Superstars Finally Paid WrestleMania Payoffs

The latest edition of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter claims that the WWE superstars featured on the card for WrestleMania XXX have finally received their payoffs from the event. While many were worried about how these payoffs were going to turn out due to the poor performance of the WWE Network, it is said that many were pleasantly surprised at their checks.

Dave Meltzer of the Wrestling Observer Newsletter writes,

From what we understand, the WrestleMania checks were sent out this past week and pretty much everyone should have gotten them over the past few days. The only thing I heard is that people who expected to get screwed, given the unhappiness over the video game royalties, said that wasn’t the case and the payoff was better than they feared and about what they expected.

As far as a comparison of guys from equal spots on the card last year or this year and how it overall compares, right now I don’t know anything about that. But it did do 689,000 buys or so on PPV at the highest price of the year, plus did a $10 million live gate, so payoffs, even if limited to the PPV, would be big even if nothing from the network is kicked in.

Because we haven’t gotten anything from anyone in the same spot both years for a comparison, it’ll probably be a week or so before we know more unless it’s spelled out on the SEC filings over the next week.

Former superstars, such as WWE Hall of Famer Mick Foley, have been open about bad payoffs from the company, especially when it comes to video game payoffs. However, it seems like WWE did their talent right by using WrestleMania funds appropriately to give them the big bonus they’re used to getting for the event.

Editor’s Note:
A LOT of talent was in the dark about what they were going to be getting. Daniel Bryan worked two AMAZING matches that night. I’d love to see his check.