How Much Do WWE Wrestlers Actually Make?

Dropping Bombs

Brad Lea

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4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 30 May 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Dropping Bombs, Brad Lea sits down with Vinny Pacifico to talk about overcoming trauma, building a brand, the brutal realities of pro wrestling, and why self-love might be the most important move you ever master.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinnypacifico/

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I wore Johnson shirt. I had to ask my mom to bring in a new one because I got bullied so much.
0:04.0	It's like 14. I said, Dad, I want to wrestle. I don't want to live life with regrets.
0:07.4	The passion grew ever since. Social media went crazy and I got hit up for a brand deal.
0:12.3	What does the average wrestler make?
0:14.6	Derek.
0:17.6	What it is, Brad Lee, back again with another episode of dropping bombs today in the studio.
0:22.8	I got a real treat for you.
0:24.6	Vinny Pacifico is in the house.
0:26.9	What's going on, Vinny?
0:27.8	Doing great.
0:28.4	Thank you for having me.
0:29.3	Folks, if you guys never heard of this dude, then you're not a wrestling fan, and you probably don't, you probably live under a rock.
0:36.3	Now, Vinny, I got a couple of questions for you because a long
0:39.9	time ago i had this guy in here named chris van vleet you know who that is yes see i didn't know
0:45.6	he was a big wrestling dude and i'm sitting here talking to him and i'm like you know i really don't
0:50.8	like like wrestling it's fake you know and then I got like bombarded by wrestling fans,
0:58.2	like even death threats damn near. And so I started to look into it a little bit and I,
1:02.5	and I wanted to recant the fake part because it is scripted, but it's not fake. Like, like,
1:09.5	that takes some athletic prowess to jump around and there's people getting hurt.
1:14.8	Definitely.
1:15.2	It's a very tough business.
1:16.3	And wrestling fans are very passionate.
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