10 Highest-Paid WWE Wrestlers Of 2021
Just how much have WWE's mainstays taken home in 2021?
With the all-important piece of paper containing a whole host of vital numbers and clauses being one of the most intriguing talking points currently occupying the wrestling sphere as a whole, it's probably as good a time as any to put World Wrestling Entertainment's current crop of lucrative contract holders under the microscope.
It's worth noting that 2020 saw Forbes unleash their own list of the ten highest earners plying their trade within Vince McMahon's company at that time. But, with that list also being made up of stars who spend the majority of their time in a suit or talents who are no longer bumping in The Land of the Giants, a revision of sorts as 2021 reaches its dramatic conclusion is about to be sent your way.
From seasoned veterans bringing home far more coin than you likely imagined, to long-suffering sleeping giants finally getting PAID in an attempt to scare off the competition, these currently active WWE titans still probably aren't earning what they're worth for the most part. But would you turn your nose up at any of the following blockbuster deals? (Brought to you with the help of Forbes, The Mirror, Sports Grail.)
One very much doubts it...
10. Dolph Ziggler - $1.5 Million
He's here to show the world... that he's actually currently living his best life as an insanely well-compensated part of the WWE furniture.
Nobody would be in a rush to class Dolph Ziggler as one of the most must-see talents currently making up the increasingly thinning numbers seen on either Raw or SmackDown (or NXT 2.0, for that matter). But the fact that he sits as one of the longest tenured talents the company has on their books as of 2021, it stands to reason that Ziggles would've negotiated himself a pretty penny for his familiar face rocking up on WWE TV. And $1.5 million is up there with the prettiest of pennies, it must be said.
And even though the former World Heavyweight Champion has openly admitted to considering a departure from his long-time employers on numerous occasions, the thought of working with fresh talent has seemingly been enough to guarantee his services for the foreseeable.
In terms of his overall on-screen output over the last year, a SmackDown Tag Team title run wasn't the worst of returns. And stepping into the U.S. title scene before 2021 waves goodbye seems like as good a use of his expensive time as anything right now.