how much do wrestlers really get paid?

Below is the World Wrestling Entertainment talent roster payroll that was taken from October of 2004 until February of 2006. The shown dollar amount beside each wrestler is the grand total that they earned from World Wrestling Entertainment in a one year period (downside guarantees, bonuses, and merchandise shares). Some wrestler's were given special privileges and bonuses in their contracts which can also be seen beside their total pay. All wrestler's contracts begin and end at different months of the year, there for each shown amount is what that particular wrestler earned in a 365 day time period between October 2004 and February 2006 (or however long they have been with the company). All dollar amounts were rounded up/down (Example: $244,766 would be $245,000)

- Ashley Massaro: $131,000

- Batista: $813,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)

- Big Show: $1,000,000 (Base salary)

- Bob Holly: $217,000

- Booker T: $375,000

- Candice Michelle: $64,000

- Carlito: $319,000

- Chavo Guerrero: $206,000

- Chris Benoit: $488,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)

- Chris Masters: $253,000

- Danny Basham: $130,000

- Doug Basham: $126,000

- Edge: $704,000

- Eugene: $189,000

- Funaki: $124,000

- Gene Snitsky: $292,000

- Gregory Helms: $277,000

- John Cena: $1,743,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)

- John Layfield: $786,000 (Five star hotel accommodations paid for every week)

- Jerry Lawler: $204,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)

- Jillian Hall: $52,000

- Joey Mercury: $134,000

- Johnny Nitro: $143,000

- Jonathan Coachman: $175,000

- Kane: $ 851,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)

- Ken Kennedy: $133,000

- Lance Cade: $118,000

- Lilian Garcia: $90,000

- Maria: $41,000

- Mark Henry: $300,000 (Base pay)

- Matt Hardy: $322,000 (Missed over $70,000 of pay due to firing)

- Matt Striker: $43,000

- Melina: $155,000

- Mickie James: $72,000

- Nunzio: $186,000

- Paul London: $177,000

- Randy Orton: $711,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)

- Rene Dupree: $289,000

- Rey Mysterio: $414,000

- Ric Flair: $508,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)

- Rob Conway: $186,000

- Rob Van Darn: $220,000 (Only received downside and royalties due to injury)

- Shawn Michaels: $1,045,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)

- Shelton Benjamin: $366,000

- Steven Richards: $94,000

- Torrie Wilson: $260,000

- Trevor Murdoch: $48,000

- Triple H: $2,013,000 (Allowed the personal use of company jet (10) times per year. First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)

- Undertaker: $1,811,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)

- Val Venis: $210,000

- Victoria: $275,000

- Viscera: $130,000

- William Regal: $225,000

* But that was than, some of their salaries have changed from then to now.

Don't know.

There was a site that had an old WWF contract online (from around 2000) and it stated something along the lines that the individual would get no less than $150.00 for a show appearance etc. This was during the peak of their so-called "boom period" and it seemed low...so you could just imagine what it could be now when things aren't so hot.

I think all this jazz about wrestlers making millions is a bunch of B.S. really. I think it's all a part of their characters and if they really did make all this cash...why do so many end up broke?

It's either a lie or they blow through money like it's nothing.

the Begginers get to take 80,000 funds a month. human beings Like Hogan gets 3 hundred,000 funds a month + 3 hundred,000 funds each and each time he looks. and HBK gets additionally 3 hundred,000 a month. i'm extremely optimistic through fact I had an Wrestling dealing with game which has authentic information. in case you have Smackdown vs uncooked 2006, and you play usual supervisor Mode, once you sign a wrestler, or renew a freelance, it tells you procedures a wrestler gets paid weekly, in months or in a three hundred and sixty 5 days reckoning on acceptance. Like Triple HHH gets paid 2 hundred,000 in line with month, 450,000 for 3 months, 720,000 for 6 months, a million,345,000 for 9 months and a pair of,000,000 in line with three hundred and sixty 5 days while wrestling became into particularly warm between 1995 and 2001, they made stable funds now they make around 2 mil a three hundred and sixty 5 days, reckoning on who u r

Depends on the company.

Indie feds pay their wrestlers cheaper than those in the Big Leagues, as in the WWE.

WWE wrestlers makes about $100,000 - 200,000 a year, while the big stars make more than than twice that.

well i heared that Brock lesner, got offered one million but he decided to go play football. i heared it on ESPN, but they could have been talking crap. if Vinny MC is a billionaire then them boys got to be making big money. the women are getting the least for sure. miss Elizabeth, rip, was making about 100,000 a year and she was just an arm puppet! this was back in the 90s. so the really big stars are making millions in the wwe. well at least the men, the women are sooooooooooo behind. wrestling is stuck when it comes to women. if u aren't a whore with fake boobs and like to show em then u cant be in the wwe!!!! or wrestling period!!!!!!!!!!

Well I heard Shawn Micheals salary in 1996 was 750,000 , and since the company has expanded so much I'd say 1-2 mil

more than 250,000 less than 2mil per contract