Former WWE star Baron Corbin explains what wrestlers deal with during contract negotiations

While appearing on Sirius XM’s Off The Ropes show, former WWE star Baron Corbin (now known as Bishop Dyer) explained what wrestlers deal with during contract negotiations..

“They [WWE] have no answer to why you are paid what you are paid. For a brief period, they brought measurables to the table, ‘Well, these are your social media numbers, these are your merch numbers, these are your interaction numbers.’ I know somebody on the roster who said, ‘Well, these don’t look right to me.’ They had someone do some serious digging and they countered everything that was being presented to them with facts and then they got a way better contract. That was the last time that they brought those things to the table.

When you get closer to your contract ending, ‘Hey, I’m six months from my contract being up and I’m now I’m not on TV.’ It’s not a coincidence. It’s written that way. ‘Well, we don’t have much for you.’ So now, when they present you the contract, they go, ‘Well, you haven’t been on TV in two months.’ Yeah, but I was two and half years prior to this. So, they lowball you. Like, it’s a business. I get it, it is what it is. It’s the nature of the beast.” (quote courtesy of Skylar Russell)

@siriusxmsports WWE contracts can be wild at times. Bishop Dyer, fka Baron Corbin in WWE, discusses with Jonathan Coachman how WWE Superstars can get paid or lowballed in their contracts. In the wake of the Karrion Kross release, do you remember a time when a WWE Superstar you followed got faded off TV as their contract was expiring? (via Off The Ropes on Pro Wrestling Nation 24/7) #wwe #wrestling #prowrestling #karrionkross ♬ original sound – SiriusXM Sports