These days, WWE Superstars don’t just make their TV money through in-ring performances on “Raw,” “SmackDown Live” and WWE Network pay-per-views — there’s an entire universe of opportunity for popular pro wrestlers to earn big bucks on the small screen.
In our gallery are 11 WWE wrestlers with their own television shows. We’ve included a few select series from recent years to help paint a picture of the non-canvas landscape. A few: “Straight Up Steve Austin,” “Fight Like a Girl” and “The Big Show Show” have yet to premiere.
For the purposes of this story, we only counted the three people who appeared in all 111 episodes of “Total Divas” — Nikki Bella, Brie Bella and Natalya — as it being *their* show, but we included the names of everyone who showed up in seven or more episodes of that one.
Wrestler(s): “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
Show(s): “Straight Up Steve Austin,” “Broken Skull Challenge,” “Redneck Island”
Network(s): USA, CMT, Country Music Television
Wrestler(s): Nikki Bella, Brie Bella
Show(s): “Total Bellas,” “Total Divas”
Network(s): E!
Wrestler(s): The Miz, Maryse
Show(s): “Miz & Mrs”
Network(s): USA
Wrestler(s): Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
Show(s): “Ballers”
Network(s): HBO
Wrestler(s): John Cena
Show(s): “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”; “American Grit”
Network(s): Fox; Nickelodeon
Wrestler(s): The Big Show
Show(s): “The Big Show Show”
Network(s): Netflix
Wrestler(s): Christian
Show(s): “Knight Fight”
Network(s): History
Wrestler(s): Stephanie McMahon, various female WWE Superstars
Show(s): “Fight Like a Girl”
Network(s): Quibi
Wrestler(s): Brie Bellas, Nikki Bella, Natalya, Naomi, Eva Marie, Paige, Cameron, Alicia Fox, Lana, Maryse, Renee Young, Rosa Mendes, Summer Rae, Nia Jax, Jo Jo, Alexa Bliss, Carmella, Mandy Rose, Emma, various others
Show(s): “Total Divas”
Network(s): E!
