Floyd "Money" Mayweather may have the means to splash the cash, but he's not the only figure on the pop-culture landscape that can lay claim to the moneyed moniker. For more affluent icons, check out the notables below. (And click here for WWE.com's extensive video gallery building up to Mayweather vs. Big Show at WrestleMania XXIV!)
He's the most powerful man in sports-entertainment...and the most ruthless. Make no mistake, though, with majority control of WWE stock and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Mr. McMahon can afford to comfort himself with the juiciest T-bone steaks and the finest therapists money can buy. After all, who's more "money" than a man freely willing to sign over a $20 million payday to make WrestleMania XXIV the best it can be? As the Chairman is fond of saying, "It's all about the mon-aayyy!"
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The poor little Rich boy first appeared in Harvey comics in 1953. Since then, Rich and his endless supply of gadgets have been featured in thousands of comics and even a 1994 live-action film starring MacCauley Culkin. While Mayweather may have an opulent mansion like Rich, there’s one gizmo the boy gazillionaire possesses that Mayweather would likely love to have before WrestleMania XXIV—a Reducing Machine to shrink the 7-foot tall Big Show down to size.
In the 1996 comedy Swingers, Vaughn was so smooth, so confident, so, well… money. As best bud to Jon Favreau’s broken-hearted character, Vaughn, then an unknown, illuminated the flick with an aura of Rat Pack cool and introduced the catchphrase, “You’re so money,” into the lexicon. Since then, Vaughn has gone on to star in such Hollywood hits as Old School, Mr. & Mrs. Smith and Wedding Crashers. Hey, Vince, just for the record, you’re still money.
Having inked a 10-year, $275 million deal, Rodriguez established himself as the highest-paid player in baseball history. For that coin, the New York Yankee’s third baseman is expected to thrill the crowds. So far, so good. Since his rookie year, A-Rod leads in home runs and is the youngest player to hit 500 homers. With his salary breaking down to $27.5 million a year, “Money” Mayweather has him nearly covered with his own $20 million payday for just one WrestleMania.
Played by actor Lee Majors, the titular character in the popular 1970s TV series, The Six Million Dollar Man, was injured in a spacecraft crash only to be rebuilt with six million dollars worth of bionic parts. He was then recruited by the U.S. government to tackle problems from terrorism to UFOs. The show’s memorable opener stated that scientists could rebuild Majors, “better, stronger, faster.” After facing Big Show, the $20 million dollar Mayweather should be so lucky.
Everybody had a price for the Million Dollar Man, Ted DiBiase, and shifty accountant Irwin R. Schyster (I.R.S.). Although they weren't necessarily the strongest or the fastest pairing, they were a taxing tandem that collected World Tag Team gold three times. And they sure as hell were never charitable as far as their ring opponents were concerned.