Wrestlemania 32 was one for the record books.
The April 3 pay-per-view event at AT&T stadium in Arlington, Texas, smashed a 29-year attendance mark (101,763 fans) and gave the WWE network its largest subscriber base to date (1.82 million). All of which means WWE superstars - who share revenue with billionaire chairman Vince McMahon - will be ringing up more money.
Which wrestler has the most financial muscle? Based on SEC filings, contracts and sources, 15-time champion John Cena (pictured below) has the highest base salary among weekly performers and moves the most merchandise. The 39-year-old pulled in $9.5 million last year, nearly 60 percent more than Brock Lesnar, who is at rank 2.
Here's what all the blood, sweat and sneers earn the WWE's top 10 - and a rundown of their signature moves.
(This story appears in the 27 May, 2016 issue of Forbes India. You can buy our tablet version from Magzter.com. To visit our Archives, click here.)
Had this news of $9.5m being in stake is known before, nearly half a million Indians would hav been wrestlers by now.
on May 18, 2016