Danny Diamond

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Most of these were pulled off the wrestling almanac. I dont know if they are acurate or not. But you have to think they are ballpark at worst.

Wrestlers Salaries

WWE wrestlers are given a downside with their contract, meaning it is the minimum amount of money they will make before merchandise, house shows, etc. However, because business has been slow, many wrestlers are barely getting anything above the downside. The average amount wrestlers are making per year is as follows:

- Lower-card Wrestlers: $75,000 range
- Mid-card Wrestlers: $150,000 range
- Upper-card Wrestlers: $200,000-$800,000 range



Note this does not include sponsorships or movie role earnings etc.




$50,000-$99,000 per year

Most performers who are employed just for television, such as Terri Runnels and Tori, are in this wage bracket.


$100,000-$249,000 per year

In this wage bracket are such wrestlers as Jacqueline, Too Cool, Viscera & Midian. Each of these earns in the neighborhood of $200,000 a year.


$250,000-$499,999 per year

This is what most mid-card wrestlers in the WWE earn. In this bracket are Mark Henry ($300,000 per year until 2006), Taka Michinoku ($250,000) , X-Pac, Val Venis, Road Dogg & Chris Jericho.


$500,000-$999,999 per year

This is what some of the bigger stars in the WWE earn. In this bracket are Mankind, The Undertaker & HHH. Also in this bracket is The Rock ($600,000 a year 'downside' until 2005) but his actual earnings exceeded $2 million in 1999.


$ 1 million + per year

These are the big money earners in wrestling. In this bracket are Big Show ($1 million per year until 2009), Ken Shamrock ($1.1 million per year until 2001) & Steve Austin earned over $6 million in 1999.



I also found this one.......




WWF

• Kevin Nash...........$ 600,000/year in 2003 according to Dave Scherer
• Razor Ramon..........$ 500,000/year in 1994; $300,000 in 1995
• Kurt Angel...........downside unknown, but got $350,000 bonus for 2003's WrestleMania match alone
• Brian Pillman........$ 300,000 to 350,000/year guaranteed (plus bonuses)
• BBD Davey Boy Smith..$ 250,000/year
• Crush................$ 200,000/year
• Marc Mero............$ (some guaranteed minimum (plus bonuses))
• Sycho Sid............$ 95,000/year

WCW

• Hulk Hogan...........$4,000,000/year (may include merchandizing, TV show, etc) (this was before the two-year extension)
• Dennis Rodman........$2,000,000 for three matches
• Kevin Nash...........$ 666,666/year according to Nash $ 750,000/year according to the WWF $ 450,000 to 575,000/year according to people in WCW supposedly renegotiated to a figure around $900,000 or $1,000,000/year due to the success of the nWo angle
• Scott Hall...........$ 475,000 to 650,000/year supposedly renegotiated to a figure around $900,000 or $1,000,000/year due to the success of the nWo angle
• The Steiner Brothers.$ 624,000/year in New Japan
• Steve McMichael......$ 500,000/year
• Eric Bischoff........$ 250,000 to 500,000/year
• Ted DiBiase..........$ 250,000/year
• Alex Wright..........$ 200,000/year
• Frank Andersson......$ 200,000/year (matches shown only in Sweden)
• Terry Taylor.........$ 150,000/year
• Chris Benoit.........$ 125,000 to 150,000/year
• Dean Malenko.........$ 125,000 to 150,000/year
• The Public Enemy.....$ 85,000/year each (or $400,000/year (each or together?))

ECW

• The *top* ECW guys (Rey Misterio Jr, Psicosis, etc) were getting $750/match

Indies

• Jobbers will work for anywhere from $20 to $60/match.
• Wrestlers with name value and good negotiating skill can make anywhere from $150 to $800/match

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Crockerinho

Wrestling Moderator

The 1st part looks 4/5 years out of date

AudioSavior

The *top* ECW guys (Rey Misterio Jr, Psicosis, etc) were getting $750/match

HAHAHA! I am suprised Paul was able to keep wreslters as long as he did.

Creature of the Night

It would be interesting to see how much WWE paid guys like Raven, Tazz, the Dudleys and Rhyno when they hit the scene. Anything must have been a step up from that!

My guess is Heyman got you over and got you noticed and thats why you wrestled for him. RVD, Mysterio, Benoit, Guererro, Malenko, Saturn, Austin, Douglas, Sabu as well as the aforementioned ex-ECW alumni all 'made their names' in ECW and got the recognition they deserved.

$750 still sounds way low though! I wonder if JV can shed some light on the situation.

Matt S.

I think WWE are about to announce a horrific level of profit compared to last year. Releasing the 10 wrestlers was a good sign that all is not well.

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AudioSavior

They also hired like 10 people in the last year so...

Gothgirl

Ida has a point. The newer guys earn less than the ones that were fired. Sides, I think that HHH's salary is much bigger than $999,999. Being the son-in-law does have its perks. lol.