It comes as no surprise that Brock Lesnar tops the list of top earners in WWE. The former WWE champion tops the list with a whopping $10 million.
Recently, WWE faced a ton of criticism for releasing many superstars from the roaster including the likes of Kurt Angle, Zack Ryder, and Rusev. However, WWE still has some big names under its contract that makes it a must-watch pro wrestling show.
The recent reports by Forbes on the contract of some of the biggest names in WWE reveal who are the top earners of WWE at the moment.
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Brock Lesnar tops the list of top earners in WWE
To start the list, Braun Strowman sits at number 10 with an earning of $1.9 million in 2019. One of the fans’ favorites, the Monster among the men defeated Goldberg to become the WWE champion in the last Wrestlemania.
While Goldberg sits at number 7 of the top earners’ list with a purse of $3 million. Becky Lynch, who played a major role in uplifting the WWE Women’s division took home $3.1 million in 2019. Considering Becky Lynch headlined Wrestlemania 35, this amount makes justice to the work Lynch has been doing in WWE for the past few years.
The former WWE champion, Seth Rollins took home an earning of $4 million in 2019. Seth has been the part of many main events in 2019. And it’s needless to say that, Rollins takes a sweet pay for merchandise sales too.
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Two of the biggest names in WWE, Randy Orton, and Roman Reigns earned $4.1 and $5 million for 2019. It’s needless to say that due to the arrival of AEW, many WWE superstars were able to get a better deal with WWE and Randy Orton was one of them.
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The Rock is open to make WWE return for a dream matchup with Roman Reigns
Brock Lesnar who lost his title to Drew McIntyre in last Wrestlemania took home $10 million for the thrilling performances inside the WWE ring. Brock Lesnar has been the biggest attraction in the last few years. And things are only looking up for Lesnar as he is likely to negotiate for a new deal soon. It is to be noted that, Brock Lesnar was very close to making his return to UFC for a showdown with the heavyweight champion, Daniel Cormier. However, Lesnar opted to stick to pro wrestling and it seems that Lesnar is pretty happy with his decision so far.