WWE: Swerves contract is bad for the industry, he's being paid way above his market value (comparable to Mercedes and Okada, 5 million and 4.5 million respectively) and Tony Khan is raising the salary cap too high.
Also WWE: Hey, Finn Balor, here's 7 million a year.
Get the fuck outta here if you believe this, lmao. And I can tell you if this was real, Finn Balor would not be making more money than Rhea Ripley, at least not if both were newly signed deals, and Rhea's alleged number here is higher than Mercedes who has been declared as the highest paid woman in wrestling history. Nowhere close to that. Not until her next deal comes up.
Punk is not making anywhere close to 8 million either because he has zero leverage.
If WWE salaries were this high, people wouldn't be running to Tony Khan.