Jesse Ventura Refused WWE's Initial Offer To Return, Negotiated A Better Deal

Jesse Ventura returned to the WWE fold last year, signing a Legends Deal with the company and appearing at the rebooted Saturday Night’s Main Event series. He has appeared on both these shows as a host and as a commentator, though there was a chance that things might not have turned out so well for WWE and Ventura.

In an episode of his 'The Body Shop' podcast, Ventura revealed that he turned down WWE’s initial offer to come back as it wasn’t good enough. 

“They made an initial offer, which wasn’t quite good enough. And I countered them and they came back real solid — you know, no ifs, ands, buts. It was a good negotiation. 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, ‘All right, if I come out a day ahead of time and I do a whole day’s publicity, it’s got to be for more than one show.’ I said, ‘I want a guarantee for all four then — that I get all four shows.’ They came back and said, ‘No problem.’ You know? ‘No problem whatsoever.’ And I’ll state this: 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.”

Ventura had previously noted that his agent was a big factor in getting him a good deal to come back to WWE. 

H/T F4WOnline

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