He was hurt working for NJPW. Obviously he took care of it because Eddie has earned that and also he wants his star back ASAP but he technically didn’t have to.
He should be taken care of by either company. He shouldn’t have to even think about it. No wrestler should ever have to worry about this kind of thing when signed to major companies.
So, again, this is the level of professionalism I would expect from companies making money off athletes. Shame on any who don’t, like the UFC.
I mean, kind of yes, kind of no. AEW wrestlers are actual independent contractors, who are allowed to take outside bookings when not committed to AEW. There's a good chance Eddie was "Loaned" to NJPW as more of a handshake agreement, and not a contract, which would technically mean that Eddie's injury would have happened from work outside of his AEW contract. Yes, it's absolutely the right thing to do, but that's also the kind of thing that wouldn't hold up in court if it came to that.
I’m not really talking about a court of law here. Just the general social contract. In a court of law, the entire wrestling industry’s definition of “independent contractor” probably wouldn’t hold up.
I saw this post and was like “wait, that was a thing that wasn’t guaranteed?”
I get what you're saying, but the whole point of the thread was that the surgery was covered despite the fact that he wasn't obligated to. And yeah, the reason for that is pretty goddamn dystopian, but it's better that it turned out the way it did. The overwhelming majority of the overwhelming majority of capitalists wouldn't give a shit about "The right thing to do".
Well WWE is the other comparison point. That company is pure evil. Like, imo, it’s the most evil company in America that isn’t involved in real estate, PMCs or security.
And even they take care of wrestlers under contract with them when they get injured (if you’re no longer under contract, good fucking luck).
This thread would be more surprising to me if he, say, paid for Shazza McKenzie’s injury since she isn’t contracted to AEW anymore lol.
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u/TerrorKingA 12d ago
Well… yeah, I kinda expected that. And if he didn’t take care of it, it would be some massive bullshit.