Nick Dinsmore reflects on how much he was paid to be in WWE video games.
Arriving in 2004, Nick Dinsmore's character Eugene briefly appeared in WWE during the Ruthless Aggression era. While the character wouldn't fly in 2025, he made an impact and appeared in three video games: WWE Day of Reckoning 2, WWE WrestleMania 21, and WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006.
In a video on his YouTube channel, Dinsmore reflected on his payment for all three video games, which he says came in the form of quarterly royalty checks. Each game was released during a different quarter of 2005, and he says the quarterly check he got for WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2006 is the biggest one he has ever received.
"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.
"I made $86,000 in one quarter royalty check. My God, I could have bought a house," he continued. "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."
To learn more about what Ruthless Aggression era stars made for appearing in video games, click here to see what Maven was paid for appearing in WWE SmackDown!: Shut Your Mouth on PlayStation 2.
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