In this day and age, are PPV payouts still at the whim of Vince McMahon or have guidelines ever been given to the wrestlers?
On a similar note, what is the most lopsided payout you are aware of in a main event (I remember Rick Rude quit over his 1990 payout vs. the Warrior's)
On a similar note, what is the most lopsided payout you are aware of in a main event (I remember Rick Rude quit over his 1990 payout vs. the Warrior's)
Some of the payouts are written right into contracts (like the tippy top guys), most are at the whims of the WWE machine. Notably as of late the company has been playing games with the numbers to take payoffs away from guys and move the money to other divisions that are losing money. Even when guys like Punk and Bryan put on a **** classic at Over the Limit, they can get screwed out of a main event payoff.
As for lopsided payouts, I think Hogan-Earthquake was pretty much weighted only in Hulk's direction. Rock-Cena was I think also pretty lopsided in that Rock made MILLIONS for one match and Cena probably just a single million for it.