WWE Stars Targeted By TKO For Contract Restructuring Revealed

The latest report revealed the category of WWE stars who could be asked to restructure their existing deals by the TKO group.

The New Day recently departed the WWE because they reportedly refused to restructure their deals and take a pay cut by TKO. It was also reported that an undisclosed star accepted the pay cut and will stay with the Stamford-based promotion.

Meanwhile, there is a new update regarding the process of restructuring the existing contracts by the TKO group.

WWE stars who could be on TKO’s radar for restructuring the deals

Speaking on Wrestling Observer Live, Bryan Alvarez reported that the WWE stars who are in the upper midcard have been asked to restructure their deals. Alvarez also said that the top guys and main eventers like Roman Reigns and Seth Rollins will not be asked for the same by TKO:

From what I understand, these people who have been asked to restructure their deals are people who are upper midcard-ish, maybe even higher than that. The ones I’ve heard, they’ve been around for a long time and they were making a lot of money. We’re not talking a guy like Roman Reigns or a guy like Seth Rollins. Those guys, the very tippy top main eventers, they’re not gonna be asking those tippy top main eventers to restructure their deals. If you are low on the card, you’re probably not making enough that they’re gonna bother.”

Alvarez further noted the reason why TKO is asking some WWE stars to restructure their deals and take pay cuts:

“So the reason there’s a specific window it appears of people that are being asked to restructure, is because these people signed pretty big money deals quite a while ago, and they’ve been making that money for quite a while, and now they’re not where they were. Their justification is, ‘Things are very different now than when you signed this deal. Yes, we are asking you to take less money,’ but their argument is, ‘You are doing significantly less now.

“‘You’re not doing four house shows a week, you’re not on the road four days a week, paying for your transportation and your hotel and your this and your that. You’re on the road one day a week, you’re wrestling maybe twice a month, and we want to pay you less because you’re doing less now.’ That is their mindset. That’s their perspective there.”

Bryan Alvarez concluded by reporting that a half-dozen people were asked to take a pay cut, and many may have taken it except the New Day, who recently left:

I was told, the number I got was like a half-dozen people. And obviously we know two of them said, ‘That ain’t happening,’ that’s the New Day. I’ve heard at least two names that did (agree), and my presumption is the other names probably did as well because if they didn’t, they would be gone, we would know.” [h/t WrestleTalk]

The latest news on which WWE stars are taking significant pay cuts and why it's happening:

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