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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 10:37:48 GMT -5
When talking about his feud with The Miz, which led to a WrestleMania 27 match against Michael Cole, Lawler reveals his WrestleMania match payday:
“My lone WrestleMania match led to my biggest payday ever in the wrestling business. Here’s me, an announcer, having a WrestleMania match with another announcer. In a matter of a few minutes , I got paid $130,000 for that match."
Im sorry, but I have to call bullcrap on this.
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Post by hbkbigdaddycool on Jun 28, 2017 10:46:59 GMT -5
I believe it.
Bobby Heenan said that for managing Andre the Giant at Wrestlemania III that he made well over a million dollars I believe it was. Maybe even more.
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Post by Joey Cush on Jun 28, 2017 10:55:30 GMT -5
Wrestlemania pay days are/were apparently outrageous before the Network. I believe Orton had made $400,000 for his main event with Triple H at Mania 25. I could be wrong though.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 10:57:05 GMT -5
Wrestlemania pay days are/were apparently outrageous before the Network. I believe Orton had made $400,000 for his main event with Triple H at Mania 25. I could be wrong though. Honestly, considering that match, I would be surprised if Orton's pay day was that low. |
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Post by Deleted on Jun 28, 2017 12:24:16 GMT -5
I'm sure it's true. Jim Ross has said before he knows a guy or two who has pulled in a 7 figure payday for Mania.
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Post by tylerbreezee on Jun 28, 2017 12:46:24 GMT -5
Wrestlemania pay days are/were apparently outrageous before the Network. I believe Orton had made $400,000 for his main event with Triple H at Mania 25. I could be wrong though. Honestly, considering that match, I would be surprised if Orton's pay day was that low. How is that low? |
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Post by blissfan4life on Jun 28, 2017 12:56:24 GMT -5
This thread has just reminded me of how dreadful heel Michael Cole was. I was so glad when Rock came back and shut his ass down.
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Post by T R W on Jun 28, 2017 12:58:47 GMT -5
Yeah that doesn't seem out of place at all. Sounds about right.
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Post by jakksking1 on Jun 28, 2017 13:25:38 GMT -5
In documents filed with the court, Warrior got paid 550k for Wrestlemania 1991 plus merch. In shoot interviews a common question is always about Pay. Typhoon was talking about an early 90s survivor series and that he got paid 45k for limited work.
Point being, the PPV bonuses were always crazy. They still are. Taker and Shane each got 2 mil for Mania 32.
Moral of the story, Lawler is probably telling the truth
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Post by Rude Awakening on Jun 28, 2017 13:34:55 GMT -5
Could only imagine what Reigns has gotten over the past three WrestleManias that he main evented.
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Post by jakksking1 on Jun 28, 2017 13:40:54 GMT -5
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Post by Nivro™ on Jun 28, 2017 13:50:01 GMT -5
This thread has just reminded me of how dreadful heel Michael Cole was. I was so glad when Rock came back and shut his ass down. I think Jerry having a heart attack on live tv shut down heel Cole a lot more then The Rock ever did. |
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Post by Next Man’s Knowing Rock on Jun 28, 2017 14:35:19 GMT -5
Lawler vs Cole was one of the big feuds that year, it seems like a feasible payday for the King.
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Post by Will on Jun 28, 2017 14:58:41 GMT -5
I wonder how much miz for for winning the championship
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Post by 5th Horsewoman on Jun 28, 2017 16:31:35 GMT -5
Wow! That's a lot of Build A Bear's.
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Post by Rated [R] NinJa on Jun 28, 2017 18:12:44 GMT -5
Wrestlemania pay days are/were apparently outrageous before the Network. I believe Orton had made $400,000 for his main event with Triple H at Mania 25. I could be wrong though. Honestly, considering that match, I would be surprised if Orton's pay day was that low. That match sucked, if anything he got paid way too much. |
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Post by TheEvilDoink1987 on Jun 28, 2017 18:23:10 GMT -5
I wonder how much miz for for winning the championship I'm sure he had a nice payday, but it's possible he didn't get paid as much as people would think for a Wrestlemania main event against John Cena. Jericho mentioned in his second book that when he got the paycheck for his Wrestlemania X8 main event title match against Triple H it wasn't nearly as much as he expected and not even in the same ballpark compared to how much HHH got. He voiced his grievance and ended up with a bigger check, but I could imagine something similar happened when they cut the paychecks for Cena/Miz. I'm sure Cena got the lion's share. Rumor has it, Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels made a KILLING for their Iron Man match at Wrestlemania 12. |
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Post by Darkhawk on Jun 28, 2017 18:37:49 GMT -5
I believe this, this was before there was a WWE Network so fans would have to pay up $60-$70 for a PPV.
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Post by TheLastDude on Jun 28, 2017 20:56:54 GMT -5
That's not really all that ridiculous a number. I see no reason why he'd be lying about it.
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Post by BSR on Jun 29, 2017 12:53:33 GMT -5
Ric Flair has also stated that wm matches are his biggest paydays as well. Thisisn't hard to believe.
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