WHAT you think of wrestling, you can’t deny that it’s entertainment.
That’s why stars like Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson and John Cena make mint in the ring.
But who is the highest paid keeper in the world?
Join SunSport in bringing you the top ten top earnings and what they’re worth …
10. Mick Foley – £ 11.6m
Foley was at WWE Hall of Famer, a four-time World Champion and an eleven-time World Tag Team Championship.
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He fought under names including Dude Love, Cactus Jack and Mankind.
Foley now occasionally appears as a guest referee.
9. Chris Jericho – £ 13.9m
Canada’s best-known reserve exporter, Jericho currently wrestles both in New Japan Pro-Wrestling and AEW.
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Now 50, Lionheart, affectionately known as the loyalists who followed him, had his biggest moment in 2001 when he became the undisputed first WWF Champion.
He defeated Steve Austin’s The Rock and Stone Cold on Vengeance that night.
8. Big Show – £ 15.5m
The seven-foot-tall superstar has increased his income with TV and film work.
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Big Show is also the only one to hold WCW, WWE, Heavyweight and ECW World titles.
He has appeared in Jingle All the Way alongside Arnold Schwarzenegger as well as Adam Sandler’s comedy The Waterboy and also starred on his own Netflix show.
7. Brock Lesnar – £ 19m
Whether it’s UFC or WWE, The Incarnate Beast is very financially made out of both sports.
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He became the youngest ever WWE Champion at the age of 25 back in 2002.
Lesnar returned to the UFC in 2016 and defeated Mark Hunt, before testing positive for banned substances so he was fined and suspended for a year.
6. Kurt Area – £ 19m
In the WWE, King Kurt has held the WWF / WWE Championship four times, the WCW Championship once, and the World Heavyweight Championship once.
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He has his greatest conservation achievement though arguably happened in Atlanta at the 1996 Olympics, where he won the carpentry conservation gold medal.
John Cena once said of his rival: “He is, without question, the most talented player we have ever made in a ring. Another will never be like him.”
Those achievements didn’t seem to be enough to save him from WWE killings following a coronavirus earlier this year.
And although the 52-year-old returned briefly in May last year, it looks like he has now left the promotion well.
5. Hulk Hogan – £ 20m
The man who started came up with the idea that keepers could go over their own sport.
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His band and vest made him a favorite fan of the ring.
Hulk was a twelve-time world champion: the WWF World Heavyweight Championship / six-time WWF Championship and the six-time WCW World Heavyweight Championship.
4. Triple H – £ 31.3m
Paul Michael Levesque, better known as Triple H, is also the Executive Vice President of Global Talent, Strategy and Development as well as the founder and senior producer of NXT.
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Married to WWE Chief Brand Officer Stephanie McMahon, he has won two Royal Rumble events, once in 2002 and another in 2016.
He has 25 tournaments in total, including nine kingdoms as a WWF / WWE Champion and five as a WWE World Heavyweight Championship.
According to TheRichest, the Game is estimated to be worth more than £ 31 million.
3. Steve Austin – £ 35.2m
“WHAT?”
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That famous song now with conservative fans was introduced by Stone Cold FIRST a few years ago.
Another interesting fact is that when he joined the WWF (now WWE) in 1995, he went by the nickname The Ringmaster.
Austin is the winner of the Triple Crown, six-time WWF Championship, two-time Inter-Regional Championship and four-time WWF Tag Team Competition.
2. Iain Cena – £ 43m
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With 16 world title awards under her belt, Cena is tied for first place for most in the WWE by Ric Flair.
He is a two-time Royal Rumble winner (2008 and 2013), and has led WrestleMania five times in 2006, 2007, 2011, 2012, and 2013.
Also drawing box office in Hollywood, Cena has appeared in films including Trainwreck and The Marine.
1. Dwayne Johnson – £ 200m +
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Leading the way with a thousand countries, The Rock isn’t the biggest earner in wrestling – it’s the highest rated movie star on the planet.
According to Men’s Health, its net worth is £ 172 million while The Express claims the figure is closer to £ 244.1m.
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In the ring, he is the winner of an eight-time WWF / WWE, a two-time WCW / World Championship, a two-time WWF Inter-Division Championship and a five-time WWF Tag Team Competition.
Out of it, movies like The Fast and the Furious franchise and Jumanji have made box office gold for him.
In fact, he was paid £ 3.5m for the first ever film part of The Scorpion King – a world record for an actor making his first film.