On the latest edition of his “The ARN Show,” AEW producer Arn Anderson commented on the NWA using the classic World Title design, the size of the contracts for all of the promotions he worked for in his career, and more.
You can check out some highlights from the podcast below:
On the NWA using the classic World Title design: “Yeah, buddy, they sure are. I am extremely interested to see how that goes. Billy [Corgan], I can tell I’ve — if I’ve met him, it was only one time in passing. And I’m not sure that I’ve ever met him, but after getting a TV deal, I think they’re going to be on the CW. Correct? It’s great for all the young guys that need places to go and to learn. And there’s such a rich history with the NWA. It’s very, very interesting to see how that goes.”
On the size of contracts for all of the promotions he worked for in his career: “Well, the one thing I know is the first contract I ever signed was WWF, okay? And I don’t remember how many pages it was. It was probably ten. But the thing that jumped off the page is what they guaranteed you. Now, their guarantee was for $150 a day times ten days. That’s all they guaranteed you. Do the math. I’m traveling the world for a guarantee of $1,500 for the year. It was as if you walked in the door and you wanted to be complete, or you were a complete asshole, or you were somebody who was going to poison their company from day one. They had themselves covered. I’m sure they never enforced it. I don’t think they could have actually enforced it. There was a clause in there, what is it when you, do not compete clause? If you took a walk, you couldn’t work anywhere else for a while. All things that if you had a good lawyer you could get out of, but it would cost you a fortune in lawyers fees. So, sure, it was one-sided. Everybody, my lawyer who looked at that one said, ‘well, they can never enforce this, but let me just tell you, they could tie that up in court and cost you a nice chunk of change.’ I didn’t count the pages. I just, ‘Where do I sign? What was it? What was the amount? Okay. Times times three years okay. Well, show me where to sign. Yeah. I’m going to be home except for eight days, not 24.’”
