John Cena: WWE star's salary, net worth and next WWE appearance

John Cena is perhaps most beloved superstar and one of most accomplished icons in history of WWE with a record 16 World Championship victories. Despite transitioning from squared circle to Hollywood in recent years, John Cena still remains one of highest-paid WWE Superstars and w makes occasional appearances to WWE programming. Cena has had quite a successful acting career while he also worked on rap music.

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John Cena – Base salary

John Cena is indeed biggest draw in WWE and reportedly takes home a base salary of $8.5 as of mid-2018, which isn’t far behind Brock Lesnar who is highest-paid athlete in promotion with a staggering $12 million.

This is annual estimate that superstar is entitled to and does t include merchandise sales and bonuses from headlining pay-per-view events. Interestingly, John Cena, who has been called 'Golden Goose' of company had dominated merchandise sales for well over a decade, before getting surpassed by likes of Roman Reigns and Becky Lynch, which could be attributed to his part-time schedule.

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John Cena – Current net worth

John Cena has a net worth which currently stands at an estimated $55 million as of this year, dethroning Triple H, who is Executive Vice President of WWE talents.

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John Cena News: What is next for leader of Cenation?

Or reports suggest that 16-time World Champion will soon return to ring, although re are reports on his next WWE appearance. However, in a recent interview with NBC, franchise player himself assured his fans that he intends to wrestle for company in future and will never walk away from promotion. Meanwhile, his fans can watch him in his latest film Playing with Fire which opened up on Friday.

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