Number of WWE Talent Asked to Take Pay Cuts Revealed

TLDR

According to a Wrestling Observer Newsletter report, fewer than half a dozen WWE wrestlers have been approached to take pay cuts under the company's TKO-era contract restructuring. Dave Meltzer reported that these wrestlers were already viewed as lower-priority talent that WWE creative had little interest in featuring prominently, and they would have been released entirely if they hadn't accepted the reduced deals. The strategy involves keeping certain veterans under contract at lower rates while gradually phasing down their in-ring roles and transitioning them toward more promotional company positions.