Forbes Releases List Of Top Ten Highest Paid WWE Superstars In 2015

On Thursday, Forbes released their first-ever list of “WWE’s Highest-Paid Wrestlers,” ranking the ten active WWE Superstars who earned the most money from the company in 2015.

Forbes wrote the following regarding the study done to determine how much each individual WWE performer earned last year:

“The details of that wrestler pay are notoriously hard to come by, and even a year ago, when we provided a breakdown of how WWE’s booking contracts work, we could shed very little light on exactly how much wrestlers are paid. No longer. Over the last year we’ve pored over court documents, SEC filings and WWE’s booking contracts and spent hours speaking with industry sources, allowing us to construct the first ever FORBES list of WWE’s Highest-Paid Wrestlers.

We estimate that last year the highest-paid wrestler made nearly $10 million, and the 10 top-paid stars collectively hauled in more than $30 million. That doesn’t come close to the checks cashed by the top earners in American sports and entertainment — guys like LeBron James and Kobe Bryant make over $20 million a year just in salary, while Hollywood’s top five actors were paid over $260 million combined last year — but it’s still far above what the average pro wrestler makes.”

Forbes’ first-ever WWE’s Highest-Paid Wrestlers top ten list looks as follows:

1. John Cena 9.5 million
2. Brock Lesnar 6.0 million
3. Triple H 2.8 million
4. Randy Orton 2.7 million
5. Seth Rollins 2.4 million
6. Roman Reigns 2.1 million
7. Undertaker 2.0 million
8. Big Show 1.5 million
9. Kane 1.3 million
10. Dean Ambrose 1.1 million