WWE Chairman and CEO Vince McMahon may be a billionaire, but his salary from WWE remains incredibly low.
Recently, a released statement showed as of 2021 Vince McMahon’s salary from WWE was set at $1.4 Million. Coming to 2022, it has been increased to $2 Million per annum.
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Apart from his salary, Vince McMahon earns from being the largest stockholder of WWE and via other revenue streams set up. In fact, as the largest stockholder, Vince McMahon receives a major fraction of the profits.
Keeping aside Vince McMahon, even Nick Khan’s salary has been increased to $1.2 Million as of 2022.
WWE's board of directors has given Vince McMahon and Nick Khan raises.
Vince's salary for 2022 will be $2.0M. In 2021, it was $1.4M.
If I understand right, Nick's second equity grant (part of his sign-on agreement), disclosed prior as $9M, increases by $7M, to $16M. pic.twitter.com/gs864Vm7Sk
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) March 11, 2022
Previously, it was reported that WWE reported the highest profits in history in 2021. In fact, it was one of the reasons McMahon didn’t want to change anything about the program despite fan complaints.
Looking at the numbers, he believed the program was working regardless of what some of the fans had to say.
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Vince McMahon has been making headlines quite often
Ever since The Big Man took Austin Theory under his wing, he’s been making headlines. Not only has he been actively involved in a storyline after ages, he’s also grooming a young superstar to become the next Megastar of the company.
Apart from that, Vince McMahon did his first interview in fifteen years when he appeared on The Pat McAfee Show. Keeping aside what he said in the interview, the fact that he did one it itself was worthy of being referred to as breaking news.
Coming to the interview, he revealed that he’ll be the one inducting The Undertaker into the Hall of Fame. This is something he never does, except for the time he did it for Stone Cold Steve Austin. Otherwise, he despises being thanked or mentioned in WWE Hall of Fame speeches.
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However, The Undertaker is like family to him. Over the thirty years Taker worked with WWE, not once did Vince McMahon feel that he couldn’t trust him. To commemorate their bond and friendship, McMahon will induct Taker. However, it’s possible this is the last time The Big Man is doing this.
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