Top 12 Richest WWE Wrestlers in The World Nigeria

WWE brand is more prevalent than other related brands like Ring
of Honor, TNA, and New Japan Pro Wrestling because of some of the
prestigious wrestlers. WWE wages its wrestlers very well and this
is the reason its wrestlers have been famous as richest wrestlers
all over the world.

The yearly pay check of the some of the top WWE wrestlers is
around $1 million and even higher than that. These richest
wrestlers not only gross high income from the matches they fought
in but also from films and endorsement deals of which they became
part of.

At first sight all of the WWE wrestlers seem rich because of
their outstanding fight performance; however there are some topmost
richest wrestlers of the world 2018 whose details are given
below:

12. Dolph Ziggler – $900,000

Dolph Ziggler is recognised as one of the passionately working
wrestlers of WWE. It is known that he is paid $900,000 annually by
WWE and the company even pays for his travel as well as
accommodation. Nemeth came back to the WWE major roster under his
present ring name in year 2008 and after then, Ziggler has obtained
the Intercontinental Championship for five times, WWE’s World
Heavyweight Championship for two times, the United States
Championship once, as well as he was 2012 Money in the Bank winner.
Ziggler has even stayed as the sole survivor of two Survivor Series
elimination matches arranged at the 2012 and 2014 events.

11. Dean Ambrose – $1.1 Million

Presently the company’s World Heavyweight Champion, Ambrose
takes in about $1.1 million annually with the WWE. However, it
would not be astonishing to see that number raises a bit last year
and his net worth is projected to be around $6 million. It is
unclear that for how long Ambrose will hold on to this title,
although it is suggested there is a substantial chance he will not
held it at the future Battleground pay-per-view.

He is one of the richest WWE wrestlers as he worked for numerous
promotions including Evolve Wrestling (EVOLVE), Full Impact Pro
(FIP), Ring of Honor (ROH), Combat Zone Wrestling (CZW), and Dragon
Gate USA (DGUSA), etc. In his career, he won CZW World Heavyweight
Championship twice, the FIP World Heavyweight Championship once, as
well as the Insanity Pro Wrestling World Heavyweight Championship
twice.

10. Big Show -$1.2 million

Big Show is known as an American professional wrestler as well
as actor who is presently signed to WWE. He launched his career in
World Championship Wrestling (WCW) initially, where he was
acknowledged by the ring name- The Giant. Big Show has been in this
business of wrestling in WWE for almost two decades and this is the
reason of his consistent high income. Apart from professional
wrestling, he has performed in feature films as well as television
series such as The Waterboy, Jingle All The Way, Star Trek:
Enterprise and three USA Network’s comedy-dramas namely Psych,
Royal Pains, and the action-drama named Burn Notice.

9. Kane – $1.3 Million

Kane is known to be in wrestling for longer than several of his
fans have been alive, starting his career in year 1992. It is
suggested that in present days, he’s another one of those folklores
who gets high dollar from the company in spite of not performing on
a regular basis, while his net worth is estimated to be around $7
million.

8. Sheamus -$1.3 million

Though wrestler Sheamus has not been around for a very long
time, his star power is grossing him $1.3 million every year. He is
known to be a good friend of famous wrestler-Triple H, this is one
of the reasons why he is getting paid higher than other senior
wrestlers in the WWE. Before appearing in WWE, he wrestled on the
European circuit as well as he was a two-time International
Heavyweight Champion throughout his tenancy in Irish Whip Wrestling
(briefly as IWW).

7. Randy Orton -$1.6 million

Since Randy Orton joined WWE, he has been a part of several
success stories till date. Orton has established himself as a chief
player in the WWE in a short span, grossing high income. Overall,
the wrestler has won 16 total championships in WWE and he is the
winner of the 2013 Money in the Bank ladder match, both in year
2009 as well as 2017 Royal Rumble matches,[15] and has featured
numerous pay-per-view events for WWE, comprising WrestleMania XXX
and WrestleMania XXV.

6. Brock Lesnar -$2 million

It is known that Lesnar made big come to WWE; hitting big news
at Wrestlemania XXX in year 2014 taking the Undertaker’s unbeaten
line of 21 successive wins in at the famous event. Lesnar gets $2
million paycheck as a WWE superstar during his recent contract with
the WWE. He was the former UFC heavyweight champion and he left the
MMA after Lesnar was identified with diverticulitis.

5. Roman Reigns – $3.1 Million

Roman Reigns grosses a handsome earnings of $2.1 million but
this figure, however, will expected be lower this year due to
Reigns suspension of 30-day. During the four weeks that Reigns is
not allowed to fight at house shows or on Monday Night Raw as well
as on SmackDown, he will be facing loss of about $100,000 in
revenue. Though, Reigns will be back in time for the future
Battleground pay-per-view, as well as these PPVs wind up being very
profitable for WWE performers.

4. Triple H -$2.12 million

Triple H is a famous WWE wrestler, also known as son-in-law of
the WWE chairman. He is too one of the longest serving wrestlers of
WWE and has a $1,000,000 annual talent contract. Apart from
wrestler, Triple H is an American business executive. The wrestler
is also the Executive Vice President of Talent, Live Events and
Creative for WWE, and worked as the founder and senior producer of
NXT as well as for the creator of the NXT TV series.

3. Undertaker -$2.25 million

Undertaker is known as a legend in WWE with tons of fans
globally. This legend usually shows up once per year, however his
star power is so high that for that single appearance he earns
$2.25 million yearly. Apart from wrestling, Undertaker made his
film debut as Hutch in year 1991 film entitled Suburban Commando
and he also did guest roles on Poltergeist: The Legacy and
Celebrity Deathmatch.

2. John Cena -$2.75 million

John Cena is a popular WWE superstar, who has been the face of
the WWE for almost a decade. Cena has established himself as one of
WWE principal names and has too made a career into different
feature films. Being an actor, Cena has been featured in action
films namely 12 Rounds (2009) and The Marine (2006) by the
production wing of WWE. During his WWE career, Cena has received 25
championships, with 16 reigns as a world champion an achievement
only before attained by WWE Hall of Fame named Ric Flair.

1. The Rock -$3.5 million

Apart from being a popular wrestler in WWE, Rock is a Hollywood
superstar Dwayne “The Rock” who earns $3.5 million annually though
he makes appearance once in a while. He even earns revenue from
pay-per-views and has an estimated net worth more than $200
million. Forbes has listed Rock as No. 25 in the Top 100 Most
Powerful Celebrities in year 2013, which suggest his richness. He
is known to be the world’s highest-paid actor as of year 2017 and
Time entitled him one of the 100 most powerful people of the world
in 2016.

It is common to estimate that wrestlers in WWE with more star
power gross more than the rests. Some names of wrestlers are
obvious, as they are the wrestlers of WWE who perform on screen
each week and who fight in a match in only about every
pay-per-view. However, other wrestlers only appear a handful of
times in a year, but they are too legendary and are prominent major
draws as they make more in a several nights than the remaining
wrestlers make round the year.