Awesome Kong, one of the focal parts of TNA’s Knockout division recently got heat from management when her contract expired and she tried to play hardball and get a pay rise. TNA out right refused and gave her a verbal bashing for even considering it. It is believed she renewed at a similar deal as she originally signed, although her renewal is not 100% confirmed; they may still be in negotiations Despite drawing consistently high ratings (many times the highest on iMPACT!) the women make less than the male midcarders. The feeling is that because Gail Kim has yet to show up in WWE they have less “well I’ll go to WWE instead” bargaining power.

Reported by: Ryan Clark

I would personalyy like to give my opinion on the situation. I think TNA would have learned from their mistake when Gail Kim left the company. TNA invest so much into keeping sting, who is worth more then half the Knockouts combined yet they won’t give the Knockouts a raise. Secondly it is kind of dissapointed to have a woman like Dixie Carter as president of TNA, yet the women in the company are being treated as minors. Also with the release of Gail Kim, Karen Angle & Salinas, you would think TNA would invest the money they where paying these women in giving the rest of the Knockouts some sort of raise. It just proves not only does the TNA creative team have issue’s but also the financial department.

Tags: Awesome Kong

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