2. Stevie Ray - How To Get Rich On The Back Of Your Brother's Talent
As much as he seems like a really cool, funny guy in real life, Stevie Ray was always a below average pro wrestler at best. Every which way that Booker T was fast, graceful, and clearly physically gifted, his brother was slow, clumsy, and hard to watch. Still, as a brother tag team, they were a package, and Booker T carried his brother well enough that Harlem Heat turned into the legendary WCW tag team of the Eric Bischoff era and beyond, holding the tag titles ten times. They split in 1997 while Stevie was injured, with Booker ascending the ranks as a singles wrestler, mainly TV champion. Stevie joined the nWo upon his return in 1998, but he didn't feud with Booker, which was refreshing to see. By 1999, Booker was able to convince Stevie to abandon the nWo, on the way to their tenth and final tag title reign. http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x82elv_kidman-booker-t-vs-harlem-heat-2000_sport When they split again and then feuded, it was arguably the worst feud of 2000. Stevie was never any great shakes, but he had slowed down even more, and a ton of ridiculous angles that included Stevie being award the rights to the letter T. That was the end of Stevie in the ring, as he transitioned into color commentary, before finally losing a retirement match to Scott Steiner that November. His commentary, which alternated between hilarious and surprisingly insightful, was one of the few highlights of WCW as the company went down the drain. He even had his own interview segment dubbed "Suckas Gots To Know." Cost: So as you can see, when Stevie signed his new deal three months before this roster printout was generated, his pay was pretty reasonable for his spot on the card. That was actually a huge pay cut. He was in parity with his brother until that 2000 contract. Booker's contract started exactly a year earlier than Stevie's, so Stevie was likely renegotiated in 2000. Stevie Ray was, at best, an upper mid-card talent throughout his time in WCW, peaking as a member of the nWo's B-team but if he had the same $700,000ish contract as Booker, which it appears he did, he was making more guaranteed money than Ric Flair and that's insane. On that note...
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Cost: So as you can see, when Stevie signed his new deal three months before this roster printout was generated, his pay was pretty reasonable for his spot on the card. That was actually a huge pay cut. 
He was in parity with his brother until that 2000 contract. Booker's contract started exactly a year earlier than Stevie's, so Stevie was likely renegotiated in 2000. Stevie Ray was, at best, an upper mid-card talent throughout his time in WCW, peaking as a member of the nWo's B-team but if he had the same $700,000ish contract as Booker, which it appears he did, he was making more guaranteed money than Ric Flair and that's insane. On that note...