STONE COLD STEVE AUSTIN—$45 MILLION

Stone Cold Steve Austin is one of a few wrestlers who’ve come out of the WWE that have been able to transition into Hollywood. Indeed, during his wrestling days, he was one of the WWE’s biggest draws. Even his signature wrestling moves have become part of the prevailing zeitgeist at the time.

He was brash, vulgar, and referred to himself in the third person. He also always had a can of beer with him which he eventually either smashes onto someone’s head or opened and drank. Weird stuff, we know. In any case, he was, to his credit, one of the most memorable characters in entertainment wrestling.