Brock Lesnar has emerged WWE highest paid wrestler ahead of John Cena in the top 50 list.
According to a UK Sun report, it was not a surprise that Lesnar, who currently earns £9m-a-year is at the summit of male highest earners.
A further breakdown of his wages revealed that the ex-UFC champ and current Universal Champion pockets about £375,000 per main event and £75,000 from merchandise sales despite working on limited dates the entire year.
Legendary WWE wrestler John Cena is currently second with a yearly salary of £6.37m.
Cena also pockets the same wage for main event alongside, The Beast earns about five per cent on his merchandise.
Roman Reigns is on third spot in the top 50 list and smiles to the bank with £3.75m annually despite appearing in the last four WrestleMania's main event.
On the fourth spot, Randy Orton, who earns about £3.37m hold sway and he is closely followed by WWE Champion AJ Styles on fifth position with £2.62m.
In the women's category, Ronda Rousey is the top earner as soon as she made her way into WWE.
Already, she is guaranteed her £1.12m base salary, even if she fails to defend her championship belt against Nia Jax next month.
Charlotte Flair is women's second best with about £412k per year.
Next in the line of top female earners are the pair of Nikki Bella and Alexa Bliss in third spot with £262k.
Although Nikki has not had a competitive bout since the Royal Rumble, she has repeatedly made newspaper front-page due to her relationship with Cena.
The trio of Mickie James, Brie Bella and Natalya, are joint-fifth and collects about £225k annual salary.
Here are the top 50 highest paid male wrestlers:
1. Brock Lesnar $12million
2. John Cena $8.5million
3. Roman Reigns $5million
4. Randy Orton $4.5million
5. AJ Styles $3.5million
6. Seth Rollins $3million
7. The Miz $2.5million
8. Triple H $2.5million
9. Undertaker $2.5million
10. Dean Ambrose $2million
11. Kevin Owens $2million
12. Dolph Ziggler $1.5million
13. Sheamus $1million
14. Jeff Hardy $1million
15. Bray Wyatt $1million
16. Finn Balor $1million
17. Jinder Mahal $900,000
18. Kane $900,000
19. Big Show $850,000
20. Samoa Joe $800,000
21. Rusev $800,000
22. Chris Jericho $750,000
23. Sin Cara $700,000
24. Matt Hardy $650,000
25. Luke Harper $550,000
26. Erick Rowan $550,000
27. R-Truth $550,000
28. Kofi Kingston $500,000
29. Xavier Woods $500,000
30. Big E $500,000
31. Rhyno $500,000
32. Cesaro $500,000
33. Sami Zayn $500,000
34. Goldust $400,000
35. Heath Slater $400,000
36. Fandango $400,000
37. Kalisto $350,000
38. Titus O'Neill $300,000
39. Bo Dallas $300,000
40. Braun Strowman $300,000
41. Apollo Crews $300,000
42. Scott Dawson $250,000
43. Luke Gallows $250,000
44. Big Cass $250,000
45. Jey USO $250,000
46. Jimmy USO $250,000
47. Curtis Axel $250,000
48. Curt Hawkins $200,000
49. Epico Colon $200,000
50. Mike Kanellis $200,000
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