WWE Veteran Eugene revealed he made $86,000 in a single quarter from WWE video game royalties, his biggest payday ever.
Appearing in the WrestleMania 21, Day of Reckoning 2, and SmackDown vs. Raw 2006 games, he was shocked by the earnings and speculated that megastars like The Rock and Stone Cold Steve Austin likely made millions from their video game appearances.
Here’s what Eugene said on his YouTube channel:
“So I was on WrestleMania 21, which came out, I think, in April, and that would have been on one quarter royalty check. Then I was in Day of Reckoning, which came out, I think, in maybe August, which would have been on the next quarter royalty check. But the SmackDown vs. Raw 2006 came out in November of 2005 right before Christmas, and it was a huge seller. So this video game was the biggest payday on a quarter royalty check that I made.
For that quarter royalty check, I was always told you’re not supposed to say specific numbers, but I made $86,000. In one quarter royalty check. I’ll say it again: $86,000, and my mind was blown.
My God, I could have bought a house. I could have bought several cars; I could have bought a vacation; I could have bought, I don’t know, new hair. I could have bought anything. $86,000 for being in one video game.
Can you imagine what guys like The Rock and Stone Cold were making for being in several video games, time after time? These guys had to be making millions on a core royalty check. I was happy with $86,000, the biggest check I ever made in my life.”
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