tlk23 Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Saw this on other boards and thought it was interesting. Article shows what every wrestler, manager and ref got paid for Summerslam 1991. Hogan, Warrior and Savage are the top three. Elizabeth paid the same as Slaughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nate Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Elizabeth paid the same as Slaughter. But not in dues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 "Sorry Adnan, we're paying the Sheik $15K more than you tonight" And I would guess the announcers are salaried instead of per-appearance. Purely because per appearance would complicate things. But salary means that they tape 4 weeks of TV in a night, then announce over it somewhere afterwards, then tape stuff for some shows, and so on. Seems easier to just pay them a salary instead of trying to figure out how much one gets paid for a taping of WWF Wrestling Challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev Ray Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I like that the sheet shows the wedding as Savage vs. Elizabeth 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool arrow Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Is that one of those shoots that isn't supposed to be a shoot? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Bugg Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 1,000 comps for Summerslam? The 2nd biggest PPV of the year in the home of the WWF and they didn't sell out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 That's around the standard amount of comps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cobra Commander Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 also Summerslam drew more than the 7/1 and 10/28 MSG shows combined. 8K on 7/1 (Warrior/Taker in a Bodybag match) and 9K on 10/28 (Flair/Piper). Hogan/Flair on 11/30 drew 15K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Man, Savage got paid that much to essentially renew his wedding vows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Is there any place that has the full payroll list without it being chopped up into pieces? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Full payoff sheet can be viewed here: http://imgur.com/a/HVO0C#0 There's not much difference, really. The unaltered version just has the match rundown at the top of each page. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookieghana Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Full payoff sheet can be viewed here: http://imgur.com/a/HVO0C#0 There's not much difference, really. The unaltered version just has the match rundown at the top of each page. The original was filed as an exhibit in the Ultimate Warrior/WWE lawsuit(s). You can see the PDF that was in the case originally & the images at https://sites.google.com/site/chrisharrington/mookieghana-prowrestlingstatistics/summerslam1991 And yes, we (author Wooly & I) screwed up the definition of draw in the WhatCulture article. That was a major brainfart on our part we're pretty embarrassed by that. Unfortunately, once the article is published, we can't edit it. So, right now, it stays unchanged. Wooly even got an unsolicited DM on twitter from Colt Cabana explaining the correct definition of a draw which was amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 What's the correct definition? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookieghana Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 What's the correct definition? Draw is just an advance against your future paycheck. Essentially, it's upfront money so you can pay road expenses. It's not additive to what you're paid. So, when Sherri made $5,000 w/ $200 draw, that meant she was paid the $200 now and so her future pay for the event would have only been $4,800. In the article (at least in the original version we posted), we treated it like Sherri would have made $5,200 which is bad voodoo wrestlenomics. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kuetsar Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 So Warrior walked over not getting a 15 k bonus like Hogan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 No, he probably would have gotten closer to $50K, the $75K was to honor the agreement in spirit, the $15K bonus for Hogan was likely just a screw you to Hellwig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Are there other interesting things out there from lawsuits. Anything in Ventura's or the Charles Austin lawsuit or the WWF suing WCW over Hall and Nash having the WWF mannerisms (which I think would be most interesting) or the Raven independent contractor one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mookieghana Posted March 31, 2014 Share Posted March 31, 2014 Are there other interesting things out there from lawsuits. Anything in Ventura's or the Charles Austin lawsuit or the WWF suing WCW over Hall and Nash having the WWF mannerisms (which I think would be most interesting) or the Raven independent contractor one? I've put copies of Wrestler's booking contracts that were part of lawsuits/SEC filings on my website: https://sites.google.com/site/chrisharrington/mookieghana-prowrestlingstatistics/wwe_contracts Includes Shane, Vince, Linda, Stephanie McMahon and Jim Ross along with Triple H, Brock Lesnar, Kanyon, Mike Sanders, Raven and Ultimate Warrior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianChris Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 What's the correct definition? Draw is just an advance against your future paycheck. Essentially, it's upfront money so you can pay road expenses. It's not additive to what you're paid. So, when Sherri made $5,000 w/ $200 draw, that meant she was paid the $200 now and so her future pay for the event would have only been $4,800. In the article (at least in the original version we posted), we treated it like Sherri would have made $5,200 which is bad voodoo wrestlenomics. I'm assuming that math is also how the "Jimmy Hart made $10,000" line came in? I stared at those images for way too damn long trying to figure out what was going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
offspring515 Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 Yeah not to pile on but I kept wondering how a 200 dollar "bonus" was adding 2000 dollars onto the total. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooseCannon Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 So, you're saying that the author is to arithmetic what Meltzer is to grammar and spelling? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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