TNA pay rate

**The Genius** · 02-28-2007, 03:18 PM

So I remember a year ago someone got some leaked financial records from Stamford and everyone's salary and perks (airfaire, hotel) was listed. Obviously TNA is a much smaller promotion but I was wondering what kind of pay these guys are receiving? Is sting getting 500K+ a year? are midcard and jobbers getting paid per appearance?

**Theo Dious** · 02-28-2007, 03:21 PM

Steiner gets paid in shots.

Well someone had to say it.

**Xero** · 02-28-2007, 04:26 PM

Kurt Angle gets paid in the blood of 1000 virgins.

**Jeritron** · 02-28-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by The Genius

So I remember a year ago someone got some leaked financial records from Stamford and everyone's salary and perks (airfaire, hotel) was listed. Obviously TNA is a much smaller promotion but I was wondering what kind of pay these guys are receiving? Is sting getting 500K+ a year? are midcard and jobbers getting paid per appearance?

I'd like to see those WWE payrates. I've looked for them before but haven't found them. Do you have them?

**Dorkchop** · 02-28-2007, 04:30 PM

I believe a lot of mid card guys in TNA are paid per appearance.

**Destor** · 02-28-2007, 04:32 PM

Almost everyone in TNA gets paid per appeance. Only a hand full of wrestlers (their main event mostly,) have contracts.

**The Ravishing One** · 02-28-2007, 05:48 PM

Isn't that why they're cramming everybody in an hour show?

**Dorkchop** · 02-28-2007, 06:27 PM

I'm pretty sure, yes.

**6to1** · 02-28-2007, 06:46 PM

yea thats why russo went off spike wanted all the wrestlers to be on every show. yea i saw last years wwe paychart some of the divas were making more then some of the tag team wrestlers.

**Jeritron** · 02-28-2007, 06:48 PM

and that's why every wrestler in that lockeroom would rather be working a shitty gimmick and getting jobbed out on heat than main eventing TNA.
The almighty dollar.

Don't believe what Kurt says about it being the home of wrestling. Thats just his cover for leaving/being forced out of WWE. 98% of people in that goddamn lockeroom would take a WWE contract in a minute if they could.

**Jeritron** · 02-28-2007, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by 6to1

yea thats why russo went off spike wanted all the wrestlers to be on every show. yea i saw last years wwe paychart some of the divas were making more then some of the tag team wrestlers.

i want to see this paychart.

**Loose Cannon** · 02-28-2007, 06:51 PM

if you're on camera for 10 seconds, you get $1000

30 seconds-1 minute $1500

1-5 minutes $2000

5-10 $2500

10 or more $5000

If your Jeff Jarret you get half of those guys's pay plus his million

If you're Kurt Angle you get paid in Gold.

**Destor** · 02-28-2007, 06:58 PM

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Originally Posted by The Ravishing One

Isn't that why they're cramming everybody in an hour show?

Thats what the dirt sheets are saying.

**Blue Demon** · 02-28-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Xero Limit 126

Kurt Angle gets paid in kazzoos.

**Stickman** · 02-28-2007, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by 6to1

yea thats why russo went off spike wanted all the wrestlers to be on every show. yea i saw last years wwe paychart some of the divas were making more then some of the tag team wrestlers.

Sadly some are more useful than tag team wrestlers.

**Jeritron** · 02-28-2007, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Stickman

Sadly some are more useful than tag team wrestlers.

Absolutely. They entertain, if only for looks. And they have a division. This is more than tag teams can say.

**6to1** · 02-28-2007, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Jeritron

i want to see this paychart.

it is somewhere on this forum, it was posted sometime last year when kid kash still worked for the wwe i think he made about the least

**Jeritron** · 02-28-2007, 08:08 PM

I don't know where to look. If anyone has any clue where it is I'd really like to see it. I'll rep whoever finds it to the moon

**Pepsi Man** · 02-28-2007, 08:20 PM

http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthrea...id+Kash%22+WWE

It was easy.

