Ex-WWE Star Shocked By Video Game Check
A former WWE superstar has revealed the staggering amount of money he was paid for being in a video game.
Eugene was known as one of the most unique characters in the Ruthless Aggression Era of WWE in the mid-2000s.
The “special” character portrayed by Nick Dinsmore likely wouldn’t work in 2025, but he had some success during his run. Eugene interacted with a lot of big names in WWE like The Rock and Hulk Hogan while even having a SummerSlam match with Triple H as well.
Dinsmore is talking about his WWE career on YouTube where he recently spoke about video games. Dinsmore was in three video games during his run in the company: WWE Day of Reckoning 2, WWE WrestleMania 21, and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006.
While describing the payday he got from those games, he mentioned all three came out in 2005 in different quarters of the year. He received quarterly checks for each game.
“So I was on WrestleMania 21, which came out, I think, in April, and that would have been on one quarter royalty check. Then I was in Day of Reckoning, which came out, I think, in maybe August, which would have been on the next quarter royalty check.
But the SmackDown vs. Raw 2006 came out in November of 2005 right before Christmas, and it was a huge seller. So this video game was the biggest payday on a quarter royalty check that I made.
For that quarter royalty check, I was always told you’re not supposed to say specific numbers, but I made $86,000. In one quarter royalty check. I’ll say it again: $86,000, and my mind was blown.”
WWE Video Game Check Was Massive For Eugene
As he continued, the former Eugene was amazed at how much money he got for one video game and also wondered how much money the bigger names would get.
“I made $86,000 in one quarter royalty check. My God, I could have bought a house. I could have bought several cars. I could have bought a vacation. I could have bought, I don’t know, new hair. I could have bought anything. $86,000 for being in one video game.
Can you imagine what guys like The Rock and Stone Cold were making for being in several video games, time after time? These guys had to be making millions on a core royalty check. I was happy with $86,000, the biggest check I ever made in my life.”