WCW Main Eventers leading into the Invasion Angle

[Dave Youell]

Originally Posted by Rob Not true. WWE bought their AOL contracts. The guys that didn't show up, WWE didn't buy their deals.

I was under the impression that WWE offered cash for the contracts at a lower rate than the overall amount of the worth of the contract. (i.e if a year left on a AOL contract was worth 100k, Vince would offer 50k to buy it out and offer a new lower rate contract)

For a younger guy, that would of been better than getting your contract paid off then getting hired by no one, because you weren't a name, and there was no other work around