Joey Ryan is one of the most popular wrestlers on the independent scene right now. He took to Twitter to respond to a fan about why he is in no rush for a run with WWE.

Ryan posted several tweets on the matter, explaining how he wants to be a pioneer and slammed WWE for their pay rates.


I’d rather be a pioneer; change the course of business. The precedent some of us are setting on indies won’t be fully appreciated for years
— Joey Ryan (@joeyryanonline) October 27, 2017

I’m 37 with 17 years in wrestling and 0 cancellations due to injury. Also, the WWE rate of injury is way higher than anywhere I’ve wrestled.
— Joey Ryan (@joeyryanonline) October 27, 2017

Of course they show the most profit in history when their wrestlers are getting paid the lowest ever.
— Joey Ryan (@joeyryanonline) October 28, 2017

He wouldnt fit in WWE. A PG Joey Ryan is not something I want to see.

I've always likened Joey Ryan to a circus act. Meaning, he can go from town to town, doing the same thing night in night out. It get's over, it's fun. It's all good. But it's hardly a character that would work, albeit survive within the WWE.

Although, more credit to him. He's created something that works. Every time. I like Joey Ryan.

No rush? Are they knocking on his door?

Not everyone fits the WWE archetype. There's not wrong with that.

One trick pony. He'd never succeed in a long term situation like WWE requires. He's too limited.

He also mentioned that he would be making 2/3s less if he were to work for WWE. In the future, I can see many guys taking the same path as him and like Cody Rhodes has learned. They get to travel the world, and work on their own term. WWE as the final destination is a mentality that will be changed soon enough.

Nov 1, 2017 23:08:25 GMT Raven said:

He also mentioned that he would be making 2/3s less if he were to work for WWE. In the future, I can see many guys taking the same path as him and like Cody Rhodes has learned. They get to travel the world, and work on their own term. WWE as the final destination is a mentality that will be changed soon enough.

I think you're right. I think for a long time, we, them, the industry, etc always considered the WWE as something comparable to Major League Sports. 

In fact, wrestling, is less like Professional Sports and more like the film industry. WWE is Hollywood, the independents are the independents. And as a lot of actors, directors have shown, you can be very successful as an independent.