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An interesting note from this weeks Observer that might give an indication as to how much money people being suspended are missing out on. When Jeff Hardy was suspended for 30-days, it's estimated that he lost around $100,000 through missing out on his house show money, his downside guarantee and the PPV payoff he would have got for Summerslam.

 

So wait, Jeff Hardy is making 1.2 million a year??!!

 

Probably a little less than that, but it would depend on if the houses were good, how well the PPV's draw and if he's on them and in a good position on the card. I'm guessing for 2007 he's making a high six-figure income, at least.

 

 

This is Jeff Hardy. He's been one of the highest merchandise sellers for both TNA and WWE for the past 7 years. I'm pretty sure he makes more than 1.2 a year.

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An interesting note from this weeks Observer that might give an indication as to how much money people being suspended are missing out on. When Jeff Hardy was suspended for 30-days, it's estimated that he lost around $100,000 through missing out on his house show money, his downside guarantee and the PPV payoff he would have got for Summerslam.

 

So wait, Jeff Hardy is making 1.2 million a year??!!

 

Probably a little less than that, but it would depend on if the houses were good, how well the PPV's draw and if he's on them and in a good position on the card. I'm guessing for 2007 he's making a high six-figure income, at least.

 

 

This is Jeff Hardy. He's been one of the highest merchandise sellers for both TNA and WWE for the past 7 years. I'm pretty sure he makes more than 1.2 a year.

 

Just a matter of how much he blew supporting his various habits.

 

 

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An interesting note from this weeks Observer that might give an indication as to how much money people being suspended are missing out on. When Jeff Hardy was suspended for 30-days, it's estimated that he lost around $100,000 through missing out on his house show money, his downside guarantee and the PPV payoff he would have got for Summerslam.

 

So wait, Jeff Hardy is making 1.2 million a year??!!

 

Probably a little less than that, but it would depend on if the houses were good, how well the PPV's draw and if he's on them and in a good position on the card. I'm guessing for 2007 he's making a high six-figure income, at least.

 

 

This is Jeff Hardy. He's been one of the highest merchandise sellers for both TNA and WWE for the past 7 years. I'm pretty sure he makes more than 1.2 a year.

At a stretch, I could buy Jeff making close to a $1m a year, if only because of strong merchandising. But no way he makes $1.2m plus. That's getting into Cena/Undertaker/HHH territory.

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I read that all WWE wrestlers only get something like 3-5% of the profit from their merchandise (depending on their status on the card). If your someone like Rey or Cena, that's still a lot of money. But I don't think most mid card acts are relying on merchandise money to make a living.

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Vince dressed like a clown. He'd fit right in with the jackasses in congress.

Those clowns in Congress have done it again. What a bunch of clowns.

Doink the Congressman?

President Backland and Senator Bradshaw?

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CONGRESSMAN STEARNS TRASHES REPORT SENT BY WWE, SAYS WELLNESS POLICY NOT "WORTH A FLIP"

 

In a stiff blow to WWE, Congressman Cliff Stearns said the government turning up all of these drug purchases from an online pharmacy tells him that "WWE does not have a drug policy that's worth a flip." He said that WWE didn't catch them, a district attorney in Albany, N.Y. investigated and found them.

 

He also said he wonders what other online pharmacies might have other WWE customers. He said he wants more details on how WWE's testing policy actually works.

 

"We asked them for their testing information; what they came back with was not sufficient," Stearns said. "We do not have a copy (of the actual testing policy). We didn't understand whether it was random, what the threshold (level for drugs) was, whether any of these wrestlers were getting post-dated prescriptions after the fact."

 

He said he believes he now has their attention. Plans are going forth to hold hearings on Capital Hill later this month or early in October.

 

Anyone else find it odd that Congress et al. aren't going after professional bodybuilders like Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman, etc. who eat oodles and oodles of steroids...blatantly? I'd love for Gov. Schwarzengger to take a stand against roids.

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Hawk 34

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CONGRESSMAN STEARNS TRASHES REPORT SENT BY WWE, SAYS WELLNESS POLICY NOT "WORTH A FLIP"

 

In a stiff blow to WWE, Congressman Cliff Stearns said the government turning up all of these drug purchases from an online pharmacy tells him that "WWE does not have a drug policy that's worth a flip." He said that WWE didn't catch them, a district attorney in Albany, N.Y. investigated and found them.

 

He also said he wonders what other online pharmacies might have other WWE customers. He said he wants more details on how WWE's testing policy actually works.

 

"We asked them for their testing information; what they came back with was not sufficient," Stearns said. "We do not have a copy (of the actual testing policy). We didn't understand whether it was random, what the threshold (level for drugs) was, whether any of these wrestlers were getting post-dated prescriptions after the fact."

 

He said he believes he now has their attention. Plans are going forth to hold hearings on Capital Hill later this month or early in October.

 

Anyone else find it odd that Congress et al. aren't going after professional bodybuilders like Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman, etc. who eat oodles and oodles of steroids...blatantly? I'd love for Gov. Schwarzengger to take a stand against roids.

