Alright, so I was digging around the internet, trying to find out how much Michael Cole, you know, the WWE commentator, makes in a year. It’s kind of a random thing to look up, but I was curious, and down the rabbit hole I went.
First off, I just hit up my usual search engine, nothing fancy, just typed in “michael cole salary”. The first few results were pretty much what I expected, a bunch of websites that talk about celebrity net worth and salaries. I usually take these with a grain of salt, you know? They’re not always accurate, but it’s a starting point.
One site mentioned that he’s pulling in 2.7 million dollars a year. That’s a lot of money, right? They also said he signed a 5-year contract with WWE, so doing some quick math, that’s about 13.5 million dollars total. Man, that’s insane! It got me thinking about how these contracts work, how long they last, and what kind of perks these guys get.
Then, I stumbled upon some forum, and people were talking about percentage encoding in URLs. It was a bit off-topic, but it got me thinking about how I was typing stuff into the search bar and how it all gets translated into those weird-looking links. Like, I typed in a question mark, and it turned into “%253F”. It’s kind of wild when you think about it.
So, I went off on a little tangent and looked into URL encoding, just to understand it a bit better. Turns out there are functions out there that can change those encoded strings back into normal text. It’s like a secret code, but for the internet! I tried to find out how to do that, but not successfully.
Anyway, back to Michael Cole. I found another website that talked about someone named Michael who works at a company called Baillie Gifford. This guy’s the Head of Fund Operations, which sounds pretty important. It mentioned he joined in 2015 and is in charge of financial reporting and stuff. I doubt it’s the same Michael Cole, but it’s interesting to see how different people with the same name can have such different careers, you know?
Finally, I found something about another sportscaster, Al Michaels. Now, this guy’s loaded! He’s worth around 40 million dollars as of 2024. It just goes to show how much money is in sports broadcasting.
I learned that there are many people in the world called Michael, and they are all doing different jobs. I don’t know how much the Michael Cole I want to know really gets paid. It’s really hard to find out on the internet. I am not giving up. I will keep looking for it.
