“Twitch is MY place what I built with my wonderful fans” – Paige on WWE taking over Twitch accounts

“Twitch is MY place what I built with my wonderful fans” – Paige on WWE taking over Twitch accounts. The former Divas Champion is the first to speak on the issue.

The WWE have reportedly told their superstars that they will take control of their Twitch accounts in four weeks. The accounts will be owned by WWE but talent will receive a percentage of the revenue. This will count against their downside guarantees.

Also read: “If talent doesn’t stream they will forego earnings, be suspended or face penalties” – Andrew Yang slams WWE stars’ independent contractors status

This news has understandably upset several talent backstage. According to Dave Meltzer, they are livid with the edict. However, nobody speak about it. Someone seems to have forgotten to send the memo to former Divas Champion Paige because she took to Twitter to express what she felt about the situation.

“Twitch is MY place what I built with my wonderful fans” – Paige on WWE taking over Twitch accounts

“Twitch is MY place what I built with my wonderful fans,” Paige wrote on her twitter. “A place where people can go and feel some positivity and little bit of normalcy. Fun. Interactive. Non judgemental. Charitable place. I’m proud of what I built with my fan base.”

Twitch is MY place what I built with my wonderful fans. A place where people can go and feel some positivity and little bit of normalcy. Fun. Interactive. Non judgemental. Charitable place. I’m proud of what I built with my fan base.

— SARAYA (@RealPaigeWWE) October 2, 2020

When news first broke of WWE forbidding their talents from interacting with third party apps, Paige was also the first to change her username on Twitch. She reverted to her real name Saraya.

Paige has changed her Twitch account from OfficialPaigeWWE to SarayaOfficial. pic.twitter.com/RTSQqsgM6J

— Gary Cassidy (@WrestlingGary) September 4, 2020

Former Democratic Presidential candidate Andrew Yang has heavily come down on Vince McMahon claiming that it was ridiculous to call his talent independent contractors if he were to exhibit this much control over them.

Hearing from talent that WWE is forcing performers to sign new contracts that include twitch. Streaming on twitch will become a work obligation and if talent doesn’t stream they will forego earnings, be suspended or face penalties. Doesn’t sound like independent contractors.

— Andrew Yang🧢🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) October 2, 2020

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