WWE has long since stopped mentioning Ryback but it seems “The Big Guy” can’t keep WWE out of his mouth. On a recent episode of “Ryback TV” he spoke about the recent reports of WWE taking over Twitch accounts.
I would be really curious to know what that cut is gonna be because we know the percentages in WWE are oftentimes heavily favorited to the promoter, to Vince. Now you’re dealing with social media and a lot of these guys have built up their followings on there. And you’re gonna count it against their downside? My thing is then their contract should be restructured and everyone should get a raise then based off of this prior, just if they’re gonna keep it this way. Now they’re taking their revenue on that and they’re counting it towards their downside, which they’re gonna pay them less on other things now and they’re gonna increase their bottom line. This is greed at its finest.
Ryback continued:
I understand protecting brands, but the talent – the talent all have a choice. If everyone just said ‘We’re not doing this,’ they wouldn’t be able to do anything about it. The problem is, that’s not what’s going on. In all fairness, if you have new people starting out you’re gonna do what you’re told – you don’t have a lot of power or a lot of money…..it’s a frustrating thing. I’m glad I’m not involved in it or part of it quite frankly. That just goes to show you how screwed up everything is.
Ryback then spoke about WWE trying to do the same thing to him while he was employed there.
WWE, when I was there, they brought us all into a room and tried to force everybody to sign over their social media accounts, which I got up and I left. They tried to track me down multiple times and forced me to sign it and I never did. I knew I was leaving already. I don’t know the exact specifics on what control it gave them. It essentially allowed them to go into anybody’s accounts at any time and have full control over the account, which I thought was completely ridiculous. Now, this is a further step and you’re dealing directly with as far as money. I would love to see the percentages. I think the contracts – that’s gonna be a real talk that needs to happen in renegotiating contracts to incorporate social media into revenue.
It seems that every chance he gets, no matter the platform, Ryback loves to continually take shots at Vince McMahon and company. At this point, everything is just coming off as bitter for the Big Guy.
(H/T- 411 Mania )
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