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#3 How Superstars are being paid during coronavirus threat

We are undergoing some unprecedented times which has led to a lot of changes being made globally. Even in WWE, there is a lot of curiosity about how the company will be paying its employees given the changes in their schedule owing to coronavirus.

SportsKeeda's Tom Colohue revealed:

"The expectation is from everything I'm hearing that everyone will still get paid what they were expecting to get paid anyway for the match. They get paid for the event, not necessarily based on the gate and so on, there are some bonuses but it really depends whose contract we're talking about. Only the really big names get bonuses based on ticket sales and stuff like that.

He also stated that the Superstars will still get the guaranteed downside, which is the amount of money they generally get as income before you factor this in. He then added that it's less likely that they are going to reach an upper limit or anything.

The COVID-19 pandamic has been spreading at an alarming rate, and even though WWE are going ahead with WrestleMania, the future remains uncertain.

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