Reply #12: Wrestlers pay their travel expenses too [View All]

Rental cars, hotel, etc. They may get one plane ticket at the start of a run, but that's all.

If a wrestler needs surgery, they often pay for it, but that's not a gimme. It's only if they are a big enough star.

Vince and Linda basically claim wrestlers are "independant contractors". Yet they sign contracts for 2, 3 or 4 years at a time, and when they expire, they even have a 90 day no compete clause so they can't go to a major promotion in the US (the only one that exists is TNA)

Jesse Ventura has been all over this for years about the wrestlers unionizing, but until one of the major stars starts pushing for it (usually if you are the champion, you get perks) it will never happen.