02-28-2007, 08:25 PM

- Ashley Massaro: $131,000
- Batista: $813,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)
- Big Show: $1,000,000 (Base salary)
- Bob Holly: $217,000
- Booker T: $375,000
- Candice Michelle: $64,000
- Carlito: $319,000
- Chavo Guerrero: $206,000
- Chris Benoit: $488,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)
- Chris Masters: $253,000
- Christian $396,000
- Danny Basham: $130,000
- Doug Basham: $126,000
- Eddie Guerrero: $372,000
- Edge: $704,000
- Eugene: $189,000
- Funaki: $124,000
- Gene Snitsky: $292,000
- Gregory Helms: $277,000
- John Cena: $1,743,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)
- John Layfield: $786,000 (Five star hotel accommodations paid for every week)
- Jerry Lawler: $204,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)
- Jillian Hall: $52,000
- Joey Mercury: $134,000
- Johnny Nitro: $143,000
- Jonathan Coachman: $175,000
- Kane: $ 851,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)
- Ken Kennedy: $133,000
- Kid Kash: $62,000
- Kurt Angle: $1,023,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)
- Lance Cade: $118,000
- Lilian Garcia: $90,000
- Lita: $286,000
- Maria: $41,000
- Mark Henry: $300,000
- Matt Hardy: $322,000 (Missed over $70,000 of pay due to firing)
- Matt Striker: $43,000
- Melina: $155,000
- Mickie James: $72,000
- Nunzio: $186,000
- Orlando Jordan: $145,000
- Paul London: $177,000
- Psicosis: $122,000
- Randy Orton: $711,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)
- Rene Dupree: $289,000
- Rey Mysterio: $414,000
- Ric Flair: $508,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week)
- Rob Conway: $186,000
- Rob Van Damn: $220,000 (Only received downside and royalties due to injury)
- Rosie: $105,000
- Shawn Michaels: $1,045,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)
- Shelton Benjamin: $366,000
- Simon Dean: $132,000
- Stacy Keibler: $178,000 (Only downside paid during absence)
- Steven Richards: $94,000
- Torrie Wilson: $260,000
- Trevor Murdoch: $48,000
- Triple H: $2,013,000 (Allowed the personal use of company jet (10) times per year. First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)
- Trish Stratus: $618,000 (Receives 20% of all Trish Stratus merchandise sold)
- Tyson Tomko: $127,000
- Undertaker: $1,811,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week)
- Val Venis: $210,000
- Victoria: $275,000
- Viscera: $130,000
- William Regal: $225,000

Obviously not updated but this was it.

**Jeritron** · 02-28-2007, 08:28 PM

I wonder what Jericho was making.

**The Genius** · 02-28-2007, 08:31 PM

seriously though, here kurt angle is said to be making a little over a million a year but do you think he gets half of that in TNA?

**Xero** · 02-28-2007, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The Genius

seriously though, here kurt angle is said to be making a little over a million a year but do you think he gets half of that in TNA?

I thought Angle's deal WAS a million dollar deal like Sting's.

If Sting is making more than Angle that's bullshit.

**The One** · 02-28-2007, 08:35 PM

Sting is $800,000/year.

I believe Kurt's is a million against % of merch or something like that...

**Pepsi Man** · 02-28-2007, 08:40 PM

Honestly, the way I read that, that was only their earnings between October and February.

**6to1** · 02-28-2007, 08:52 PM

i thought murdoch was the funny one he might as well go back to the indys

**Theo Dious** · 02-28-2007, 09:04 PM

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Originally Posted by 6to1

some of the divas were making more then some of the tag team wrestlers.

They pay by size of tits. That's why Flair gets so much.

**Funky Fly** · 03-01-2007, 04:58 AM

Some people are pretty bad at negotiating. Striker, Murdoch and Kash...

**Corkscrewed** · 03-01-2007, 05:29 AM

Seriously... Striker's making as much as a regular teacher.

