Ryback made headlines a number of months ago when he expressed that all wrestlers should have equal pay. His argument was (in a nutshell) that since the WWE is sports entertainment and the outcomes are pre-determined, the WWE decides who they want to focus on (and who becomes the big stars). Ryback thinks that every wrestler has a role to do, whether that be losing every night or winning every match. Each guy should be payed the same as they are all valuable in their own way.
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On the debut episode of his podcast: Conversations With The Big Guy, Ryback elaborated on what the WWE’s mission and goal should be as a company.
Ryback says that the WWE should focus on all of their stars from top to bottom:
“The WWE’s mission and goal should be, from top to bottom, from the lowest Superstar on the totem pole to the highest Superstar on the totem pole, is to go out there and make sure that each individual Superstar’s brand is as strong as possible. They should be invested from the lowest guy to the top guy. Everybody is f–king important in that company and it’s not fair. And you have your guys who are making your money because that is the way you’re portraying it and I get that, but everybody is important and for a guy to be limited and told no he can’t have outside opportunities, that only hurts your own brand from a company standpoint. The stronger your individual brands are, the stronger your company is. And I don’t think they understand that or they do and they just don’t care and it’s frustrating. And I’m not the only guy” (Source: Conversation with the Big Guy, H/T Wrestling Inc).
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“it’s not fair” how old is he? This is life, life is not fair. The company can not afford to molly coddle every person on the roster. If you want to get over with the fans you’ve got to get yourself over. I support the idea of a Union for the wrestlers, as a way to protect how much money they make and what kind of time off they should be entitled to but no way, NO WAY in hell should the company prop up every person who goes out there. This is an ENTERTAINMENT company not a daycare where everyone should get a participation trophy. Grow up Ryback you weren’t that amazing that you know how to run the company better than the people who made the sport great again.
the only problem w/ unions are that they tend to cater to the marginal or minority… but yet don’t incentivize the elite.
rybotch just doesn’t get that people in business are not equal. your worth is dictated by ‘supply and demand’ … no one cares about ryback – therefore – WWE is not going to promote or push you as hard as a seth rollins, dean ambrose, AJ styles.
and the nonsense about ‘oh they didn’t give me a chance’ … bro they gave you three chances. how many do you need. and just because you can get a crowd to chant something (FEED ME MORE), doesn’t necessarily mean you’re “over”, it just means crowds like chanting things. just like when you tell a joke and people start laughing… it doesn’t necessarily mean they’re laughing with you. think about it…
I do agree a lot with what he is saying. The reason a lot of these wwe superstars are so popular is because they were put in big matches, getting noticed, and told to win. They can’t just go out there anymore and just say what they want, they have to have a script. Back in the day there were no scripts, you had to be that damn good. Which made things more believe able and likeable to that persons character, which got you fan base, which got you boosted up. Now, it’s harder to become noticed. If they don’t see you as a top guy or medium guys then you will not ever be that guy.