10 Times WWE Actually Worked With Other Companies
8. ECW - Paying Paul Heyman
"WWE bankrolled ECW" has been the take for as long as the Extreme organisation has been out of business, but there have been several varying tales on how exactly Vince McMahon started financially aiding Paul Heyman in the 1990s.
On his own hugely enjoyable DVD profile, Heyman explained that McMahon paid ECW's HHG ownership $1000 as part of the agreement to sign Too Cold Scorpio in 1996, then simply continued to pay it weekly after the fact.
Vince McMahon himself was less clear about the reality of the situation in his own comments on the hugely successful 2004 Rise & Fall Of ECW documentary, awkwardly noting - in a manner of speaking, quite frankly notwithstanding - about him paying what he felt was fair to the organisation having perpetually raided it for talent and concepts.
Money travelled from Connecticut to Philadelphia, we know that much. All despite the companies being locked in a supposedly fierce rivalry. And about that...