 

WWE is a public company that is supposedly allowing its employee's to partake in illegal and deadly activity. They are going after WWE, not Randy Orton and Edge. Bodybuilders aren't dropping dead at a disturbing rate.

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Vince dressed like a clown. He'd fit right in with the jackasses in congress.

Those clowns in Congress have done it again. What a bunch of clowns.

 

How do you keep up with the news like that!?

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Hawk 34

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I actually thought that was Edge at first on the front (the hair, chin and the star) but as far as shirts go, that isn't the worst. In fact, the back isn't all to bothersome. They can't do any worse then the newest Punk shirt, which is a shame since he is the easiest guy to make a shirt for.

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An interesting note from this weeks Observer that might give an indication as to how much money people being suspended are missing out on. When Jeff Hardy was suspended for 30-days, it's estimated that he lost around $100,000 through missing out on his house show money, his downside guarantee and the PPV payoff he would have got for Summerslam.

 

So wait, Jeff Hardy is making 1.2 million a year??!!

 

Probably a little less than that, but it would depend on if the houses were good, how well the PPV's draw and if he's on them and in a good position on the card. I'm guessing for 2007 he's making a high six-figure income, at least.

 

 

This is Jeff Hardy. He's been one of the highest merchandise sellers for both TNA and WWE for the past 7 years. I'm pretty sure he makes more than 1.2 a year.

At a stretch, I could buy Jeff making close to a $1m a year, if only because of strong merchandising. But no way he makes $1.2m plus. That's getting into Cena/Undertaker/HHH territory.

 

As of 2006, Cena was making $1.5 million while both HHH and Undertaker were both well past $2 million.

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WWE is a public company that is supposedly allowing its employee's to partake in illegal and deadly activity. They are going after WWE, not Randy Orton and Edge. Bodybuilders aren't dropping dead at a disturbing rate.

That is an interesting point. I think we can all agree that the majority of big time bodybuilders have or are using steroids, and yet there aren't nearly as many deaths.(That I know of.) So maybe it is the mixture of steroids with painkillers, or the abuse of painkillers, that congress and the WWE should really concern themselves with. Just a thought.

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Enigma

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CONGRESSMAN STEARNS TRASHES REPORT SENT BY WWE, SAYS WELLNESS POLICY NOT "WORTH A FLIP"

 

In a stiff blow to WWE, Congressman Cliff Stearns said the government turning up all of these drug purchases from an online pharmacy tells him that "WWE does not have a drug policy that's worth a flip." He said that WWE didn't catch them, a district attorney in Albany, N.Y. investigated and found them.

 

He also said he wonders what other online pharmacies might have other WWE customers. He said he wants more details on how WWE's testing policy actually works.

 

"We asked them for their testing information; what they came back with was not sufficient," Stearns said. "We do not have a copy (of the actual testing policy). We didn't understand whether it was random, what the threshold (level for drugs) was, whether any of these wrestlers were getting post-dated prescriptions after the fact."

 

He said he believes he now has their attention. Plans are going forth to hold hearings on Capital Hill later this month or early in October.

 

Anyone else find it odd that Congress et al. aren't going after professional bodybuilders like Jay Cutler, Ronnie Coleman, etc. who eat oodles and oodles of steroids...blatantly? I'd love for Gov. Schwarzengger to take a stand against roids.

 

WWE is a public company that is supposedly allowing its employee's to partake in illegal and deadly activity. They are going after WWE, not Randy Orton and Edge. Bodybuilders aren't dropping dead at a disturbing rate.

 

Exactly.

 

This is the same point Ultimate Warrior made when he was on Hannity & Colmes. You don't see the huge bodybuilders from the 70s dropping dead. They are all in their late-50s now and are healthy.

 

It's the steroids mixed in with the destructive lifestyles that leads to wrestlers dying in their 40s. When you mix steroids with pain killer addiction, excessive alcohol consumption, and recreational drugs, you're on a path of destruction.

 

Now that's not to say that steroids on their own aren't harmful on their own. They are. Look at NFL player Lyle Alzaldo from the 80s. He died of brain cancer that doctors said was likely a byproduct of heavy, heavy steroid use.

 

But everyone doesn't get cancer. Warrior shamelessly admitted that he took steroids until 1991, but he is in perfect health today because he never lead a destructive lifestyle with pain killers, alcohol, or drugs outside of the steroids. The reason why everyone drops dead is because a very high percentage of people do.

Thanks for the Fish Newbie

Thanks for the Fish

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Yes... posting a picture of a shirt for two guys not even being discussed here, when the "merch" discussion is not even the main storyline of the thread... that's flowing with the thread.

 

So why didn't the thread police go after the first digression away from the ten suspended wrestlers?? I probably thought I was in the "general discussion/comments that don't warrant a thread" thread given the nature of the discussion before my heinous initial offering in this thread...

 

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