Razor Gives It A 4/10
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Post by Razor Gives It A 4/10 on Dec 2, 2013 13:01:37 GMT -5
So this site recently released the top 10 salaries in WWE. Whether it is true or not remains to be seen, but still interesting nonetheless. whatculture.com/wwe/wwe-10-wrestlers-salaries-wont-believe.phpList: {Spoiler}10. Alberto Del Rio - $675,000 w/ 1st Class Travel 9. Mark Henry - $877,000 w. 1st Class Travel 8. Kane - $905,000 w. 1st Class Travel and Accommodation 7. The Great Khali - $974,000 6. Rey Mysterio - $985,000 w/ 1st Class Travel and 4% of Merchandise Sales 5. Sheamus - $1 Million w/ 1st Class Travel 4. Big Show - $1.5 Million w/ Tour Bus and 1st Class Travel 3. CM Punk - $1.7 Million w/ Tour Bus, 1st Class Travel, Creative Control on Promos and 3.25% of Merchandise Sales 2. Randy Orton - $2 Million w/ Tour Bus, 1st Class Travel and 2.2% of Merchandise Sales 1. John Cena - $3 Million w/ 1st Class Travel, Private Jet Access, Accommodation, Tour Bus and 6.25 % of Merchandise Sales
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Post by Branimal on Dec 2, 2013 13:15:22 GMT -5
CM Punk likes to play that creative control card, brother.
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Push R Truth
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Post by Push R Truth on Dec 2, 2013 13:19:24 GMT -5
The Great Khali making more than Del Rio greatly pleases me.
I was afraid the Blackhole of Charisma was going to be a top 5 guy
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Post by "Gentleman" AJ Powell on Dec 2, 2013 13:23:21 GMT -5
Doesn't seem right that Kane makes less than Khali. He's been doing this way longer, and up until recently, performed a hell of a lot more. They must have a lot planned for Sheamus with that amount though.
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Bad Moon
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Post by Bad Moon on Dec 2, 2013 13:24:58 GMT -5
Huh. Expected Triple H to be on there somewhere. Or doesn't he count as a wrestler anymore?
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Post by kingoftheindies on Dec 2, 2013 13:25:58 GMT -5
Doesn't seem right that Kane makes less than Khali. He's been doing this way longer, and up until recently, performed a hell of a lot more. They must have a lot planned for Sheamus with that amount though. Khali does a lot for them in the Indian Market
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Post by turkeysandwich on Dec 2, 2013 13:29:02 GMT -5
Huh. Expected Triple H to be on there somewhere. Or doesn't he count as a wrestler anymore? I seem to remember a couple of years ago there being a newz report that he was now officially a front office employee which meant that his health insurance was fully covered, and which supposedly had some guys grumbling in the back since he was still sporadically wrestling but he didn't have to pay for insurance like they do.
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BigWill
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Post by BigWill on Dec 2, 2013 13:31:11 GMT -5
I can't really get interested in this when none of it is likely true.
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Post by BRV on Dec 2, 2013 13:44:51 GMT -5
3. CM Punk - Creative Control on Promos Ugh, so that means he had full control of everything he said during his atrocious face run?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 14:07:09 GMT -5
Odds are that this list is BS, but in the event that it isn't whoever decided to pay Sheamus $1M is f***ing up.
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Chip
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Post by Chip on Dec 2, 2013 14:07:45 GMT -5
I can't really get interested in this when none of it is likely true. It's a pretty generic and predictable list I feel. Even if it's untrue it's probably pretty close.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 14:11:30 GMT -5
Yeah the top three is probably spot on and I won't be surprised if ADR gets a lot of first class flights pay for kayfabe reasons
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2013 14:14:10 GMT -5
I feel like the salaries listed are closer to real life when you double them... at least in cases of guys like Cena, Punk & Orton.
Scrubs in the NBA are paid better than anyone on the list with these salaries from the article.
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Post by domrep on Dec 2, 2013 14:21:16 GMT -5
Wasn't there a story like a year or two back stating that Cena's merch moved about $100 million in one year? I find it hard to believe Cena only got 6% of that. I mean $6 million on top of the $3 million salary is nothing to sneeze at, but I'd figure he cleared more than that. If Brock Lesnar is making $5 million for 1 year, and 10 appearances, the face of the company would have to be making more.
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543Y2J
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Post by 543Y2J on Dec 2, 2013 14:29:28 GMT -5
I'm sorry but ADR/Sheamus should not be on that much. ADR especially.
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Post by thirteen3 on Dec 2, 2013 14:38:10 GMT -5
I feel Punk would probably getting more if he didn't have that creative control.
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Post by Bo Rida on Dec 2, 2013 14:46:26 GMT -5
I feel like the salaries listed are closer to real life when you double them... at least in cases of guys like Cena, Punk & Orton. Scrubs in the NBA are paid better than anyone on the list with these salaries from the article. Even if these are correct I don't think it includes all the extra bonuses and standard royalties which I assume make up a large part of their pay.
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Post by Hit Girl on Dec 2, 2013 15:55:07 GMT -5
Amazing that they waste so much money.
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Boo!
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Post by Boo! on Dec 2, 2013 16:05:16 GMT -5
Khali rides coach
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Post by Richard on Dec 2, 2013 17:29:09 GMT -5
Meltzer debunked this list over a year ago. The example he used was that Cena's downside is actually $1 million. It's pretty far off.
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