How Much Do WWE Superstars Make At Each House Show?

Ringside News recently revealed how much money WWE Superstars make competing at each house show throughout the week.

WWE Superstars are asked to pay their own road expenses. While this doesn’t add up to a lot of money, it still comes out of their paycheck.

With the news that WWE signed SmackDown Live to FOX for $1 billion, many are asking if the paychecks for people on the roster will improve.

Dave Meltzer commented on this very thing on Wrestling Observer Radio earlier this week. Here is what he had to say:

“The way that they do things you are paid on the house. Which is ridiculous now. I mean it’s been ridiculous for 10 years. Yeah, I mean it’s completely ridiculous now. I mean the house is not the revenue stream.”

“What percentage is fair for them to get? I mean I don’t know if 50% is fair I mean 8% sounds awful low to me and that’s what they’re getting. With this kind of money, it probably makes it down to 5% unless they get what they’re gonna get.”

If SmackDown Live does go to Friday nights, this could possibly knock out another house show for the roster, meaning the talent would earn less per week.

Ringside News did a simple calculation on how hard this could be for the talent, to put it in perspective. If the average WWE ticket is $75 and they sell 3,000 tickets on average per show, it results in approximately $225,000 per show. When only 8% of that money is divided around everybody who works the show, it doesn’t leave much for the competitors.

Check out NXT Champion Aleister Black returning to The Netherlands during a recent house show:

Aleister Black returns home to Amsterdam

What are your thoughts on hearing this?

With H/T to Ringside News for the transcription.

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