10 Insane Wrestling Paydays
6. Lanny Poffo - $800,000 For NOTHING
Lanny Poffo referred to himself as the 'World's Smartest Man' after trading frisbees and a frown for his mortar board and gown in WWE, but he'd never make a more astute move than when he signed on the dotted line with WCW in 1995.
Real-life brother Randy Savage had been with the company just under a year when he got his sibling a guaranteed deal worth seven figures over several years. It turned out Savage had purchased the rights to the 'Gorgeous George' gimmick with his brother in mind, but the persona never made it to television and Poffo remarkably never even made it to work.
Though not making a killing without bookings to top up his nominal guarantee, he nonetheless received regular paycheques to the tune of $200,000 per annum for doing absolutely nothing. Poffo has since professed to regularly hounding the WCW office by telephone for updates on his status at the time, but was regularly rebuffed by disinterested and/or freewheeling executives during the brand's headiest days.