Top 5 highest paid WWE wrestlers 2024

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World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has expanded into a multimillion-dollar company and a leading name in the wrestling entertainment industry. The company was founded in 1953 and throughout the years, it has gradually risen to popularity and seen a rapid rise in revenue. And its superstars are directly responsible for the company’s success, WWE usually pays its wrestlers large salaries.

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With its three shows, WWE Raw, SmackDown, and NXT, WWE features over 250 current professional wrestlers and performers. The popularity of these wrestlers and how often they show up at these events affects how much money they make. Most wrestlers make six figures a year, while some of the biggest names in the industry make at least seven figures. The highest paid WWE wrestlers and their salaries in 2024 will be highlighted on the following list.

Let’s a look who are those highest paid WWE wrestlers

1. Brock Lesnar

Salary: $12 million | Titles: WWE Universal Champion (504-day reign), Royal Rumble match x2, Money in the Bank ladder match (2019), King of the Ring tournament (2002), UFC Heavyweight Championship

With Brock Lesnar’s several in-ring performances since his comeback to the WWE in 2012, Brock Lesnar has made millions of dollars. As a free agent, he can appear in both RAW and SmackDown Live. Lesnar has an outstanding record of victories and is one of the favourites at the best US sportsbook. He is recognised as the most successful athlete in combat sports and was formerly a mixed martial artist (MMA). By far Lesnar is the highest paid WWE wrestler in WWE, earning more than $12 million a year, and his MMA background supports this claim.

2. Roman Reigns

Salary: $5 million | Titles: WWE Universal Championship x2 (1,316-day reign), WWE Championship x4, Undisputed WWE Universal Champion, WWE United States Champion, WWE Intercontinental Champion, WWE Tag Team Champion, 2014 Superstar of the Year, 2015 Royal Rumble winner

Because of the developing Bloodline story, Roman Reigns is one of the most attractive names in the WWE. WWE originally presented Roman Reigns as a heroic figure, but in the end, the character became known as the tribal chief, who was seen as having evil qualities. Roman Reigns, who is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers currently in action, has emerged as one of the main faces of the WWE thanks to the Anoa’i family’s history. He now makes $5 million a year, which makes him the second highest paid WWE wrestlers in 2024.

3. Randy Orton

Salary: $4.5 million | Titles: Intercontinental Championship, World Heavyweight Championship, World Tag Team Championship, SmackDown Tag Team Championship, United States Championship, 18th overall Grand Slam Champion, 17th Triple Crown Champion

Randy Orton has the record for the third-most world championship reigns in history with a career lasting more than 20 years. In addition, Orton is regarded as one of the all-time greats in professional wrestling. Despite having been with WWE for a long time, Orton has been highly active this year, making multiple appearances on SmackDown as well as contributing to significant storylines. It should come as no surprise that Randy Orton, who is a WWE legend, earns $4.5 million and ranks at number three in the list of highest paid WWE wrestlers in 2024.

4. Triple H

Salary: $3.6 million | Titles: Intercontinental Champion x5, World Tag Team Champion x3, European Champion x2, WWE World Champion x14, WWE’s seventh Triple Crown Champion, Second Grand Slam Champion, Royal Rumble match Winner x2, King of the Ring tournament winner

Triple H is one of the most well-known figures in the WWE universe, thanks to his huge success during the 1990s Attitude Era. He is considered to be amongst the top professional wrestlers in the past ten years. Paul Michael Levesque, who suffered from heart problems and retired from professional wrestling in 2022, is still connected to WWE as the Executive Vice President of Talent. Due to his unquestionable contribution to the development of WWE into what it is now, Triple H is the fourth highest paid WWE wrestler with $3.6 million annually.

5. AJ Styles

Salary: $3.5 million | Titles: WWE Championship x2, United States Championship x3, Intercontinental Championship, Raw Tag Team Championship, TNA and WWE Triple Crown winner, Grand Slam champion, IWGP Champion

Allen Neal Jones, ring name AJ Styles, has been with WWE since 2016 and is regarded as a mainstay of the wrestling world for more than two decades. In 2010, having won multiple championships, he was named #1 in the annual Pro Wrestling Illustrated 500.

Since then, he has received numerous honours, like as ten Wrestling Observer Newsletter awards, three Wrestler of the Year awards, and Wrestler of the Decade in 2020.

As a result, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2017. This year, he has participated in several major events, including Wrestlemania XL, Clash at the Castle: Scotland, and Pro Wrestling NOAH. With his stellar career and his involvement in several noteworthy plots this year, AJ Styles is undoubtedly the fifth highest paid WWE wrestler as of 2024.

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