$50,000-$99,000 (£33,000-£66,000) per year Performers such as Trish Stratus, Terri Runnels, Lilian Garcia and Earl Hebner are in this wage bracket Trish Stratus earns between $50,000 and $90,000 per year. $100,000-$249,000 (£66,000-£166,000) per year In this wage bracket are such wrestlers as Hardcore Holly, Big Boss Man, Rhyno, Justin Credible, Too Cool, Bull Buchanan, Val Venis, & Goodfather. Each of these earns in the region of $200,000 a year. Also in this wage bracket are Radicals members Dean Malenko and Perry Saturn, who earn around $245,000 per year The "man-beast" Rhyno is earning in the region of $200,000 per year. $250,000-$499,999 (£166,000-£333,332) per year This is what most mid-card wrestlers in the WWF earn. In this bracket are Mark Henry ($300,000 per year until 2006), Taka Michinoku ($250,000), X-Pac, Hardy Boyz, Tazz, William Regal, Eddy Guerrero and the Dudley Boyz. Latino Heat is earning around $300,000 per year in the WWF. $500,000-$999,999 (£333,333-£666,666) per year This is what some of the bigger stars in the WWF earn. In this bracket are Mick Foley, Chyna, Kane, Chris Jericho and Chris Benoit, who earns in the high six figure region. Y2J gets just under 1 million dollars per year. $ 1 million (£666,666) + per year These are the big money earners in wrestling. In this bracket are Big Show ($1 million per year until 2009), Triple H, Kurt Angle, Undertaker & Steve Austin, who earned over $6 million (£4 million) in 1999. Also in this bracket is The Rock, whose earnings should be in the $10 million (£6 million) range for 2001 Big Show is earning $1 million a year, which is about $20,000 (£13,000) per week.
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