1. The Rock –$70 million
His real name is Dwayne Johnson and he used to playfor the University of Miami football team that won the national title in 1991. He is a ten-time champion in theWWE, five-time tag team champion and two-time Intercontinental champion. Heis also a Triple Crown champion and the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble. He successfully moved to the acting world, setting a world record for the highest salaryby an actor in his firstlead role when he got paid$5.5 million to do “The Scorpion King.”
2. Steve Austin – $45 million
He goes by the name of Stone Cold Steve Austin and he is the most profitable wrestler in the history of theorganization. He is knownforhis beer guzzling, anti-hero ways, oftentimes flipping the owner Steve McMahon and applying to himhis finishing move called the Stone Cold Stunner. He is a six-time champion, the fifth Triple Crown champion, the King of the Ring in 1996 and the Royal Rumble champion in1997, 1998 and 2001. He was forced to retire in 2003 because of various knee and neck injuries. He also hosted the WWE reality show called “Tough Enough.”
3. John Cena –$35 million
John Cena has won 19 championships in the organization, including a record 10 WWE belts. He also has won the United States championship three times and the tag team title four times. Aside from that, he has been World Heavyweight Champion two times. He was the Royal Rumble winner in 2008 and 2013. He holds the longest reign of the WWE championship this century at 380 days. This is also the fourth longest in history after Bob Backlund, Hulk Hogan and Bruno Sammartino.
4. Big Show –$30 million
His real name is Paul Wight. He is a seven-time world champion and has held the WWE, ECW, WCW and World Heavyweight championship belts at least once. He is the only wrestler to have attained this feat. He has also held the tag team championship 11 times and the Hardcore Championship three times. He has also been an Intercontinental and United States champion. The Big Show is also a Triple Crown and a Grand Slam champion.
5. Triple H – $25 million
His real name is Paul Michael Levesque. He is better known as Triple H, an abbreviation for Hunter Hearst Helmsley. He holds the all-time record of being aworld champion by winning the belt 13 times. He also won the King of the Ring in 1997 and the Royal Rumble in2002. He was also the second Grand Slam champion.He is married to Stephanie McMahon. He now serves as Executive Vice President of Talent and Live Events for the organization. He has complete control overall the storylines, records and championship reigns in the WWE.
6. Kurt Angle –$20 million
He won a gold medal in the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta while competing in theheavyweight division of freestyle wrestling. He also won in the World Championships and in the NCAA. He had the greatest rookie year in WWE history after winning the European championship, Intercontinental championship, King of the Ring and WWE title belt all within his first year in the organization. He was also a United States champion, Harcore champion and tag team champion. He held just about every championship belt that the organization had to offer. Overall, he wasworld champion six times.
7. Chris Jericho –$18 million
His real name is Christopher Keith Irvine. He is a six-time world champion and nine-time Intercontinental champion. He was also the first undisputed champion of the WWF after winning both WWF championship and world championship on the same night in 2001, beating The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin in the process.
8. Shawn Michaels – $17 million
His real name is Michael Shawn Hickenbottom. He was originally part of The Midnight Rockers, a tag teammade up of him and Marty Jannetty. He then became known as The Heartbreak Kid. He was part of a couple of influential groups, namely The Kliq and D-Generation X.The latter was formed in 1997 with Triple H, Chyna and Rick Rude. He was both ahero anda villain when he took part inthe “Montreal Screwjob” thatrobbed Bret Hart of a victory. He is probably the most gifted WWE wrestler of all time. He was a four-time world champion and the winner of the Royal Rumble in1995 and1996.
9. The Undertaker –$16 million
His real name is Mark WilliamCalaway, but he is known as The Undertaker. He holds a perfect record in Wrestlemania with a 20-0 win-loss mark. He is a four-time WWE champion, six-time WWE tag team champion and Royal Rumble champion. He has been associated with different specialty matches, including the Casket Match, the BuriedAlive match, the Hell ina Cell and the Last Ride match.
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It baffles me to see that Kurt Angle is richer than d undertaker. Events and people r unpredictable. First to comment o... Ha ha ha ha *dancing etighi*

All these money just for faking fights. America is a land really flowing with milk and honey.