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[Browny]

Looking at the date of the article, it was from early January 2015 (http://www.totalsportek.com/money/wwe-wrestlers-salaries/)... so doesn't really take into account Seth's meteoric rise.

And yeah, lol at Ryder - although he was 2nd highest merch for a while, and he's a safe hand in the ring - probably pretty good on the house show circuit too.

 

[DMczaf]

The Rock $3.5 Million 7% bonus for high merchandise sales, only appears on selected WWE Dates 3 Year (Part Time)

Holy jebus.

 

[imBask]

Kevin Dunn (Producer) – $800,000

 

[blackaroni]

Holy shit, the divas are getting killed. No wonder they all wind up hooking up with wrestlers. Gotta get someone to pay the rent.

 

[¡HarlequinPanic!]

dog ziggler outearning D-bry laffo.

 

[Browny]

More worrying - a lot of the contracts stipulate travel and accommodation; yet a lot of the lower earners will have to foot the bill of those things themselves... Clearly, the better money is made after the first contract is up (see: Ryder, Uso, Sin Cara).

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Looking at the date of the article, it was from early January 2015 (http://www.totalsportek.com/money/wwe-wrestlers-salaries/)... so doesn't really take into account Seth's meteoric rise.

And yeah, lol at Ryder - although he was 2nd highest merch for a while, and he's a safe hand in the ring - probably pretty good on the house show circuit too.

I doubt it's super different unless he renegotiated.

 

[imBask]

as much as i'm a Rock mark, this is why we can't have nice things like custom sets for PPVs

not just him, but the accumulation of dumb contracts/spendings like this

 

[Anth0ny]

Undertaker $2.25 Million

in case anyone was wondering why he keeps coming back even though he looks "SO OLD"

yeah

 

[Sephzilla]

Yeah I can't blame Taker for basically wrestling one match a year for 2.25 million

 

[Sibersk Esto]

I wonder why Big Show is the one who gets his own tour bus

 

[Fox318]

Plus guys have to cover their ring gear and makeup right?

Honestly it's amazing how much Vince fucks his talent.

 

[bjork]

Cesaro $80,145 1 Year

My brain initially read this as

Cesaro $80

 

[jmdajr]

The Rock!

hahahahaha holy shit!

Is that his charity money?

edit; that Zack Ryder deal has to be wrong. 500k?
"For 500K? Sure I'll work NXT!"

 

[imBask]

Plus guys have to cover their ring gear and makeup right?

Honestly it's amazing how much Vince fucks his talent.

if i'm not mistaken they also have to cover transport...

 

[BronsonLee]

I wonder why Big Show is the one who gets his own tour bus

He's the only one who asked for it. Punk got one too.

Plus guys have to cover their ring gear and makeup right?

Honestly it's amazing how much Vince fucks his talent.

That's paid for by the company. They use their own guys.

Cesaro $80,145 1 Year

My brain initially read this as

Cesaro $80

That bald bastard OWES me 80 dollars!

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Plus guys have to cover their ring gear and makeup right?

Honestly it's amazing how much Vince fucks his talent.

They have costume and makeup people there, don't forget Sandra Gray.

 

[Browny]

I wonder why Big Show is the one who gets his own tour bus

He's The World's Largest Athlete™ - can't expect him to roll around in a rent-a-car, can we?

 

[Bronx-Man]

Plus guys have to cover their ring gear and makeup right?

Honestly it's amazing how much Vince fucks his talent.

independent contractors

 

[Fox318]

I wonder why Big Show is the one who gets his own tour bus

Can't fit in airplanes

Probably wants to save his knees.

 

[bjork]

edit; that Zack Ryder deal has to be wrong. 500k?
"For 500K? Sure I'll work NXT!"

Yeah totally. "Bitch on twitter? Usually I do that for free!"

 

[DMczaf]

When talking to non-wrestling fans in real life, do you protect the business?

 

[Browny]

Yeah totally. "Bitch on twitter? Usually I do that for free!"

Dolph Ziggler $900,000 Travel & Accommodation Twitter Account Bitching 3 Year

.

When talking to non-wrestling fans in real life, do you protect the business?

I don't talk about the business to friends

#safe

Spoiler

I really want the last Cesaro t-shirt though...

 

[British Monsoon]

Heroes Inmortales this Sunday looks a bit shit, Alberto vs Mundo...not a terribly exciting main event, personally. The Rey, Psycho Clown and a mystery partner vs Myzteziziziz, Texano & Fantasma's just about the only match I'm looking forward to.

 

[Bronx-Man]

When talking to non-wrestling fans in real life, do you protect the business?

