During an recent interview with The Cruz Show on REAL 92.3 LA, AEW star Thunder Rosa revealed that WWE once offered her a $60,000 per year contract to retire from the ring and to become a referee.
“In 2019, (WWE) called me and they were like, ‘Are you ready to hang up the boots?’ I was like, ‘Well, you know, I need money.’ So I was like, ‘I need steady money’ because, brother, being an independent professional wrestler is, when you’re talking about hustle, it’s a hustle. I had a job when I was in the Bay Area, but when I decided to do wrestling full time, I was depending on my ex-husband and my hustle. I was hustling all the time and I was tired. Like hustling after seven years, you’re like, man, I need a job or something. And (WWE) offered me like $60,000 a year, which at the time it was like, ‘All right, it’s better than what I was making.’ There was a hurricane that happened and then they just kept pushing my tryout and then, it never happened. But it was meant to be that way and that’s when I made the decision to jump into MMA, because they offered me a $3,000 contract.”
Thunder Rosa is a one-time AEW Women’s World Champion and has been with the company since 2020. She stepped away from MMA in 2022. She returned to in-ring competition last month after being out action for nearly a year due to back issues.
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“And (WWE) offered me like $60,000 a year, which at the time it was like, ‘All right, it’s better than what I was making.’ There was a hurricane that happened and then they just kept pushing my tryout and then, it never happened. But it was meant to be that way and that’s when I made the decision to jump into MMA, because they offered me a $3,000 contract.”
Quote source: F4WOnline