Chavo Guerrero Details The ‘One-Sided’ Nature Of Pro Wrestling Contracts

Chavo Guerrero recently shared his thoughts on professional wrestling contracts and how they tend to favor the promotion over the talent. The WWE and WCW alumnus recently said that he was launching a pro wrestling agency, and he spoke with Fightful’s Sean Ross Sapp for a new interview during which he spoke about the nature of contracts in the industry.

Guerrero said that pro wrestling contracts are “notoriously one-sided” and talked about how he and his partner in the agency, Brad Smalls, are hoping to bring more equity to the situation. You can see highlights below:

On Wrestling Contracts:

“You know, wrestling contracts are notoriously one-sided. They really favor the federation or the wrestling organization if you want to call it, a lot like the fighting contracts. It’s kind of very similar. I’m not saying that because there’s no union, not saying that we should have a union and not saying that we shouldn’t have a union. There’s pros and cons to both, it’s not like all of the sudden you’re in a union and all of your troubles are gone. That doesn’t work. But, being now in the Screen Actors Guild that I’m in, you always have somebody looking out for you, which is kind of cool. Could it be better? Absolutely, there’s people that have been in the industry for a long time saying that it’s worse now than it’s been. But, me coming from a non-union space to a union space is pretty cool, having people look out for you and just protocol that the companies have to follow.”

On Their Agency’s Goals:

“That being said, wrestling contacts are again notoriously one-sided. It was always like when I was dealing with Vince and WWE, it was almost like they thought we’re trying to get one up on them. We all thought the same thing, they’re trying to get one over on us and push us down. You know what, if we all work together, we all make money and we’re all happy. I always say, if the promoter makes all the money and the wrestler doesn’t make money, the wrestler’s pissed off. If the wrestler’s making all the money and not producing what he should be or what he’s making, the promoter’s pissed off. But, if we come to this happy area, that grey area that’s just happy for both of us, everybody’s happy and everybody makes money and we continue working with each other. That’s what me and Brad really want to bring to the table.”