10 Totally Ridiculous WCW Contracts You Won’t Believe

10. Bill Goldberg

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Absolutely nobody should suggest that Bill Goldberg wasn't a top, top name by 2001. He was, and he was inarguably the hottest prospect WCW pushed from 1997 onwards. A supposed shoe-in to join the WWF post-WCW, he instead decided to sit at home and collect on his giant AOL/Time Warner contract.

Why wouldn't he? The guy was earning $2.5m per year, and that was set to skyrocket up to $3.5m in the fourth year of his deal.

That's a mind-blowing amount of money for someone who was, for all intents and purposes, still a relative rookie next to some of WCW's other major stars. During this stretch, Goldberg stood to earn a whopping $11m from his agreement, and that's before taking into account other pay-per-view bonuses.

Those, as the contract sheet says, were separate from his core deal. Not even the much-maligned Kevin Nash was earning as much as Goldberg here; his core salary was $1.45m in 1999 and $1.625m in 2000-2001. There was a "booking service" bonus of 200k on top of that, but he didn't come close to Goldberg's contract.

So much for favoured nations.

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