There has been a lot of talk about Sami Zayn possibly being one of the WWE wrestlers who agreed to take a huge pay cut. Let’s see what today’s rumors have to say about it!
Top rumor of the day: Sami Zayn pay cut
Speculation about Sami Zayn accepting a 50% pay cut from WWE has run wild on the internet based on a conversation that Kevin Nash and Sean Oliver had on their Kliq This podcast. The Wrestling Observer Newsletter has now chimed in on this juicy rumor with a couple of additional tidbits.
As far as the WWE pay cuts are concerned, Dave
Meltzer writes that Zayn’s “name was brought up internally to me but never as 100 percent” confirmed.
Meltzer was told that the pay cuts applied to wrestlers “who were going to be cut because creative had nothing for them but they would give them a new deal at a decreased rate to see if something popped up.” Zayn doesn’t fit that description very well, because unlike Sheamus or New Day, he is regularly featured on WWE’s weekly programming, even if he isn’t always pushed as a top guy. In other words, WWE creative pretty much always has something for The Last Real Good Guy.
Even so, Meltzer notes that “this would not be the first, or fifth [time] for that matter” that Sami Zayn’s name has been brought up on the topic of these WWE pay cuts. Make of that what you will in the comments below.
The rest of the rumors!
- According to The Observer, this week’s world championship match (and high stakes stipulation) between MJF and Kenny Omega was originally planned for the main event of the AEW Redemption pay-per-view in Montreal on July 26. It’s believed that MJF is the one who pushed for the match to be moved up to Dynamite Beach Break. The fact that Tony Khan went along with the idea means he “must feel he’s got something PPV worthy” to replace it at Redemption.
- Per The Observer, the plan for the WWE championship match at SummerSlam “was always” CM Punk vs. Cody Rhodes.
- WrestleVotes claims that the slow ticket sales for SummerSlam have been “a hot topic” and “a concern internally” for weeks within WWE.
- On The Phenomenally Retro Podcast, AJ Styles said he was supposed to retain the United States championship against Kevin Owens at WWE Battleground 2017. However, Styles botched the finish when he didn’t get his shoulder up before the referee counted to three. AJ didn’t believe he screwed it up until Vince McMahon made someone show him a replay of the ending.
- Fightful Select mentioned that AEW originals the Dark Order (Evil Uno, John Silver, Alex Reynolds) have all re-signed with the promotion and are under new contracts.
- WWE filed to trademark the term “The Nomad,” which is almost certainly related to Baron Corbin’s surprise return to the promotion.
- When asked about why Will Ospreay and Jon Moxley wrestled in a filler tag team match on the loaded Dynamite Beach Break card that had a long overrun, Wrestling Observer Radio’s Dave Meltzer said it’s because they are two of AEW’s four biggest ratings draws.
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