Maven – ‘The RAW Roster Used To Get Paid More Than The SmackDown Roster’ + More News

In a recent interview with Pwinsider, Sonny Kiss commented on her upcoming title match with Trinity on this Thursday night’s episode of IMPACT! on AXS TV. She said,

“Trinity is absolutely fantastic. It was only a matter of time before Trinity and I wrestled. We thought, when we both heard, we kind of laughed, we thought we would be teaming up. I wouldn’t be opposed to that. Maybe that will happen. Trinity is amazing. She’s super athletic. I’ve watched her and her career for the last ten years coming up in this business and being a revolutionary, being one of the greatest women’s wrestlers that anyone has ever seen. She’s super talented, beautiful, athletic. I just knew we were going to put on a clinic. She and I come from a similar dock. Dancer, cheerleader turned wrestler. It was only a matter of time before we got in the ring with each other.“

In his latest video on YouTube, Maven commented on the difference between being on the RAW and SmackDown rosters when he was with the company.

The former WWE Tough Enough winner revealed that members of the RAW roster were paid more. He said,

“Getting back to the money aspect of it. Was it noticeably different? Slightly, I mean, you might make five to 10% more just for being on Raw. How did it work during pay-per-views, you might be asking? Well, at the time, even though we were running two different shows, Raw and SmackDown, we would all merge together and seamlessly run one pay-per-view. This was tricky because certain competitors from each brand would be vying for that heavily desired spot on the upcoming pay-per-view because as we discussed in an earlier video, at the time, and I know it’s not like this now, pay-per-view meant money. I mean, you would make so much more money if you were actually on a show than if you were sitting backstage at the monitor watching the pay-per-view. Trust me, I was on both sides of that equation, and I know I liked to be on the pay-per-view rather than in my street clothes on the day of the pay-per-view. Now if you weren’t on the pay-per-view, does that mean you didn’t get paid? No, of course not, but your pay would be greatly reduced if you weren’t on the show. Guys would vie for those positions on the pay-per-view because, obviously, you’re in this business to try to make as much money as possible and you’re in this business to prolong your career and advance your positioning. The only way to do that is on the biggest stages and those biggest stages were the pay-per-views. So, definitely better to be on the pay-per-view than sitting back in catering and transferring yourself in front of a monitor for the evening. That does not make for a good way to spend a Sunday.”

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