WWE News: Brock Lesnar’s Developmental Pay, Developmental Tryouts From 10-Years Ago
Posted by Larry Csonka on 02.09.2012
Some flashback news…
- When Brock Lesnar graduated from the University of Minnesota, the WWF and WCW entered into a bidding war over him. This led to Lesnar getting a very high salary for being a developmental talent, in the area of $200,000. The average developmental talent at the time made $750 per week (39,000 yearly).
- Ten years ago, WWE held a try-out camp at the HWA facility in Cincinnati. At that time, Matt Morgan and AJ Styles were among those who tried out, along with Rene Dupree, Kevin Fertig (Kevin Thorn), Sonny Siaki and Tomko. At the time, WWE officials were reportedly very high on Styles and word was that there was a push for him to skip developmental and to head to the main roster.
So they were high on Styles yet he managed to be the only one (Siaki doesn't count) to not make the main roster. Good thing the rest of the them became superstars...
Posted By: Guest#6014 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:10 AM
and people wonder why Lesnar has ego.
Pay someone like a star and they'll act like a star.
Posted By: hmm (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:12 AM
lesnar was such a waste of time and money. nothing but an over-push. thank god austin refused to wrestle him.
Posted By: Guest#2871 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:24 AM
Now i wonder why Styles didn't make it into main WWE roster. And why WCW lost Lesnar with their money. If Lesnar signed with WCW, who knows how Wars could end. Pretty enteresting questions for 411 column in my opinion.
Posted By: ermacermac (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:42 AM
lesnar was such a waste of time and money. nothing but an over-push. thank god austin refused to wrestle him.
Posted By: Guest#2871 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:24 AM
That's not true. Austin was happy to work with him, but not without the proper buildup to make a money match. He had nothing against Lesnar personally.
Posted By: Canucklehead (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 10:04 AM
lesnar was such a waste of time and money. nothing but an over-push. thank god austin refused to wrestle him.
Posted By: Guest#2871 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:24 AM
That's not true. Austin was happy to work with him, but not without the proper buildup to make a money match. He had nothing against Lesnar personally.
Posted By: Canucklehead (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 10:04 AM
As show several times when he show'd up to support Lesner at several of his UFC fights along with Rock and Goldberg.
Posted By: Showster (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 10:50 AM
lesnar was such a waste of time and money. nothing but an over-push. thank god austin refused to wrestle him.
Posted By: Guest#2871 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:24 AM
That's not true. Austin was happy to work with him, but not without the proper buildup to make a money match. He had nothing against Lesnar personally.
Posted By: Canucklehead (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 10:04 AM
yeah, i know that. but austin made the right decision that night. lesnar was nowhere near austin's league.
Posted By: Guest#1138 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 11:19 AM
lesnar was such a waste of time and money. nothing but an over-push. thank god austin refused to wrestle him.
Posted By: Guest#2871 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 09:24 AM
That's not true. Austin was happy to work with him, but not without the proper buildup to make a money match. He had nothing against Lesnar personally.
Posted By: Canucklehead (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 10:04 AM
yeah, i know that. but austin made the right decision that night. lesnar was nowhere near austin's league.
Posted By: Guest#1138 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 11:19 AM
What an ignorant, retarded original comment all the way up top. Austin was stale and boring in 2002 and Brock Lesnar was the greatest rookie in the history of wrestling. Brock was not a waste of anything and was miles ahead of Austin at the time. Get a clue moron.
Posted By: beerslayer (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 11:51 AM
Austin was right not to fight Lesnar, but only in retrospect. Brock's 2 year megapush blew up in WWE's faces.
Posted By: Guest#2445 (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 03:33 PM
Flashback news indeed... We've certainly known the Brock thing since he was signed... He was the last guy to benefit from a bidding war.
Posted By: PHOENIXZERO (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 05:40 PM
If you remember, Vince was starting to request Steve do more jobs to guys, especially the younger ones. I guess he figured Steve was at the end of his rope. He couldn't have been more wrong and Austin was 100% right to refuse to job at that time.
Posted By: RDog (Guest) on February 09, 2012 at 10:52 PM
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