WWE wrestlers salaries

[GambleGamble]

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yokozuna?



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He got paid in sammiches I believe, and he has also died I believe

[Paluka]

Are all these guys on roids and going to die early like World's Strongest Man competitors?

[deadbody]

keep in mind for all the guys that don't have paid tix everywhere, they have to pay all their own travel expenses. I'm surprised at how little some of them made.

HHH is the most wildly overrated and horribly booked character in WWE. He is the only person responsible for it though and singlehandedly is bringing the company down. Marrying Steph was his coup de grace in making sure that he always got whatever he wanted.

[Soul Daddy]

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Does this mean that for most wrestlers they aren't paying hotel accomodations? I have a hard time believing that.

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Oh, it's true. As ridiculous as it sounds, almost all wrestlers are responsible for their accomodations and rental cars when on the road. They have almost no benefits, as they are considered independent contractors. WWE picking up the bill for those obviously is a huge bonus.

[KneeCo]

Haven't watched in a long while, still interesting stuff though. I wouldn't be surprised if the average pro wrestler salary has gone way done since WCW closed up shop and the WWF became the only show in town.

[-Skeme-]

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but he came out of there and was huge, even "marrying" vinces daughter at one point

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Yeah, I remember this, she was passed out in the passenger seat, they showed the vid while she was marrying Edge or Christian or whoever. He sucked back then, too.

[junglewarfare]

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Are all these guys on roids and going to die early like World's Strongest Man competitors?

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I have to imagine they are.

A lot of the guys towards the bottom seem underpaid to me. It could just be that they didn't do much actual wrestling, or they only "performed" in a couple shows. Wrestling brings in a huuuugggee amount of revenue, I would expect the average and median pay to be pretty decent.

edit- re accomodations, i thought the people with stuff in parentheses just got first class tix and 5 star hotel accomodations instead of the coach/average rooms which everyone else got. kind of screwed up if the average guy doesn't, the retirement plan and stuff has got to suck too.

[amplify]

Also factored into this is that since the brand split into Raw and Smackdown, all of these people perform and travel about 2/3 to half of what they did before so that was a big benefit as well.

[Russ M.]

Haven't read the replies, but Angle is monsterously underpaid (same as Big Show? WTF?). Benoit could use a raise. Eddie was underpaid.

Also JBL is being paid about twice as much as he's worth.

RVD paid as much as Val Venis? Get a new agent, Rob. (unless that's ONLY his salary because he missed time and his actual salary is much more)

I like John Cena. However he is grossly overpaid.

No surprise that Triple H is the highest paid. Same for Taker.

[PartyGirlUK]

How often do these guys perform in a typical year?