I have no idea. Probably not much, if any. They also don't really get to work the stick. This definitely stinks. For example, look at Punk. He works the mic every week now. It's awesome. For years he was silent though. I think midcard faces are kept off the microphone more often.
But at the same time, look at a guy like The Miz. He's on the midcard but he's cutting promos every week. I don't know how "scripted" they are, but they're damn good. I certainly can't recall very much from the midcard ever being any better.
For the most part, I don't think there was ever much promo time coming out of the undercard to begin with.
You used to get brief promos from Val Venis and Road Dogg before matches, but they were obviously loosely scripted. You still get them from a few of the midcarders.
I'm not saying that some of the greatness of promos hasn't been loss, but I also still think there are a lot of great promos, and a lot of guys who are still working the stick well.
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