**Hanso Amore** · 03-01-2007, 07:42 AM

That is from a time when Striker and Murdoch hadnt worked a full year, only a few months. That is not their yearly pay, its what they had been paid at that point. Soem guy that came in in September cant be expected to get as much paid out as a full year, even if his yearly is more.

52 weekly checks > 12

Read the old posts.

03-01-2007, 07:46 AM

Torrie Wilson was overpaid. She's useless.

**6to1** · 03-01-2007, 09:50 AM

well kashs proplem was he had just burned his bridge with tna the way he left and was on probation with the wwe thats why he did not make more. big show only made a mil a year so that list is what they made a year.

**Stickman** · 03-01-2007, 03:04 PM

Undertaker is the second highest paid guy?

02-28-2007, 03:18 PM	#1
The Genius Dr. Mantis Toboggan Posts: 1,924	TNA pay rate So I remember a year ago someone got some leaked financial records from Stamford and everyone's salary and perks (airfaire, hotel) was listed. Obviously TNA is a much smaller promotion but I was wondering what kind of pay these guys are receiving? Is sting getting 500K+ a year? are midcard and jobbers getting paid per appearance?

02-28-2007, 03:21 PM	#2
Theo Dious EATER OF HOT POCKETS Posts: 14,340	Steiner gets paid in shots. Well someone had to say it.

02-28-2007, 04:26 PM	#3
Xero He's Here Posts: 60,735	Kurt Angle gets paid in the blood of 1000 virgins.

02-28-2007, 04:30 PM	#5
Dorkchop facebook.com/bloquemen Posts: 5,452	I believe a lot of mid card guys in TNA are paid per appearance.

02-28-2007, 04:32 PM	#6
Destor I am the cheese Posts: 51,428	Almost everyone in TNA gets paid per appeance. Only a hand full of wrestlers (their main event mostly,) have contracts.

02-28-2007, 05:48 PM	#7
The Ravishing One Hello Posts: 7,696	Isn't that why they're cramming everybody in an hour show?

02-28-2007, 06:27 PM	#8
Dorkchop facebook.com/bloquemen Posts: 5,452	I'm pretty sure, yes.

02-28-2007, 06:46 PM	#9
6to1 Posts: 1,279	yea thats why russo went off spike wanted all the wrestlers to be on every show. yea i saw last years wwe paychart some of the divas were making more then some of the tag team wrestlers.

02-28-2007, 06:48 PM	#10
Jeritron Get a poke on Posts: 35,234	and that's why every wrestler in that lockeroom would rather be working a shitty gimmick and getting jobbed out on heat than main eventing TNA. The almighty dollar. Don't believe what Kurt says about it being the home of wrestling. Thats just his cover for leaving/being forced out of WWE. 98% of people in that goddamn lockeroom would take a WWE contract in a minute if they could.

02-28-2007, 06:51 PM	#12
Loose Cannon I'm all there is Posts: 31,811	if you're on camera for 10 seconds, you get $1000 30 seconds-1 minute $1500 1-5 minutes $2000 5-10 $2500 10 or more $5000 If your Jeff Jarret you get half of those guys's pay plus his million If you're Kurt Angle you get paid in Gold.

02-28-2007, 08:08 PM	#18
Jeritron Get a poke on Posts: 35,234	I don't know where to look. If anyone has any clue where it is I'd really like to see it. I'll rep whoever finds it to the moon

02-28-2007, 08:20 PM	#19
Pepsi Man Posts: 15,983	http://www.tpww.net/forums/showthrea...id+Kash%22+WWE It was easy.

