8 Biggest Ever Wrestler-Management Disputes In History

5. Mike Awesome And Paul Heyman

Awesome made his debut in WCW by attacking Kevin Nash live on Nitro while he still held the ECW Championship. This was to the dismay of ECW supremo Paul Heyman who was seemingly locked in contract negotiations with one of his biggest stars when he turned up on another company's show. The story goes that Heyman was trying to tie Awesome down to new deal despite owing the ECW Champion a vast amount of money. Understandably, Awesome was reluctant to resign while he was still owed money and jumped at the chance to join Ted Turner's organisation. After all, the WCW roster's salaries were far superior to those ECW could offer. This story was proved correct by Awesome's former Team Canada leader Lance Storm, here. Awesome received a lot of heat from the ECW faithful for the move, but as Storm puts it: "After repeatedly not receiving money promised him Mike accepted an offer from WCW that offered his family financial security. I€™m not sure there is anyone in the business that would have done differently." The animosity between Awesome and ECW ran until Awesome, real name Mike Alfonso, died in 2007.