2. The Guys Aren't Necessarily Motivated By The "Big Wrestlemania Paycheck..."
With news of his contract re-signing, it's fairly safe to say that there's the money Brock Lesnar is making at Wrestlemania, and then there's the money EVERYONE ELSE is making at Wrestlemania. There's a big difference. CM Punk was correct to question how the WWE Network would affect bonus payouts, as it clearly has. The company stands to earn 83% less in Wrestlemania purchase dollars alone, dollars that aren't necessarily showing up from corporate sponsors or gate receipts. Thus, the big "Wrestlemania Payoff" that you hear people like The Hardy Boyz talk about regarding why they put their bodies on the line, just isn't there anymore. How will this effect the show itself? Well, check out that ladder match. Someone's probably going to think twice before taking anything close to anything seen in a TLC or Money in the Bank match from Wrestlemanias past.
Besides having been an independent professional wrestling manager for a decade, Marcus Dowling is a Washington, DC-based writer who has contributed to a plethora of online and print magazines and newspapers writing about music and popular culture over the past 15 years.
