Update: Reports Of Dolph Ziggler’s Contract Terms And Conditions May Not Be Entirely Accurate

It was reported over the weekend that WWE Superstar Dolph Ziggler had reportedly come to terms on a new deal with WWE to stay with the company after they offered him a “big money” deal that he could not turn down.

Sports Illustrated’s Justin Barrasso is claiming that the “big money” offer Ziggler received from WWE was for $1.5 million per year.

On today’s installment of Wrestling Observer Live, when asked about the reports of Dolph’s new contract Bryan Alvarez confirmed that Ziggler did sign a new deal but he seemed very skeptical about the reported $1.5 million figure. Instead he believes that there is a better chance that the $1.5 million figure reflects the total amount of the two-year deal instead of the per-year amount, however he could not confirm if this was in fact correct.

“I doubt WWE released the numbers for his contract,” Alvarez explained. “I don’t believe it. I’m very skeptical of those numbers.”

Dave Meltzer chimed in adding to Barrasso’s claim, and he indicated that while it is possible that WWE may have indeed offered him that figure, it seems very unlikely based off WWE’s current structure for their talent’s salaries.

“There are extenuating circumstances,” Meltzer said. “Based on the usual salary structure, that seems very unlikely.”

Dave Meltzer said that he would reach out for confirmation of the report, but he indicated that it is very doubtful that he will hear anything back because WWE does not like to release these numbers to the public.

We feel it should also be noted that one of the “rumored” clauses in Dolph Ziggler’s new deal is that he is now allowed to leave after his matches and does not have to stick around for the remainder of the show.

Former WWE Superstar X-Pac discussed the rumored clause in Ziggler’s contract on his latest podcast episode and he indicated that he has never heard of such a clause in any WWE contracts. In fact, X-Pac went on to reveal that WWE made it mandatory for all talents to remain present until the end of the show several years ago. This came about after company officials began noticing a lot of young talents were leaving the venue early when they could have really benefited from staying and watching the main eventers perform.

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