Vince McMahon Communicates New Twitch Policy To WWE Talent

According to a report from Wrestling Inc., Vince McMahon sent an email directly to WWE talent they have until Friday, October 2 to end any non-WWE authorized business relationships with third-party services such as Twitch.

According to the report, anyone who does not comply could be fined, suspended, or even fired. Previously, it was reported talent would be able to operate Twitch and YouTube accounts under their real names.

Additionally, the report also states talent were told this week WWE will be taking control of their Twitch accounts in four weeks. It appears WWE will own those accounts. However, wrestlers are going to get a portion of the revenue made by the channels.

This income will count against their downside guarantees. WrestleTalk has reached out to get reactions from some talent and we will update you on the reactions from talent as we are able.

However, based on the rumored reactions to the previous announcements, this does not seem this decision will be met with overwhelming excitement. This type of discussion isn’t just specific to wrestling. Many companies have had court cases in the US over who owns people’s social media and contacts when they leave businesses. However, in those cases, the people were actual employees of the company and not independent contractors.

Andrew Yang recently said he felt like WWE treated its contractor unfairly and would address this if Joe Biden wins the US Election. Of course, the US election and presidential debates had more trash-talking than a lot of WWE promos.

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