Not only is the Rock the richest wrestling on the planet today, he has achieved that position after coming from near-rock bottom (pun very much intended). The Brahma Bull may have come from a family of wrestling royalty, but even he wasnt immune to falling upon harder times. The story goes that after being cut from the Canadian Football League in 1995, Rocky had a measly $7 to his name. Thats about as close to nothing as you can possibly get. As a fall-back, he turned to professional wrestling. And safe to say he was pretty good at it. Within five years of his debut, The Rock had established himself as one of the industrys biggest draws of all time, headlining four successive WrestleManias from 1999-2002. And before you ask; yes, Rock vs. Hogan at Mania 18 does indeed count as a headliner. But his talent and charisma weren't limited to the wrestling business alone. After leaving the company in 2003, he switched his focus to films, where he has since established himself as one of the industrys biggest draws of all time are you starting to see a pattern here? Today, the Rock is worth a colossal $125 million. But with another Fast & Furious film recently announced, and a potential mega-payday at WrestleMania 32 to look forward to, chances are hes not done making his millions and millions just yet.
