Private Party discuss AEW tiered contracts.
In April 2019, Isiah Kassidy and Marq Quen officially joined the ranks of AEW, announcing that they were All Elite. Later that year, the duo made their tag team debut at the Fyter Fest event, competing against Best Friends and SCU in a three way tag team bout.
While appearing on a recent episode of Talk Is Jericho, the duo discussed being on tiered contracts when they first joined the company. After the Fyter Fest match, they were offered a salaried contract.
Zay: I didn’t even know there was a bigger contract. I thought that was the biggest contract. I thought that was how all contracts were made. It was very new to us. Fast forward to Fyter Fest, we had this three-way with us, SCU, and Best Friends. We killed it. We go to the back and the first thing we see is the Young Bucks and Tony. ’We want to offer you a salary contract.'
Quen: I had no idea what that was.
Zay: I didn’t know what that was either.
Quen: I’m sitting here confused. ‘Okay.’ I never made money in wrestling. To hear salary I’m just like, ‘Okay, I guess that’s cool.’
Chris Jericho: At the time, you’re probably getting, I’m going to guess $1000 a match.
Quen: That was it.
Chris Jericho: That’s great money from the indies, and you get flown in and you get a hotel.
Zay: I’m rich. I’m getting $1000 from wrestling, that’s cool.
Jericho: They offer you your first salary contract.
Zay: First salary contract. I was so grateful. I thanked the Bucks, I thanked Tony Khan. I called my mom. ‘Quit your job. We made it.’
Quen: I called my mom and asked her, ‘What does this mean?’ ‘Why are you asking me this?’ ‘This is what they offered us.’ Next thing I know, I hear her crying. ‘This must be a big deal.’
Elsewhere in the interview, the team talked about the full circle moment of winning the AEW World Tag Team Championships from the Young Bucks. Learn more by clicking here.
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