Mailbox Money

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There’s this term I heard on one of the podcasts I listen to regularly. The term was “mailbox money.”

In pro wrestling terms, the concept of mailbox money is when the wrestling organization doesn’t have anything for a wrestler to do so they simply mail them their checks and let them sit at home until they do have something for them.

Essentially, it seems as if they get paid to do nothing. But that’s not really the case.

You see, if a wrestler just sits at home while they collect mailbox money then they aren’t really doing anything to get back in the game. They need to be more proactive rather than reactive when it comes to these things. Sure, they need to be patient because a lot of what they are experiencing is out of their control . But they also need to make sure that they do the things that they need to do that are under their control, such as stay in shape, practice new holds, and even think of their own creative ideas that they can bring to the table.

You see, mailbox money isn’t money that will last. Eventually the checks will run out and nothing will end up in their mailbox unless they do what they can to keep them coming.

One wrestler, Bob “Hardcore” Holly, collected a lot of mailbox money over the years. That’s because he stayed with the WWF/E for over 15 years. He went through gimmick changes, from being a…