Hulk Hogan raises $150K for charity, WWE contract, Larry’s Speech
– Hulk Hogan and the WWE have raised $150,000 for Connor’s Cure charity this past weekend. Hogan auctioned off a 1969 Chevy Camaro Z-28 in South Florida and that’s how the money was raised. Money was distributed to three charities of Hogan’s choice, one of which was Connor’s Cure.
– The former WWE talents “Big” Vito LoGrasso and Evan Singleton are currently suing WWE over injuries they sustained during their time with the company.As a result of the pending lawsuit, the WWE has released them from their contract. Vito’s main talent contract included a $75,000 downside guarantee and Singleton’s developmental contract was for $31,000 per year but he was also given $2,000 in moving expenses when he moved from Pennsylvania to Florida. Vito’s cuts of house shows and pay-per-view events were left up to WWE but licensing products based around him saw him receive 25% of the net sales and products such as DVDs where the talent was the featured performer saw them receive 5% of the total sales.
– Regarding Larry Zbyszko’s 2015 WWE Hall of Fame speech, Bruno Sammartino did get him started in pro wrestling and the stories about him stalking Bruno in his yard were true, Larry’s actual main trainer was Newton Tattrie (Geto Mongol).
