2019 Pro Wrestling thread

Excellent. Give her a plaque in the Playboy Mansion.

 

She has one. It's been spackled over, though.

 

Is Hacksaw Jim Duggan in? In hindsight, I considered him and Brutus kind of equivalent, although Hacksaw had a longer run and career. (Probably because he didn't have such a severe injury, and a drug addiction as a result, but hey. Them's the breaks in pro wrestling.) I'm OK with Brutus getting in - it'll be a fun moment, and the Hall skews more toward than that anything else.

Now Torrie Wilson? Yikes. It's not like they've inducted two dozen women wrestlers.

 

Crazy Dean Ambrose is walking away from $2m. Makes me think ... are those top talents in AEW/NJPW/ROH making $2m/year through all their bookings?

Also, where is Daniel Bryan on that list? Unless his salary wasn't reported even though he came back in Q2 2018.

 

Hacksaw was class of 2011.

As for Torrie, I agree. One that comes to my mind immediately who deserves it more is Molly Holly.

 

It's official. It's just weird. Molly Holly, Victoria and Bull Nakano are still waiting while their contributions have been more important.

 

Cross-threading for a bit, RIP Luke Perry. He was a frequent sight at wrestling shows, and his son, Jack, is signed to AEW.

 

Interesting...

 

That's crazy that an established veteran like Kofi Kingston is only making $500,000, and less than two career mid-carders in Harper and Rowan.
I wonder if that has something to do with the way they pay tag teams, since Big E and Xavier Woods are also making $500,000. Do they consider the New Day one act making $1.5 million, rather than three individual guys making $500K apiece?

 

So fuckin' amazing.

 

Perhaps, although I’d think they would do quite well with the merch money. Plus, although Kofi is a longtime veteran, keep in mind that this was from a year ago and he essentially was the third man in the act.

Sin Cara at $700K is like, what the fuck? He was barely on TV as Kalisto’s partner.

Nakamura making as much as Heath Slater is another one that gives pause, although I’d think he’d do better with merch and bonuses.

Braun making as much as Titus and Apollo is nuts.

The Usos only making $250K each is flat-out criminal, no pun intended. They’ve been there almost 10 years.