All Elite Wrestling has a lot of big-name talent under contract, whether that be Chris Jericho, Jon Moxley, Adam Copeland, Bryan Danielson, MJF, Kenny Omega, The Young Bucks, Will Ospreay, Samoa Joe, Hangman Page, and others.
Star power
With big-name talent comes big paydays due to the drawing ability they bring to promotion across live event attendance, merchandise, pay-per-view events, engagement, and television ratings.
Jericho was the first major name to make the jump to the promotion when it first launched in 2019 before the promotion had a television deal.
Highest paid
While speaking on Wrestling Observer Radio, Dave Meltzer noted Jericho is the highest-paid wrestler in AEW. On Wednesday’s episode of AEW Dynamite, Jericho put over Konosuke Takeshita.
“I think he’s the highest-paid guy in the company. He is the highest-paid guy in the company. And it’s like, you really want to protect that investment if you’re paying a guy that much money. I mean, you can get anyone to put over these guys. It’s like you need to have him lose when the losses mean you know again, but it’s great for Takeshita.”
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