What Wrestlers Have Been Paid: Salaries, Bonuses, Video Games, PPV Payouts

Welcome to Fightful's resources section, which h🏅as expansive information on contracts, free agents, rosters and more. The subject of wrestler pay has long been a discussed topic, but the information readily available online has been repeatedly debunked. To be clear, no top 10 list or "highest paid wrestlers" figures have been accurate.

We've colle꧂cted a list of salaries, bonuses and the like that have been revealed either by the talent themselves, or those in talent relations who negotiated the deal. Each one has a source cited or linked.

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Gua🍎rantees: These are downsides gu൲arantees that were promised to the talent individually. Their income could end up exceeding this.

Contracts

Bret Hart: 2.8 million pe൩r year plus royalties -- A&E bio

Chris Jericho: First WWF contract, $450,000 guarantee.

Ernest Miller: $220,00 a year in WWE

Jeff Jarrett:

John Cena: First dev🔴elopmental contract was $12,500 a year. Second was $25,000. OVW conඣtract $50,000. First WWE TV contract $75,000.

Matt Hardy: $300,000 a year in TNA first contract. In WWE, $75,00 downside guarantee in 1999, but ended up making $225,000♛.ღ Made $1.3M (13x downside) – 2000- $100k 2001-$125k 2002- $150k.

Matt Riddle: $750,000, was set to make $1m before release

Maven- , after his first deal was $50,000 guaranteed. $300 a week on Tough Enough. Claimed he made $800,000 for 🅰his ꦓentire run, and his best year was $430,000.

Mojo Rawley:

The Rock: First WWF contract 5-years $150,000 a year

Sami Zayn: $39,000 on first WWE deal

Steve Austin: $1m a year guarantee 🌳in the 90s, according to🌃 the Rock.

Stevie Richards: Guarantee $75k yea📖r one, $75k ye💞ar two, $125k year three

Match Or Individual Show

Brock Lesnar & Goldberg: $250,000 WreslteMania XX (JR Wat🍒chalong,🔯 AdFreeShows)

James Storm- $600 for match vs. Mahabali ꦑShera on OVW (The Wrestlers, Netfli🔜x)

Lex Luger: Around $50,000 for Summerslam 1993

Matt Hardy: Made $10,000 on WWF No Merc✃y 1999 ladder match after he said he complained about $5,000.

Ric Flair:

Sean Waltman:

Seth Rollins: "About $150 a night" for his firs🏅t ROH deal -- Broken Skull Sessions

Video Games, Action Figures

Headbanger Mosh-

Maven:

Offers and Pre-Sale Contract Deals

Booker T: Was set to make $1.3M on WCW contract before sale

The Revival/FTR: Offered and rejected $850,000 per year by WWE in ♔2019 (Fightfu✨l Report)

Young Bucks: Offered $500,000 by WWE in 2018