RAF Pay

[juniorvarsity]

Does anyone have any credible information on what RAF is paying? I am very curious to know. I havent even seen anyone speculate. 

Different wrestlers obviously pulling different numbers. There is usually 20 wrestlers per event with monthly events(and Bischoff actually said they were going to get to weekly eventually).

Let's just start with a conservative hypothetical:

Let's say RAF's budget is $1M annually for wrestler pay. That averages out to about $4,200 per appearance($1M/12 events = $83k per event/20 wrestlers = $4,167 avg per appearance). I'm sure there's more to it. There might be win bonuses, increased pay for champs, scaled pay for number of appearances, etc... And I know there's many more expenses than just pay as also associated with the wrestler's participation. 

What do we think? What does anyone know? 

Huge shout out to RAF investing in the sport. 

[mspart]

Now with Sad in the mix, they are probably seeing a positive cash flow from this adventure.   It's great. 

mspart

[1032004]

On 1/15/2026 at 11:50 AM, mspart said:

Now with Sad in the mix, they are probably seeing a positive cash flow from this adventure.   It's great. 

mspart

I suppose it’s possible, but not sure how you would come to that conclusion.  They had a lot of big name guys already, I don’t think signing one more necessarily means they’re making money.

[juniorvarsity]

18 minutes ago, 1032004 said:

I suppose it’s possible, but not sure how you would come to that conclusion.  They had a lot of big name guys already, I don’t think signing one more necessarily means they’re making money.

There is probably no way. They built the thing to exceed expectations and renegotiate their broadcasting deal. That's where the juice becomes worth the squeeze.

Break even definitely is not 6 events. Now the cost for the venue versus ticket sales, that's almost certainly been profitable for every event.. But I can't even begin to guess production costs. It looks great.

[The Kid]

I see RAF will have Amazon Prime as a streaming partner.  

Awesome news.

[Doublehalf]

4 hours ago, The Kid said:

I see RAF will have Amazon Prime as a streaming partner.  

Awesome news.

This is a big step, I know many more would watch if it's on Amazon.

[juniorvarsity]

5 hours ago, The Kid said:

I see RAF will have Amazon Prime as a streaming partner.  

Awesome news.

Will it be live on Prime? If so, I need to cancel my Fox Nation subscription now. 

[headshuck]

Will it be live on Prime? If so, I need to cancel my Fox Nation subscription now. 

No, you can signup for Fox Nation with your Prime account. Would’ve been easier than the hoops I jumped through but that’s about it.

[headshuck]

[1032004]

2 hours ago, headshuck said:

Interesting.   RAF did get a mention in this Fox News article about it

https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-nation-takes-streaming-giants-prime-video-launch-featuring-exclusive-content-february-2026

[bnwtwg]

It still requires a Fox subscription. Hard pass.

[juniorvarsity]

5 hours ago, headshuck said:

So you can access Fox Nation via Prime, it is not that you can just have Prime and get RAF?

[headshuck]

So you can access Fox Nation via Prime, it is not that you can just have Prime and get RAF?

Right. Still need a subscription. Sending your payment through Amazon instead.

[MNRodent]

3 hours ago, bnwtwg said:

It still requires a Fox subscription. Hard pass.

What if they throw in a couple Trump bibles?

[GreatWhiteNorth]

13 minutes ago, MNRodent said:

What if they throw in a couple Trump bibles?

If they were the ones with burn marks where Trump touched them, they'd maybe be worth something.