WWE: Finn Balor on Good Brothers Potential WWE Return, Pay Raises for Executives, Bayley

Sep 3, 2022

Finn Balor Comments on Good Brothers Potential Future Return to WWE

As noted before, The Good Brothers’ Doc Gallows and Karl Anderson’s contracts with Impact Wrestling expired this past month.

Inside The Ropes held a recent interview with Finn Balor. One of the topics discussed included Balor stating that he has talked to his old friend Karl Anderson since his and Gallows’ recent departure from Impact.

“Talking to Karl every day.”

Balor also gave his thoughts on the possibility of both Gallows and Anderson returning to WWE in the future.

“Listen, I’m sure the opportunity for those guys to return to WWE will happen. They have all the talent in the world. They’ve proven themselves all over the world, in every promotion, at every level, and they can do it. So I’m sure once the time is right, they’ll be back.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com

WWE Announces Salary Raises for Several Executives & New Job Title for Triple H

WWE announced in a recent 8-K filing to the SEC that they have given pay raises to their co-CEOs Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Administrative Officer Frank Riddick, and Head of Talent Relations Paul “Triple H” Levesque. This filing also revealed that Levesque was also recently given a promotion as the company’s newest Chief Content Officer.

Portion of WWE’s 8-K filing:

As of the Effective Date, (i) Ms. McMahon’s annual base salary increased from $730,000 to $1.35 million. Ms. McMahon will continue to receive payments including, without limitation, the $750,000 guaranteed minimum under her booking agreement, as amended, which is listed as an exhibit (and incorporated by reference) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on August 16, 2022; (ii) Mr. Khan’s annual base salary increased from $1.2 million to $1.35 million; (iii) Mr. Riddick’s annual base salary increased from $850,000 to $950,000; and (iv) Mr. Levesque’s annual base salary increased from $730,000 to $900,000. Mr. Levesque will continue to receive payments including, without limitation, the $1.0 million guaranteed minimum under his booking agreement, as amended, which is listed as an exhibit and incorporated by reference) to our Annual Report on Form 10-K/A filed with the SEC on August 16, 2022.

Bayley Comments on Her Return from Injury

Ahead of today’s WWE Clash at the Castle event, BT Sport held an interview with Bayley. One of the topics discussed included Bayley’s thoughts about her recent return from injury.

“It’s been insane. It’s been so much fun and everything’s been going so well that I’m just like, it can’t get any better. Is this where it stops? Tomorrow night, is that where it stops? Every day has been a dream of mine, something that I’ve been wanting to happen for years, and for me to be here and a part of this big show, once I heard about it, I was like I need to be on that one. I’ve missed so much, I’ve missed being around fans, missed WrestleMania, so this is like my WrestleMania this year, so I’m very excited for tomorrow night.”

Bayley also gave her thoughts about being away from wrestling for a year due to a torn ACL injury.

“I was a little nervous because everybody came up to me and said, I’ve been through many injuries. You’re gonna have a lot of downs. You’re gonna have some ups, but just try to focus on coming back,’ and all this, so I was a little worried that I was gonna go down a really dark hole. But luckily I didn’t. I kinda was just super fortunate to be around family and friends, and this being my real first serious injury, first surgery, I kind of tried to make the most of it, you know, and had the time to sit back and finally see WWE from afar and okay, how can I contribute to this and this and this? I became more of a student of the game again, which is why we have such a motive coming back because I saw everything that was missing. I saw what we needed ,and I went out and I got reinforcements. Now I feel like it’s gonna be better than ever and I’m just so excited for change.”

Bayley also revealed that her return at WWE’s SummerSlam 2022 event this past July was a somewhat last minute decision by WWE.

“It’s so funny because I was gone a whole year and you would think, a whole year, you’d be ready like alright, any day now, any day now. But it still didn’t seem like enough time. I’ve been trying to be ready for this whole year and still 24 hours notice wasn’t enough time. There’s a lot of mental that goes behind it, but I think it was kind of good that it worked out like that. It’s just been nonstop full energy this whole time.”

Transcript h/t: Fightful.com