Nicole Bass | $500,000

Through the years, numerous TV networks have spent a significant amount of investment money to provide their viewers with entertaining programs. With that said, one such program that has since garnered the same degree of popularity as many of today’s series and reality shows is none other than wrestling competitions.

Nicole Bass was a competitive bodybuilder during the ‘80s and ‘90s. In 1997, she won the NPC’s National Bodybuilding Championship. Soon after, Bass debuted her wrestling career in Extreme Championship Wrestling before transferring to the World Wrestling Federation. Thanks to the popularity she received, Bass eventually had the chance to appear in other shows like The Howard Stern Show, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, and General Hospital. After she departed from the WWF, Bass continued to wrestle for independent wrestling circuits and accepted bookings for personal training sessions.