WWE’s Top 5 highest paid wrestlers| Exciting list revealed

With WWE going mainstream in 1990s, the wrestling company has signed many big deals with some top-tier superstars. In twenty first century, WWE has seen a boom in their viewership. As a result, the company gained huge profits, and the wrestlers too started to get huge money deals. Currently, in WWE, wrestlers like Roman Reigns, Randy Orton, Brock Lesnar, Drew McIntyre and many other are holding some big money contracts.

Though, the company had to do many empty-arena shows in the wake of a devastating COVID attack, it still managed to provide some jaw-dropping contracts and huge wages to the wrestling superstars. This is indicative of the WWE wrestlers’ huge incomes (add to this the money they collect from promotions, advertisements etc.) Here, in this article, we are going to take a look at the list of top 5 highest paid wrestlers in WWE.

Here is the list of the Top 5 highest paid wrestlers in WWE-

#5 AJ Styles-

AJ Styles Survivor Series win-loss record — AJ Styles

American professional wrestler Allen Neal Jones, famously known by his ring-name ‘AJ Styles’ has established himself as a regular main-eventer in WWE with his incredible wrestling talent and promo cutting abilities. In his short stay in WWE, he has achieved unimaginable feats likes of holding the WWE heavyweight Championship title.

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Currently, he has teamed up with the gigantic wrestler ‘Omos’. Their chemistry took a new turn with a recent incident where Omos had launched an attack on AJ Styles. However, when it comes to income in WWE, Styles earn a huge amount of $3.6 per annum which has placed him in our top 5 list.

#4 Seth Rollins-

Seth Rollins started his WWE career in a high note as he was the ‘architect’ of the legendary team ‘The Shield’ which also included Roman Reigns and Dean Ambrose. These three superstars have established themselves also as single competitors worthy of main events.

These three has nailed in perfection one of the most scintillating storylines in WWE. Though, the team has broken up, they all have done enough to get some huge contracts in WWE. ‘The Architect’ Seth Rollins earns $4 per annum and that makes him the 4th most highest paid superstar in our top 5 list.

#3 Randy Orton-

Randy Orton Crown Jewel win-loss record — Randy Orton

American professional wrestler, Randal Keith Orton, better known as ‘The Viper’ in WWE universe, is also famous for his ‘out of nowhere’ attacks. The 40 years old Randy still shows no sign of slowing down. The veteran, in his long career, has got his hands on the WWE championship 10 times. Currently, Orton has teamed up with Riddle and formed the team named ‘R K Bro’. Orton is currently earning an amount of $4.1 Millions per annum and that puts his name in our top 5 list of WWE’s highest paid wrestlers.

#2 Roman Reigns-

Roman reigns won the WWE Championship at Survivor Series 2015 — Roman Reigns

‘The Big Dog’ Roman Reigns is currently enjoying an undisputed WWE Universal championship reign of 450+ days. This top-most heel has put every challenges from other superstars away. ‘The Tribal Chief’ has currently formed a team named ‘The Bloodline’ which includes his cousins Jimmy and Jey Uso.

His ongoing feud with Brock Lesnar has taken an interesting turn as the reunion between Brock and Paul Heyman seems to be highly possible. However, the company’s current biggest superstar Reigns gain an unbelievable amount of $5 Million which has cemented his place in our top 5 list.

#1 Brock Lesnar-

Possibly, Brock Lesnar is the most impressive and dominating superstar in 20th century wrestling world. His uncanny ability to make some of the most difficult moves look easy has made him one of the most fan favorite wrestlers. He held the WWE Universal championship for a record 500+ days.

The colossal MMA fighter and a part timer in WWE, Lesnar earns more than anyone in WWE. ‘The Beast’ has the ability to boost up the viewership of any wrestling events with his short presence, and such is the legacy he succeed to create in his wrestling career. This top-tier megastar earns an incredible amount of $10 millions per annum, and that placed him on the top of our top 5 list of highest paid superstars in WWE.

Tags: AJ Styles Roman Reigns Seth Rollins

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