The Rock’s 2025 WWE royalties, travel expenses, TKO meeting attendance released in SEC statement
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was the only TKO Board member to not attend at least 75% of their meetings in 2025.
That news came via TKO’s annual proxy report filed with the SEC that also featured his 2025 compensation and status for his $30 million award of stock.
The report read that during TKO’s 2025 fiscal year, “our Board met five times” and that “each of our incumbent directors attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board”…”with the exception of Mr. Johnson, who was unable to attend several board meetings due to prior business commitments.”
Johnson took in $900,000 in royalties for 2025 as part of a potentially decade-long merchandising/independent contractor agreement he signed upon joining the Board in January 2024.
He also received $600,000 in reimbursements for “certain travel expenses associated with delivering services under the Johnson Services Agreement.” That’s assumed to be for his appearances at the January 6 Raw on Netflix premiere, the following night on WWE NXT, and Elimination Chamber.
Johnson is also now fully vested for the $30 million in Class A stock he was scheduled to earn as part of the aforementioned arrangement.
His Seven Bucks Productions company also earned less than $120,000 “to provide production services for a potential non-scripted project on customary terms.”
The statement also had the 2025 compensation earned by several key TKO officers like WWE president Nick Khan.
Since 2011, Josh has been a contributing editor to Wrestling Observer/F4WOnline.com and also hosts the Punch-Out podcast. He has also written for Fight Magazine, Bloody Elbow, Bleacher Report, and other websites. He's a 2000 graduate of the University of Maine, worked in pro sports, and once was an indie ring announcer.