Randy Orton recently confirmed signing a new five-year deal, keeping him with WWE until 2029.
According to Billi Bhatti on the Dirty Sheets podcast, this contract includes a $4 million downside guarantee per year (so he’s getting a total of $20 million for 5 years). He will get an additional $1 to $1.5 million as bonuses.
In the end, his total income from this new contract will be $25-30 million. This deal is expected to make Orton the first WWE wrestler to surpass $100 million in career earnings from the company, surpassing icons like Hulk Hogan, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Rock, John Cena, The Undertaker and Roman Reigns.
Here’s what Bhatti said:
“For Randy Orton, with his new contract, I previously mentioned that if he renews for another term at his $4 million downside guarantee, which is what he is paid, he will become the highest-paid wrestler in WWE and that’s what happened.
This does not include what The Rock earns from Hollywood, as that is not paid out of WWE’s budget. We are focusing on what WWE has paid directly. With his new contract, Orton is set to receive an additional guaranteed $20 million from WWE.
Orton is not a huge merchandise seller, he scoops up about an additional $1-1.5 million with his bonuses. This will be a roundabout contract earning like $25-30 million additional, making him the first wrestler in WWE history to surpass the $100 million mark in earnings from the company. This makes Orton the highest-paid wrestler of all time in WWE.
We are not talking about what people made overall, so Hulk Hogan suing Gawker doesn’t count, Rock and Cena with their movies do not count. We are talking about what the WWE has paid to you. This doesn’t include Triple H either because he has a different contract and share investments.
Orton will be higher than Hogan, Cena, Orton, Roman, Undertaker, anyone else in history.”
Randy Orton achieving this feat isn’t shocking, as he holds the record for being the wrestler with the longest, continuous full-time career in WWE history at 22 years and counting, surpassing The Undertaker, who had a continuous full-time career in the company for 20 years (1990 to 2010).
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