When Alberto Del Rio, real name Alberto Rodriguez, signed with WWE in June 2009, he had already turned them down once before. WWE, seemingly not wanting to be seen as a company you can refuse, offered him another contract with greatly improved terms. Specifics of WWE contracts are hard to come by, but it's generally believed that after salary, PPV bonuses, and the types of benefits usually reserved for the WWE champion, Del Rio was raking in around $1million a year. Basically, he entered the company with the contract of an established main event star. What Mark Henry had worked towards since joining the company in 1996, Del Rio was getting from day one. Of course, if WWE are offering a contract like this, you can't fault Del Rio for taking it. He was an established star in Mexico, and had turned down the WWE's initial, more standard offer because he felt his career would be better served staying where he was. He was happy to move to the WWE, but only on a big contract. Now, with WWE recently laying off 7% of it's workforce and making across-the-board budget cuts, they seemed happy to remove a big contract when given the chance.
Michael Palmer is a contributor at whatculture.com and thelineofbestfit.com, and he probably likes WWE slightly more than most people would call "healthy".
