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The talk of the town right now is WWE's edict to its talent, banning them from using third-party platforms. Superstars are further instructed to terminate all their activities on these platforms within the next 30 days. Following is the statement from WWE:
"Some of you are engaged with outside third parties using your name and likeness in ways that are detrimental to our company. It is imperative that these activities be terminated within the next 30 days (by Friday October 2). Continued violations will result in fines, suspension, or termination at WWE's discretion."
This has sparked a massive debate as to how it could affect the Superstars. There are several WWE Superstars who use these third-party platforms to interact with their fans. It also acts as a secondary source of income for them.
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Two of the main platforms in consideration are Twitch, a live streaming platform mostly used by gamers, and Cameo, a platform to get personalized messages from celebrities. In this article, we'll take a look at the Superstars using these platforms and how would they be affected by this new ban.
#10 Alexa Bliss (WWE SmackDown)
Alexa Bliss is one of the most loved WWE Superstars on the current roster with a huge fan base. Little Miss Bliss joined Cameo in July of this year and has quite a high rate for a personalized video at $399. Recently, a fan asked her out on a date on Cameo to which the WWE Superstar responded and politely turned down the offer. With the new rule, she recently changed her cameo to her real name.
Alexa Bliss is currently part of SmackDown where she has been teasing a new character ever since her encounter with "The Fiend" Bray Wyatt.
#9 Adam Cole (WWE NXT)
Former NXT Champion, Adam Cole (Bay Bay) is one of the most active WWE Superstars on Twitch. Cole streams regularly on the platform where he plays games like Final Fantasy and interact with his fans. As per the Twitch Calculator, Adam Cole has a little over 40 thousand followers on Twitch and earns approximately $418 on average per video.
Adam Cole is one of the most accomplished Superstars in NXT history, being a triple crown champion on the brand. This coming week on NXT, he will be taking on Finn Balor to determine the new NXT Champion. With his massive popularity among fans, it might not be long before WWE decides to move him to the main roster.
#8 Big E (WWE SmackDown)
WWE Superstar Big E is a massive fan-favorite with the entire WWE Universe behind him to get a huge push and a world championship reign. Big E is also one of the many Superstars to be on Cameo. While his request rates are not the highest at $125, he is the highest WWE earner on the platform with over $60000.
Big E has interacted with over 500 fans on the platform and with his down-to-earth and funny attitude, his fans love him. Big E is a former NXT Champion and Intercontinental Champion. He has also won the tag team titles eight times as part of The New Day. Big E currently performs on Friday Night SmackDown and could soon be in the Universal Championship picture.
#7 Paige
WWE Superstar Paige had a great career with the company which came to an unfortunate end in 2018 due to her injuries. Since then, she has been involved with WWE in different roles from a manager, to the general manager of SmackDown, to a contributor on WWE Backstage. She also appears on WWE TV occasionally for various purposes.
Another major part of her time is devoted to her Twitch stream where she interacts with fans. She recently changed her account name to her real name from "OfficialPaigeWWE" to "SarayaOfficial" and had the following to say in her recent stream:
"We are not going to get rid of our Twitch, we are here to stay. We are not going anywhere. Twitch is our house. I'm the queen of Twitch, so there is no chance in hell we are getting rid of my stream. We're here. We're here to stay."
As per the Twitch calculator, Paige has a massive following on the platform with over 130 thousand followers. She also earns decent money with approximately $420 on average per video.
#6 Charlotte Flair (WWE RAW)
Charlotte Flair joined the list of Superstars to change her cameo name to her real name recently. She is one of the most expensive WWE Superstars on the platform, charging a massive $380 per video. Being one of the biggest WWE Superstars currently, fans love to interact with The Queen.
Charlotte Flair is a 12-time world champion in WWE, slowly reaching closer to her father Ric Flair's record of 16 world titles. Currently, she is on a break from wrestling due to her surgeries. There's no update as to when she will be back in the ring.
#5 Xavier Woods
New Day member Xavier Woods is one of the most active WWE Superstars on social media. Being out injured from the ring, he has been spending a lot of his time on Twitch. Other than that, he also runs a massively popular Youtube channel UpUpDownDown. Speaking about the recent rules, Woods had the following to say, mentioning that he will continue to stream as long as he can.
"I don't have any answers. I have no answers, I have no idea what is going on. I think I'm fine, I think most people are fine, but we'll find out. I don't know, I'm not the person to ask. I wish I knew more, but I don't, unfortunately. We're gonna stream as much as we can, for as long as we can. I'm just trying to build an audience so that when I get my G4 gig, we have a built-in crew. Keep my game name alive."
As per the Twitch Money Calculator, Woods has close to 80 thousand followers and earns approximately $85 per video. His Youtube account mentioned above is also highly successful with over 2.2 Million subscribers.
#4 Sasha Banks (WWE SmackDown)
WWE Superstar Sasha Banks is in the news recently for her rivalry with her "best friend" and the SmackDown Women's Champion Bayley. The two had been teaming together for a long time as Golden Role Models but there was a lot of tension between the two. Recently, on Friday Night SmackDown, Bayley finally turned on The Legit Boss and attacked her mercilessly.
Sasha Banks is also one of the many WWE Superstars to be on Cameo. She recently changed her name on the platform to "Mercedes Motivation". She charges $375 for a personalized video and has made over $16000 through it.
#3 Cesaro (WWE SmackDown)
The Swiss Cyborg, Cesaro is one of the most underrated WWE Superstars on the current roster. Cesaro is considered by many as "pound for pound" the strongest man in WWE. He has a massive fan support behind him who want him to become a world champion, but so far that has not happened. Currently, he is the SmackDown Tag Team Champion with Shinsuke Nakamura and continues to have amazing matches week after week.
Speaking of his Twitch Statistics, Cesaro has over 30 thousand followers on the platform and earns approximately $180 per video. Other than this, he also regularly appears on Xavier Woods' UpUpDownDown Youtube channel.
#2 Roman Reigns (WWE SmackDown)
The return of Roman Reigns at WWE SummerSlam last month blew the Internet off as everyone was talking about him. It was not just his return, but the massive change in his character that has everyone's eyes on him. He further shocked the world by aligning himself with Paul Heyman and won the Universal Championship at WWE Payback.
The current Universal Champion Roman Reigns is also on Cameo and is the most expensive WWE Superstar on the platform. Reigns charges a massive $500 per video. As per the reports, he has earned over $18000 on Cameo.
#1 AJ Styles (WWE SmackDown)
The Phenomenal One, AJ Styles is one of the most active WWE Superstars on Twitch. Styles regularly streams on the platform where he plays several games and also interacts with fans. He also reveals several things about his WWE career and plans. Speaking of his Twitch statistics, AJ Styles earns a massive $1815 on average per video and has over 30 thousand followers.
AJ Styles was moved to SmackDown after WWE Money in the Bank earlier this year and soon won the Intercontinental Championship. He recently lost his title to Jeff Hardy on the SmackDown before SummerSlam. With the return of Sami Zayn, we might soon get a three-way feud for the IC title.
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