Exclusive: Details & insights on WWE NXT pay scale

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Former WWE NXT wrestlers such as the former Ridge Holland and the former Gigi Dolin have spoken out lately about how poorly the talent in NXT is paid.

Our Bryan Alvarez, however, says those claims aren’t entirely accurate.

He is reporting that “confirmed NXT deals start at $75,000” but that “big-name talent brought in from the outside obviously make more than that.”

“Nobody is making $30,000,” he wrote.

If there is one group falling below that level, they are performers operating under a WWE ID contract but there’s some key differences.

“ID talent make much less than $30,000, but they aren’t under an official TKO contractual salaried deal,” Alvarez explained. “They’re paid a small amount to help upgrade their look, etc.”

The former Holland, released from his NXT deal earlier this month, has been quite outspoken about his ensuing financial struggles while the former Dolin (Priscilla Kelly), who was released in May, has claimed that some in NXT were paid as little as $30,000 a year.