Of course. Always get the clean finish when I hit them with a ddt.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

The way Ziggler is paid no wonder he hasn't left yet despite teasing all the time.

 

[imBask]

When talking to non-wrestling fans in real life, do you protect the business?

I usually slap them around and yell "YOU THINK THIS IS FAKE?"

 

[Anth0ny]

amazing how all the jobbers that barely get on tv are being paid so well

yet cesaro, the jobber who works on tv twice a week every week, makes peanuts

 

[jmdajr]

Man 200K to job is an ok deal. Swagger and Truth making good money.
But Zack Ryder man.

edit: Maybe that's why many of these superstars don't complain. Yeah I could ask for a push, but I might piss off Vince and lose my 250k contract!

 

[Raw64life]

Dolph Ziggler $900,000
Rusev $725,000

Guess it pays to be in shitty TMZ angles. How did Risev get that kind of dough after barely a year on the main roster?

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Dolph Ziggler $900,000
Rusev $725,000

Guess it pays to be in shitty TMZ angles. How did Risev get that kind of dough after barely a year on the main roster?

Vince, like most people, probably saw money in him.

 

[DMczaf]

I bet Beef is that dude who berries the business when he meets someone who says wrasslin is fake so he can look cool

 

[Fox318]

independent contractors

that can't work independently

 

[imBask]

whenever I talk about wrestling with a normal person, I just link him Wrestling Isn't Wrestling and tell him that Max Landis is the person you want to follow to know everything about the business

 

[bjork]

When talking to non-wrestling fans in real life, do you protect the business?

I show them Sid's leg break and go "how did they fake this, mirrors?"

I kid. I don't talk to people in real life almost ever.

 

[lovely ladies]

Cesaro 😂😂

 

[jmdajr]

Dolph Ziggler $900,000
Rusev $725,000

Guess it pays to be in shitty TMZ angles. How did Risev get that kind of dough after barely a year on the main roster?

And Cody is only getting paid 250k.

I think that sucks if Dolph gets paid 900k.

 

[bjork]

He probably said he could get Amy Schumer to come in for a spot if they paid him more or something.

 

[Ithil]

Google is my friend:

(Formatting is not...)





Scanning down, man did Cesaro get fucked...

2nd edit: in fact, a whole load of people are on (potentially) shitty money... Harper, Ambrose... Fuck, the Uso's each earn more than Cesaro Harper and Ambrose combined!!!

This list was bullshit, I believe. The down payments are nowhere near that high, wrestlers tend to make a lot more than their guaranteed money with royalties and cuts.
The ones I've seen confirmed are Cena at 1 million (but he makes millions more on merch, bonuses etc) and HHH at about 1.2 million for his corporate and wrestling salaries.

 

[Browny]

This list was bullshit, I believe. The down payments are nowhere near that high.

Could be - although might be worth comparing to leaked 2014 figures. There was a 2011 list too I think, which had some biggish figures at the top.

And by biggish I mean Cena, HHH and Taker.

 

[jmdajr]

Dumb but I chuckled at "fans cheering for themselves."

 

[Fox318]

Meanwhile Linda is fundraising for Jeb Bush.

While Trump was talking pretty fondly of his relationship with Vince on a CNN interview.

 

[Ithil]

Could be - although might be worth comparing to leaked 2014 figures. There was a 2011 list too I think, which had some biggish figures at the top.

And by biggish I mean Cena, HHH and Taker.

I don't believe any of these "leaked" lists are all that legitimate. It seems like guesswork.

Any time I've heard people talk about making big money in WWE, they say you will get a good downside guarantee, but the potential for making tons of extra money from royalties, merch, appearances etc is massive, even for midcarders, and that's where the big money comes from.

 

[Caderfix]

Wow at Dean's and Cesaro's numbers... I hope they're doing better now

 

[Anth0ny]

edit: Maybe that's why many of these superstars don't complain. Yeah I could ask for a push, but I might piss off Vince and lose my 250k contract!

exactly right. would you speak up to your insane boss and possibly fuck up what you have going for you if you were getting paid like that? come on.

there's no wcw to run to anymore. you take what you're given in wwe and you accept it.

 

[number47]

None of you noticed Justin Gabriel on the list. He left in 2013. And works for GfW/Tna. List is bullshit.

 

[Sibersk Esto]

Merch percentage has always been where the big money is.

 

[Bronx-Man]

 

[Sibersk Esto]

This response is applicable to every botched spot comic

 

[Sephzilla]

Vince just putting a wall around the ring instead of paying for better security is absolutely something Vince would do though