Scott Hall Reveals How Much Merchandise Money He Still Makes

WCW’s business was booming as the nWo took over, and Scott Hall was there to benefit in a huge way. He left WWE for much more money with Ted Turner’s company, a decision that paid off in a huge way by flooding his bank account with cash. That cash is apparently still rolling in for the Bad Guy.

While talking on 83 Weeks, Scott Hall went into how much money he made with WCW. Those contracts were amazing and he made six-figures off of merchandise alone. The heyday of the nWo was a very lucrative time for his career, to say the least. He also spoke about his situation now and how that is still paying off for him with six figures a year in merchandise money.

“I’ve got three signings in the New York area and I’ll be darned, and I’m sure you see it E [Eric Bischoff] you go to these appearances and praise God there’s always a long line. I’m amazed, I haven’t wrestled in forever, but there’s always a line. But now there’s little kids that will come up to you with a little nWo shirt, throwing the Wolfpack up, and I’m going ‘You weren’t even born when this was happening.’ And they’ll talk to you about the whole angle. So thank you to WWE Network for keeping us vital and all those guys in WWE merch for coming out with sweet merch. [laughs]”

“Yeah, I mean I’m making six-figures just off merch. And every once in a while when you make an appearance you get paid more. The funny part is that now when I hardly ever work for them or or do anything the payoffs are always way better. It’s always first class air fair, they always have a driver at the airport. Now when I was filling seats for them and travelling all around the world, I couldn’t get sh*t.

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Scott Hall had a lot of other things to say as well. He also spoke about coming up with the idea for Sting’s Crow gimmick. That story has been going around the IWC since it dropped and many fans have commented about the validity of those statements. It’s much easier to picture this story being accurate due to how much nostalgia the Razor Ramon character has and how often he appears in officially licensed WWE merchandise.

What’s your take on this situation? Will the pro wrestling business see another explosion like they did with the Monday Night Wars? Sound off in the comments!