12 Superstars Vince McMahon Broke The WWE Bank For

To hell with a pay structure, McMahon desperately wanted these guys.

Pay structure has always been a controversial subject in WWE. Most wrestlers tend do ok, with a downside guarantee and range of royalties keeping them happy. But for some lower card wrestlers, the downside guarantee only just takes care of living costs and road expenses. There's millionaires in WWE, but there's also guys scraping a living. With that in mind, it has always been a scandal in the locker room whenever Vince McMahon has brought in wrestlers on money beyond the normal pay structure. Every now and again, he has wanted a wrestler so badly that he's gone out and broke the bank. Paying over the usual rate for a wrestler is a mixed idea. On the one hand, it makes sense to keep as close as possible to a set pay structure. But on the other hand, some wrestlers are clearly worth far more than others. If there's an available exceptional talent, it is smart business to pay exceptional money and get them. A good example would be if John Cena was a free agent, or if his contract was coming up. WWE wouldn't offer him what they typically offer a main eventer, they'd offer him far more. Certain wrestlers pull numbers in, and in some cases could make more money elsewhere. The following wrestlers are talent Vince McMahon broke the bank for...
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