On vous en parlait ce matin que Ryback ne voulait plus participer aux shows de la WWE (newz ici). Voilà que le Big Guy a utilisé son compte Twitter pour commenter la situation. Ryback explique que pour la première fois depuis plusieurs années il se sent libre, il écrit :
''Aujourd'hui je me suis assis et j'ai pris un vol à la maison et pour la première fois depuis des années je me sens totalement libre. Je vais commencer en disant que j'ai demandé du temps hors des écrans de la WWE jusqu'au moment où moi et Vince puissent, oui ou non, s'entendre sur un nouveau contrat. Ça traine depuis mon règne de champion Intercontinental et c'est un fardeau dans ma vie vu que la seule chose que j'ai toujours voulu était de travailler pour la WWE. On m'a dit de retourner à la maison jusqu'au moment où on tombe d'accord ou non sur des clauses spécifiques du contrat, et ce n'est pas pour l'argent ou pour un bus, qui ont déjà été réglés il y a longtemps. Ça vient d'un problème majeur que je n'ai pas seulement avec la WWE, mais avec le catch en général.''
Ryback explique ensuite dans un long texte qu'il est en désaccord avec le fait qu'un catcheur qui subit plusieurs défaites soit payé moins cher qu'un catcheur qui gagne. Il précise que c'est un sport dont le gagnant est déterminé d'avance et les catcheurs travaillent aussi fort pour offrir un bon combat qu'on soit le perdant ou le gagnant. Les deux font les mêmes sacrifices.
Même si Ryback dit plus haut qu'il n'y a pas de nouveau contrat pour une raison qui est autre que l'argent, il semble que le problème soit l'argent. Ryback subit présentement plusieurs défaites lorsque c'est le moment de gagner un combat important pour un titre ou dans une rivalité, il faut donc conclure que Ryback se retrouve du côté des perdants, donc moins payé. À suivre. Il termine en disant qu'il est fier de ce qu'il a fait et dit :
''La WWE pourrait très bien me renvoyer, si c'est le cas alors que ce soit ainsi.''
Son texte original :
Feed Me More
Today I sit and fly home and for the first time in years feel absolutely free. I will start by saying I did request to be taken off of WWE television until myself and Vince could get a yes or no on a new deal. This has been going on since my IC Title run and had been nothing but a major strain on my life as all I ever wanted to do was work for WWE. I was told to head home until we agree or not agree to specific terms and contrary to reports it isn't over money or a bus that stuff was settled a while ago. It comes down to a major problem I have with not only WWE but wrestling in general.
Wrestling is pre determined, we as performers know before we go out to that ring or perform a backstage scene who is winning and losing etc or have a general idea of what we are going to say. It blows my mind how in a sport which is pre determined from a company standpoint winners are paid so much more than the losers. Every single person who works for WWE from top to bottom is absolutely just as valuable as the next. The winners cannot win unless the losers go out there and agree to lose to them.
It blows my mind that in this day and age though we still adhere to this formula. Obviously things have always been this way, but does that make them right? Times have changed and our goal as humans should be to evolve and learn from our past and the past of others so we could make this world a better place. Why is it a guy who is told he is going to go out and lose and does everything he is told be paid not only less, but much less than said winner over a period of time. Every single performer for WWE sacrifices the same amount of time from home and their families and every single man or women goes out and does what they are told. Looking at this formula though losers turn into what fans like to call jobbers and their value decreases in the companies eyes and before you know it they get released. For what? For doing exactly as they are told!
Why not pay the talent equally? The winners have more MERCH as it is or are supposed to anyways so they get that extra perk, but why make the guy who is told to and agrees to lose earn less and sacrifice spots in big pay per view match ups etc. This is one of the major problems with wrestling and WWE today. Most guys take great satisfaction in helping making other talent, the b---hing and the moaning we always hear about stems from the fact they know they are ultimately over time going to make less and live in fear of being released.
I am proud to say I have never gone to change a finish and have gladly took pride in helping put over other talent. Hell look at my pay per view record of 12-26 and you will see that has been the pattern of my career. I have always been confident in my ability and work ethic to being my best every day and ultimately always felt that by doing good it was the right thing to do. Personally seeing my money go down over the years though even though I was working as much as ever and being denied magazine covers and other projects as well as watching my role diminish no matter what I did or how hard I tried takes its toll on a human. Being told no matter how hard I work or how good I get doesn't always pay off is something I f--king refuse to ever believe in my life. I am a creative being and to be restricted time and time again is no way to live life. There is nothing I cannot do and I know no matter what comes of this situation I am going to be just fine. It isn't soley about money, it is about commitment. Commitment to a guy who f--king cares and who loves this more than anything in the world and wants to know that his passion his efforts and his determination to constantly improve is going to be recognized and taken care of.
WWE may very well release me, which if it is the case so be it. If we can work things out a lot needs to change as I am not living in fear and creatively cannot continue to live a life that limits me creatively. I have many other interests and passions and have been very smart with my finances over the years. I thank every WWE superstar from top to bottom for their sacrifices and for working with me. The world is an amazing place and there is more than just a WWE universe there is The Universe and I will prove one way or another over time I am the greatest big guy in the universe!
