Nick Aldis Took Pay Cut From NWA To Help The Company During The Pandemic

Nick Aldis re-signed with NWA in 2021, extending their long-time partnership together.

The NWA saw massive turnover in roster since 2020 ahead of the pandemic. A few names have returned and the company was able to pick up Kylie Rae last Summer, a shot in the arm after many stars saw their deals expire with NWA during the pandemic. However, in the midst of the Nick Aldis-Billy Corgan media feud, Aldis noted that he accepted less money at one point to help NWA, which we confirmed.

In addition, Aldis confirmed recently that he didn’t get paid by NWA for the first several months of being NWA Worlds Champion, instead he was making money from the promoters directly.

We’re told that there were initial pay cuts given to talent as a result of the pandemic changing things, and that Nick Aldis particularly took less money than his contract stipulated to help alleviate that, which Aldis had mentioned in an interview recently.. NWA and Billy Corgan picked up an option year on Nick Aldis’ contract for 2021 and extended his deal for 2022.

Billy Corgan specified that Nick Aldis isn’t in creative with NWA and doesn’t want to be, and wants to simply be a talent.

We were also able to confirm that All Elite Wrestling had made Aldis an offer in 2019 that Aldis passed on.

As of now, it is believed that Aldis’ deal is up at the end of 2022.

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