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Jesse Ventura played some hardball with WWE to secure himself a better deal.
On the latest episode of The Body Shop, the WWE Hall of Famer spoke about his return to the company and revealed that he initially turned down the company’s initial offer to come back for Saturday Night’s Main Event.
“Well, then the fun thing started happening,” Jesse Ventura began. “Along came Saturday Night’s Main Event and Triple H was on the plane and I guess he’s thinking, ‘God, do you think we could get Jesse back? You know, to actually do the broadcast?’ So they approach with that, and they made an initial offer, which wasn’t quite good enough and I countered them and they came back real solid and no ifs, ands, buts.
“It was a good negotiation… which we agreed at first only to do one. They’re doing four. But they wanted me for a whole day’s publicity. So I said, ‘Alright, if I come out a day ahead of time and I do a whole day’s publicity, it’s gotta be for more than one show.’ I said, ‘I wanna guarantee for all four then.’
“Then I get all four shows. They came back and said, ‘No problem.’ You know? ‘No problem whatsoever’ and I’ll state this: That they come back for another four next year and I hope I can sign and do four more Saturday Night’s Main Events next year.” [H/T: POST Wrestling]
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