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Highest paid wrestler in WWE revealed and it is not John Cena (see top 50)

- Brock Lesnar currently seats at the top of WWE highest paid charts

- John Cena is presently second after pocketing a fortune from the wrestling company

- Ronda Rousey is the highest paid female athlete in the WWE

Brock Lesnar has emerged WWE highest paid wrestler ahead of John Cena in the top 50 list.

According to a UK Sun report, it was not a surprise that Lesnar, who currently earn £9m-a-year is at the summit of male highest earners.

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A further breakdown of his wages revealed that the ex-UFC champ and current Universal Champion pockets about £375k per main event and £75k from merchandise sales despite working on limited dates the entire year.

Legendary WWE wrestler John Cena is currently second with a yearly salary of £6.37m.

Cena also pockets the same wage for main event alongside The Beast earns about five per cent on his merchandise.

Roman Reigns is on third spot in the top 50 list and smiles to the bank with £3.75m annually despite appearing in the last four WrestleMania’s main event.

On the fourth spot, Randy Orton, who earns about £3.37m hold sway and he is closely followed by WWE Champion AJ Styles on fifth position with £2.62m.

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In the women’s category, Ronda Rousey is the top earner as soon as she made her way into WWE.

Already, she is guaranteed her £1.12m base salary, even if she fails to defend her championship belt against Nia Jax next month.

Charlotte Flair is women’s second best with about £412k per year.

Next in the line of top female earners are the pair of Nikki Bella and Alexa Bliss in third spot with £262k.

Although Nikki has not had a competitive bout since the Royal Rumble, she has repeatedly made newspaper front-page due to her relationship with Cena.

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The trio of Mickie James, Brie Bella and Natalya, are joint-fifth and collects about £225k annual salary.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that D-Generation X the first members of the WWE 2019 of class to be inducted into the prestigious division of Hall of Fame.

Among the wrestlers to be inducted include the D-Generation X, which was one the cornerstones of WWE's Attitude Era.

According to a Forbes report, both key versions of DX will be given a special recognition as a cumulative group of six, including Triple H, Shawn Michaels, Chyna, Road Dogg, Billy Gunn and X-Pac.

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