5 of the biggest contract disputes in WWE history

Some people don’t mind crossing the boss

#2 Mike Awesome and Paul Heyman

Nobody screws Mike out of money

Heyman was trying to tie Awesome down to a new deal despite owing the ECW Champion a vast amount of money. Understandably, Awesome was reluctant to re-sign while he was still owed money and jumped at the chance to join WCW. After all, the WCW roster's salaries were far superior to those ECW could offer (and they paid on time).

This story was proved correct by Awesome's former Team Canada leader Lance Storm. Awesome received a lot of heat from the ECW faithful for the move, but as Storm puts it: "After repeatedly not receiving money promised, Mike accepted an offer from WCW that offered his family financial security.”

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