Posted By James Walsh on 07/06/26


An update on how TKO approach WWE talent contracts following the news of Sheamus' departure yesterday:

"The TKO thing, from talking to people there on this and other situations is they are willing, very willing to pay really really really giant money to people who they perceive as the stars, like a sports team.

"But when it’s older wrestlers who they perceive as being on their downside and have big contracts, they’re very much like a NFL team that will go, rather than pay a guy a giant salary who’s on the downside, we would rather spend our resources on somebody younger, who also we can pay less too.

"So, that offer to Sheamus really doesn’t surprise me at all. He would be a guy I would expect something like this to happen."

(Dave Meltzer on Wrestling Observer Radio)