Steve McMichael Net Worth 2025: How Much is Steve McMichael Worth?

Steve McMichael has an estimated net worth of $3 million which he accumulated from his exceptional football career and wrestling world. 

The former WCW champion Steve McMichael has been suffering from ALS and has been inducted into the Professional Football Hall of Fame after his fans’ support from all over the world in 2024. 

Steve McMichael is an American former NFL defensive tackle, wrestler, commentator, and sports pundit. Stephen is better known by his stage name Stephen McMichael or his nickname “Mongo.”

If you are wondering about multifaceted athlete Steve McMichael’s net worth in 2024. Then this article will cover all the aspects of Steve McMichael’s salary, income, career, health update, and family.  

Steve McMichael Net Worth 2025

Steve McMichael has an estimated net worth of $3 million which he mostly earned over his multiple careers. McMichael is one of the fan-favorite WCW wrestlers and footballers who has a more than two decades-long career. 

However several health issues and legal battles have affected Mongo’s net worth ahead of 2024.

The table has the overall net worth of Steve McMichael in 2024- 

Steve McMichael Salary  

Two-time All-Pro Bowl selection Steve McMichael has received an estimated $1.2 million annual salary in 2021. However, in the past few years, McMichael has been diagnosed with the extreme condition of ALS. 

The table below has all of Steve McMichael’s Net Worth over the years-

Steve McMichael Brand Endorsements

Hall of Fame Steve McMichael has a great career in football and wrestling which got him many brands and promotion deals during his career. Steve’s superstar persona and his fan-favorite image played a significant role in his net worth. 

Steve McMichael Investments and Properties

Steve “Mongo” McMichael lives in his Homer Glen Home in Chicago downtown. The former wrestler and footballer knew the importance of other income streams. He has invested in many properties and real estate throughout his life. However, The worth of these properties fluctuates with the market which impacts his overall net worth.  

Steve McMichael Health Issues 

66-year-old Steve McMichael announced in 2021 that he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a progressive nervous system disease that destroys nerve cells. Due to this condition, Steve McMichael has been suffering from a great health cost. It ultimately affected his net worth which earned from his multiple careers. 

In January 2024, Steve McMichael was hospitalized o the emergency room. Once a defensive tackle and World Champions Steve “Mongo” McMichael is now unable to move and talk. However, Steve McMichael’s wife is the one taking care of her husband and supporting him in his hard times. 

Steve McMichael Career

Steve McMichael is one of those few athletes who has a successful career in more than one sport. Steve had an extraordinary career as a footballer, wrestler, and commentator as well. Mostly Steve went by his nickname “Mongo”  or fans also “Ming the Merciless”, or “Ming” for short.

Steve McMichael played collegiate football as a defensive tackle for the Texas Longhorns from 1976 to 1979. After finishing his college football, was drafted #73 by the New England Patriots in 1980. He played for the Patriots in 1980, the Chicago Bears from 1981 to 1983, and the Green Bay Packers in 1994. One-time Super Bowl champion with the Chicago Bears, Steve McMichael played 15 seasons in the National Football League.  

After a final season with the Green Bay Packers, McMichael retired from football in 1994. He recorded 95.0 sacks, 838 solo, and 13 fumbles in a total of 213 games played during his career.  

Steve McMichael debuted in the world of wrestling as a pro babyface color commentator on the premiere of WCW Monday Nitro in 1995. He joined “The Four Horseman” stable in the World Championship and engaged in many feuds including Goldberd and his Ex-wife Queen Debra.

McMichael’s ability to captivate the audience with all the WCW drama made him one of the most renowned names in the WCW world. He stayed in the WCW until 1999 before he boasted his broadcasting career as a color commentator and co-hosted a Bears pre-game show with Jeff Dickerson on ESPN 1000 in Chicago. 

Steve also coached Chicago Slaughter of the Indoor Football League from 2007 to 2013. He also performed as a lead singer in the rock and roll band named “Chicago 6” with his fellow 1985 Chicago Bears alumni Dan Hampton and Otis Wilson. 

Undoubtedly, Steve McMichael had a more colorful career than anyone could imagine. 

Steve McMichael Awards and Achievements

From Football to wrestling career, Steve McMichael has many awards and achievements in his career. The list below has all the achievements of Mongo from the College Football Hall of Fame (2010) to the Professional Football Hall of Fame (2024).

•  College Football 

• 1979 All-American
• College Football Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2009)

• NFL Awards and Achievements

• Super Bowl XX Champion (with the Chicago Bears)
• Two-time First Team All-Pro (1985, 1987)
• Two-time Pro Bowl selection (1986, 1987)
• Gridiron Greats Hall of Fame inductee (class of 2019)
• Professional Football Hall of Fame (class of 2024)

• Professional wrestling

• WCW United States Heavyweight Championship (1 time)
• Worst Television Announcer (1996)

Steve McMichael Early Life 

Stephen Douglas McMichael was born on 17 October 1957 in Houston Texas, U.S. Stephen was only two years old when his parents got separated and his mother Betty Ruth remarried to an oil company executive E.V. McMichael. 

Stephen has three siblings an older brother John Richard and two younger sisters Kathy, and Sharon. 

 The table below has all the details of Steve McMichael’s Bio and Personal details 

Steve McMichael’s Wife and Relationship

Steve McMichael married to his first wife Debra Marshall, a former wrestler valet, professional wrestler, and actress in 1985. The relationship between Steve McMichael and Queen Debra only lasted until 1998 and they divorced in October. 

After Debra, Steve McMichael remarried to second wife Misty Davenport in 2001. Steve McMichael and Misty shared a daughter named Macy Dale McMichael.      

Currently, Steve McMichael is suffering from ALS and fighting for better health. The Pro Wrestling community is coming together to raise the fund “Money for Mongo” to support the former wrestler’s family in their difficult time. 

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