02-28-2007, 08:25 PM	#20
King Steve Guest Posts: n/a	- Ashley Massaro: $131,000 - Batista: $813,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Big Show: $1,000,000 (Base salary) - Bob Holly: $217,000 - Booker T: $375,000 - Candice Michelle: $64,000 - Carlito: $319,000 - Chavo Guerrero: $206,000 - Chris Benoit: $488,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Chris Masters: $253,000 - Christian $396,000 - Danny Basham: $130,000 - Doug Basham: $126,000 - Eddie Guerrero: $372,000 - Edge: $704,000 - Eugene: $189,000 - Funaki: $124,000 - Gene Snitsky: $292,000 - Gregory Helms: $277,000 - John Cena: $1,743,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - John Layfield: $786,000 (Five star hotel accommodations paid for every week) - Jerry Lawler: $204,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Jillian Hall: $52,000 - Joey Mercury: $134,000 - Johnny Nitro: $143,000 - Jonathan Coachman: $175,000 - Kane: $ 851,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Ken Kennedy: $133,000 - Kid Kash: $62,000 - Kurt Angle: $1,023,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Lance Cade: $118,000 - Lilian Garcia: $90,000 - Lita: $286,000 - Maria: $41,000 - Mark Henry: $300,000 - Matt Hardy: $322,000 (Missed over $70,000 of pay due to firing) - Matt Striker: $43,000 - Melina: $155,000 - Mickie James: $72,000 - Nunzio: $186,000 - Orlando Jordan: $145,000 - Paul London: $177,000 - Psicosis: $122,000 - Randy Orton: $711,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Rene Dupree: $289,000 - Rey Mysterio: $414,000 - Ric Flair: $508,000 (First class flight tickets paid for every week) - Rob Conway: $186,000 - Rob Van Damn: $220,000 (Only received downside and royalties due to injury) - Rosie: $105,000 - Shawn Michaels: $1,045,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Shelton Benjamin: $366,000 - Simon Dean: $132,000 - Stacy Keibler: $178,000 (Only downside paid during absence) - Steven Richards: $94,000 - Torrie Wilson: $260,000 - Trevor Murdoch: $48,000 - Triple H: $2,013,000 (Allowed the personal use of company jet (10) times per year. First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Trish Stratus: $618,000 (Receives 20% of all Trish Stratus merchandise sold) - Tyson Tomko: $127,000 - Undertaker: $1,811,000 (First class flight tickets, hotel accommodations, and ground transportation paid for every week) - Val Venis: $210,000 - Victoria: $275,000 - Viscera: $130,000 - William Regal: $225,000 Obviously not updated but this was it.

02-28-2007, 08:28 PM	#21
Jeritron Get a poke on Posts: 35,234	I wonder what Jericho was making.

02-28-2007, 08:31 PM	#22
The Genius Dr. Mantis Toboggan Posts: 1,924	seriously though, here kurt angle is said to be making a little over a million a year but do you think he gets half of that in TNA?

02-28-2007, 08:35 PM	#24
The One Boss Posts: 17,611	Sting is $800,000/year. I believe Kurt's is a million against % of merch or something like that...

02-28-2007, 08:40 PM	#25
Pepsi Man Posts: 15,983	Honestly, the way I read that, that was only their earnings between October and February.

02-28-2007, 08:52 PM	#26
6to1 Posts: 1,279	i thought murdoch was the funny one he might as well go back to the indys

03-01-2007, 04:58 AM	#28
Funky Fly The Satanic Mechanic Posts: 52,521	Some people are pretty bad at negotiating. Striker, Murdoch and Kash...

03-01-2007, 05:29 AM	#29
Corkscrewed Posts: 18,357	Seriously... Striker's making as much as a regular teacher.

03-01-2007, 07:42 AM	#30
Hanso Amore You can't teach that Posts: 19,337	That is from a time when Striker and Murdoch hadnt worked a full year, only a few months. That is not their yearly pay, its what they had been paid at that point. Soem guy that came in in September cant be expected to get as much paid out as a full year, even if his yearly is more. 52 weekly checks > 12 Read the old posts.

03-01-2007, 07:46 AM	#31
King Steve Guest Posts: n/a	Torrie Wilson was overpaid. She's useless.

03-01-2007, 09:50 AM	#32
6to1 Posts: 1,279	well kashs proplem was he had just burned his bridge with tna the way he left and was on probation with the wwe thats why he did not make more. big show only made a mil a year so that list is what they made a year.

03-01-2007, 03:04 PM	#33
Stickman Stickman Posts: 15,119	Undertaker is the second highest paid guy?