Montel Vontavious Porter on Paying Wrestlers for Social Media Storylines and Promotion

Описание: MVP answers a modern question with an old-school lens: should wrestlers get paid extra for keeping storylines alive on social media, the way celebrities get paid to promote movies. He explains that wrestling pay has evolved drastically, starting with an era where talent only got paid for live events, while TV was simply the commercial that drove fans to the next town.

MVP breaks down how the money used to work: wrestlers were paid from a percentage of the live gate, divided up with a hierarchy from main event down to the opener. He says that by the time he reached WWE, they did get paid for TV, but it could be small compared to a weekend live event loop, and he gives specific examples like getting about $5,000 for a house show match and about $500 for RAW because of the costs tied to running TV in big arenas with trucks and production.

From there, he explains that model is largely gone now, with more salary-style pay structures and fewer live events in many places. On the question of social media pay, MVP says he does not get paid extra to promote events, but he does it because more eyeballs helps everybody. He still adds that he is always for the wrestlers getting paid, and if someone has influencer-level numbers, that could be negotiated separately in a contract, similar to how a Kevin Hart level deal might work.

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From EP. 37 of Marking Out with MVP & Dwayne Swayze
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