May 29, 2008 20:54:39 GMT -5
AJ is there for the love of the business. I am not surprised he makes less than people like Kip James, Christy Hemme, and the same as BG James who are money hungry whores.
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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 20:59:00 GMT -5
AJ said before he's in it for the $$..
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Post by MX5 on May 29, 2008 21:00:42 GMT -5
I hate that Sabin, and Petey are getting paid so little, when they've been in TNA for so long.
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Post by Iron Man on May 29, 2008 21:00:57 GMT -5
AJ said before he's in it for the $$.. Really? I thought he didn't care for the Money as much for the wrestling. Because if it were the money, why wouldn't he be in the 'E? Unless he would get paid less there.
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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 21:02:22 GMT -5
He got into it for the money and then fell in love with wrestling. So, it's both.
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Post by Adam on May 29, 2008 21:12:42 GMT -5
Kind of sad that they can give first class treatment to people like Karen Angle and Christy Hemme, but not their world champion.
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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 21:20:59 GMT -5
I can understand Karen as they give it to Kurt. Kurt & Karen travel together so that makes sense. But, Hemme? BUT, this could've changed a little bit.
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Post by Adam on May 29, 2008 21:51:44 GMT -5
But they can't pay for their top guy's flights?
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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 21:53:16 GMT -5
The thing is Joe might have it now and it's just not reported.
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Post by jjkotm on May 29, 2008 22:03:34 GMT -5
People shouldn't be complaining about Karen Angle. She travels with Angle, so it makes sense.
The biggest jokes by far are Christy Hemme & Booker T. Booker T does not make any remote difference for TNA, and he's making that much. That's good that some deserving wrestlers are getting pay increases.
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Post by Too Sweet on May 29, 2008 22:06:04 GMT -5
Kind of sad that they can give first class treatment to people like Karen Angle and Christy Hemme, but not their world champion. The World Champion who blasted TNA last year live on PPV?
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Post by Adam on May 29, 2008 22:14:43 GMT -5
Kind of sad that they can give first class treatment to people like Karen Angle and Christy Hemme, but not their world champion. The World Champion who blasted TNA last year live on PPV? I guess the truth did hurt.
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Post by tnafan4life on May 29, 2008 22:21:24 GMT -5
I don't see how that was the "truth". Yeah, he said some that was the truth but the "shoot" lost it's point what Joe put himself over . If that makes sense..
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Post by ajstyles888 on May 29, 2008 22:22:44 GMT -5
AJ Styles is getting ripped off. In my opinion he's the best wrestler in the world and you have guy's like BG & Kip James getting more than him. That just ain't right.
- Iron Heart
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Post by jjkotm on May 29, 2008 22:24:08 GMT -5
If I were TNA, I don't think I would've ever given the belt to Joe. He was really unprofessional at TP 07, and that's not a guy you want representing your company. And Tomko's push deserves to go down the drain to for not listening to TNA, and he skipped the Lockdown fanfest in favor of a show in Japan. TNA needs to overall step up and stop getting bitched out by wrestlers. Which they are finally doing to some extent.
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