So why are WWE employees in difficulty?

It was a few wild years in Wwe. A part was bad, like the scandals surrounding Vince McMahon, but even it led to a good one. After being forced to go out, McMahon returned to sell the WWE for Ari Emanuel’s effort. This has transformed into TKO’s creation, a partnership between WWE and UFC. McMahon was finally expelled from WWE for good and triple H took creative control. New scenarios and exciting characters have led the notes and the attendance to be assembled. Last year, WWE’s success led to three new television offers, notably with Netflix. The company can do nothing harm at the moment, but according to a recent report, the employees behind the scenes are very unhappy and morale is a historic hollow. How could it be?

WWE made huge benefits in 2024

The Netflix agreement is only one of WWE victories

• Raw, Smackdown and NXT have all found new houses in lucrative television offers.
• Saudi Arabia gives $ 100 million a year on WWE.
• The Royal Rumble 2025 had the most profitable non-Wrestlemania door.

In 2024, the three WWE shows found new houses. Smackdown left Fox for the American network for around $ 1.4 billion. Meanwhile, NXT left the United States for the CW at a price of $ 200 million. Above all, there was the big shock when the news dropped that RAW was streaming, when it jumped from the United States ship to Netflix for $ 5 billion over the next ten years. In addition to that, WWE also takes $ 100 million a year by working with Saudi Arabia and has huge Pleas. The most recent Royal Rumble had a door of $ 17 million, which is the biggest for a show that was not Wrestlemania.

According to Brandon Thurston Wrestlenomics::

“TKO will publish the fourth quarter on Wednesday and all of 2024. The parent of WWE and UFC Guided investors To expect the adjusted EBITDA – its favorite profit for profit – between $ 1.22 billion and $ 1.24 billion for the year, with an annual sales between $ 2.67 billion and $ 2.75 billion. “”

It’s great, right? It’s for WWE and TKO, but it’s not for their employees.

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WWE employees are left behind

Many employees do not earn more money

• Many employees were dismissed following TKO training.
• Actions, initiative programs and free tickets have all disappeared.
• Many WWE employees only obtained an increase of 3%.

Wrestlenomics reports that WWE employees working behind the scenes, the real people who keep the business on the move are not satisfied and “feel more and more undervalued”. It is because of several movements taken against them. First, with the formation of TKO, there were a large number of layoffs in September 2023. On the surface, WWE made their best business, which they like to boast, while they also pulled people on the left and right.

Then there is the WWE action program. Before the merger, WWE employees could buy shares of their shares at a 15%discount. After the TKO training, equity prices jumped 50% very impressive in the past year and a half. It would be a good thing if WWE had not ended the share purchase program as soon as the merger was completed. Now WWE employees cannot get a reduced price to invest in a business that is doing so well.

This is not all that did not delete WWE. There was a peer recognition initiative program that allowed employees to obtain points that could be used for bonuses, but off we go. Employees could get free tickets for shows. Also kiss goodbye. The worst of everything is as follows:

“However, employees have told Wrestlenomics that WWE’s financial success has not resulted in significant compensation increases. Several staff members have declared that they have received a 3% increase in living cost this year, which they barely support the rate with the increase in life costs in Connecticut and New York, in the region around WWE.”

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WWE senior executives have received great bonuses

Triple H and Nick Khan have received millions of dollars

• Ari Emanuel and Mark Shapiro received massive bonuses and actions.
• Rock received $ 9 million in shares after Wrestlemania 40.
• Many WWE employees have ceased to make additional efforts.

An increase of three percent is a pin opposite WWE employees. It just shows more than anything else to what extent they are appreciated. Meanwhile, according to Wrestlenomics, the biggest executives in TKO are millions. The CEO of TKO, Ari Emanuel, received $ 20 million after the merger as well as 388,162 shares. This stock is now worth $ 60 million. He understands this while the little guy can no longer even get his discounts. TKO’s chief Mark Shapiro received $ 5 million and $ 50 in shares. As for WWE president Nick Khan, he obtained $ 15 million. And triple H? Paul Levesque, who is the director of WWE content, received a bonus of $ 5 million. Even the rock, which is part of the board of directors of TKO, obtained a value of $ 9 million after Wrestlemania 40. However, employees are worth only 3%.

Some WWE employees have told Wrestlenomics that they are now working 50 to 60 hours a week, and that they couldn’t do anything because there is no union. Frustration is summarized in this comment to Wrestlenomics:

“A WWE employee noted to us that morale has suffered to the point that certain staff members are less willing to go beyond the way they did.”

So, the next time you hear triple H at a post-spectacle press conference in relation to its success and the amount of money that it has won, do not celebrate it. This success does not flow. This means more money in the pockets of the largest TKO executives, but the employees who make everything possible are screwed in the process. It is beyond shame.