[Bad News Gertner]

Originally Posted by Emperor Smeat View this post on Instagram The subject of New Generation payoffs was brought up earlier and I felt compelled to share this little turd nugget of truth. During the early to mid 90s WWF payoffs were the shits for most of the roster. Houses were pathetic and money was way down. At television tapings they would cut off two-thirds of the building in order to have a "full looking" one third of a building for television broadcast. On house show loops, the office made available a certain amount of cash for each wrestler should he or she need it for road expenses. This payment was called a "Draw". Each night the road agent would ask each wrestler if they wanted to take their "Draw" for the night. In all honesty, I almost always took my draw just for money to spend at the bar. At one point in my illustrious career I realized that the office was getting over on me for certain towns and buildings. I developed the ability to judge a house's attendance and ascertain my likely payoff. On many house shows, as opening to mid-card match, there were MANY nights where my payoff was less that $200. Yes in the World Wrestling Federation, The Revolutionary Force in Sports Entertainment. I also learned quickly that Vince McMahon did not have the balls to send me a negative invoice for a tour. There were tours where I knew to take my $200 draw because my check would be less. So I guess you could say, in some small way, I got over on Vince McMahon. Oh and for the record, the smallest check I ever got from the WWF was a payoff for a small Canadian tour for a whopping $1.99 (yes in Canadian). Not every broke former wrestler squandered away millions of dollars. Some of us didn't make SHIT. So you are welcome current WWE roster. Your publicly traded Billion Dollar company was built on the broken backs of many guys like me. Hallelujah, Holy Shit... I need an aspirin. FEEL FREE TO SHARE A post shared by Duke The Dumpster Droese (@dukethedumpsterofficial) on May 21, 2019 at 7:25pm PDT The stuff about invoices was a bit of an eye opener. Also still find it really interesting how Vince and WWE squandered all the money made during the Hulk-a-mania era within a couple years after Hogan and Macho left.

WBF and the Steroid trial cost then a lot of money. Plus, attendance was down a ton and didn't start picking up till mid 96. Some pretty rough times.

JR and Cornette explained that the draw was for wrestlers not booked on House Shows so they at least got something. A certain percentage from each house would go towards the draw.