View Full Version : How much does it cost to start a wrestling promotion?
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 02:20 PM
Seriously, someone find that out for me, and then help me raise the money and then I'll start a wrestling promotion that doesn't suck for once.
Stickman
10-05-2007, 02:32 PM
You're hte accountant.
Kane Knight
10-05-2007, 02:36 PM
Lots.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 02:36 PM
OMG, accountants just record what has already been spent. I'm not in purchasing.
Depends on if you want professionals or yard tards.
Of course, you get the best of both worlds with Greg Valentine.
If you book Valentine/Dennis Stamp I'd be all over that shit. :y:
Stickman
10-05-2007, 02:43 PM
Do you want name wrestlers or randoms? Randoms would probably wrestle for near free names would want money.
I'm sure you could find a ring for cheap and rent a warehouse or something for cheap. You'd need licensing and shit to actually put on a show but it can't be terribly expensive but you'd want some cash in your pockets.
My guess, if you want professionals (not necessarily name guys) you could probably pull off a decently produced show for a few thousand, everything included.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 03:01 PM
Interesting, and you idiots...I mean dudes are willing to give me some start up money? You will be investers of course. You will own nothing but get some interest back or something.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 03:04 PM
Ok, I want to get something started that would be somewhere near RoH level, only you know, good.
Stickman
10-05-2007, 03:13 PM
I'll be a silent owner. I'll put no money up but will be receiving a paycheque after every show.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 03:17 PM
I'll be a silent owner. I'll put no money up but will be receiving a paycheque after every show.
Better yet, I'll punch you in the teeth as a show. And you can pay me for the privilage.
Kane Knight
10-05-2007, 03:26 PM
Ok, I want to get something started that would be somewhere near RoH level, only you know, good.
LOL. Cue WWKD spazzing like a motherfucker.
St. Jimmy
10-05-2007, 03:32 PM
It only cost 3-4 mil to buy WCW.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 03:32 PM
Yeah, while I have still never seen any RoH, I know it sucks because he never delievered the promised dvds to me. Thus making me think that he is embrased.
Kick Mike Jones in the balls, $5!
Kane Knight
10-05-2007, 04:26 PM
So how much is it gonna cost me to buy in?
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 04:45 PM
So how much is it gonna cost me to buy in?
You can donate whatever you want. I'm not offering equity though.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 05:14 PM
Also what should I call it? Here are some names I've been kicking around:
American Championship Wrestling or North American Championship Wrestling
International Jew Championship Fighting
Inter-Racical Fighting Matches 6000
The Kevin Nash Tribute Wrestling Federation
I could call it North American Wrestling, or NAW. And could make it into a joke, you know people could go around saying they are champ, be all like NAW!!! Yeah, that was gay.
Stickman
10-05-2007, 05:22 PM
Homosexual Wrestling Federation. Aim to target gays. I bet there is an audience for it. Kane Knight would watch.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 05:31 PM
Homosexual Wrestling Federation. Aim to target gays. I bet there is an audience for it. Kane Knight would watch.
Hmmmmmmmmm, I would need to lure Billy Gunn/Monty Kip away from TNA, find Lenny and Lody, maybe get Pat Patterson to do commentary, get ToVo in ring shape...Oh, and where is Kayon? Then just wait for WWE to drop Chuck Palumbo when he doesn't work out again. That is a decent start. Plus it would give us a direction.
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 05:36 PM
Maybe get Chris Crocker to show up from time to time. But do we make a joke out of it, or do we treat the gays with respect...Hmmmmmmm. Probably just make a joke out it because most gays already do that.
Kane Knight
10-05-2007, 05:41 PM
Homosexual Wrestling Federation.
Isn't that redundant?
URWF
Ultimate Robot Wrestling Federation
Top feud?
http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g122/sandman3g/Misc/mat_2ACV06_1.jpg
Bender vs. Flexo
Kane Knight
10-05-2007, 06:14 PM
Put a one and two zeroes in front of that, and you got yourself a deal.
Crossrine
10-05-2007, 06:28 PM
Originally posted by BigDaddyCool
International Jew Championship Fighting
So I guess a Palestinian Muslim has no chance of being put over ever?? :(
Stickman
10-05-2007, 06:40 PM
Isn't that redundant?
Good observation
Outsider
10-05-2007, 06:42 PM
I've got about £7.50 in my wallet, which, at a guess, is about $16,000. May need to research the exchange rate though.
It may however be cheaper to wait for Vince to destroy the WWE and then buy the stock on the cheap :y:
Kane Knight
10-05-2007, 07:57 PM
I've got about £7.50 in my wallet, which, at a guess, is about $16,000. May need to research the exchange rate though.
It may however be cheaper to wait for Vince to destroy the WWE and then buy the stock on the cheap :y:
Bastard.
It's 13,000 USD
BigDaddyCool
10-05-2007, 10:53 PM
So I guess a Palestinian Muslim has no chance of being put over ever?? :(
Um, they would be the top heels.
Destor
10-06-2007, 12:41 AM
It's about 8-10 grand for a quality ring. Add in however much it would cost to rent you local civic center or what have you. And wrestler saleries. Not to mention some random smuck starting a company is going to have one hell of a hard time getting wrestlers to come work for him.
Best of luck.
What Would Kevin Do?
10-06-2007, 12:43 AM
Yeah, while I have still never seen any RoH, I know it sucks because he never delievered the promised dvds to me. Thus making me think that he is embrased.
Cry me a river you impatient bastard, they're coming eventually.
What Would Kevin Do?
10-06-2007, 12:56 AM
Anyway, I'll probaly send them next week.... I'm trying to figure out if I want to send you my copy, or burn them so I still have a copy myself.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 07:43 AM
It's about 8-10 grand for a quality ring. Add in however much it would cost to rent you local civic center or what have you. And wrestler saleries. Not to mention some random smuck starting a company is going to have one hell of a hard time getting wrestlers to come work for him.
Best of luck.
Ah, can't I just get you and ToVo to work for free?
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 07:44 AM
Anyway, I'll probaly send them next week.... I'm trying to figure out if I want to send you my copy, or burn them so I still have a copy myself.
I'll send the originals back if you want.
I'll send the originals back if you want.
:y:
OMG, accountants just record what has already been spent. I'm not in purchasing.
You sound like one of those lawyers that can only do insurance defense, but when they try to do criminal defense or any other type of law, they can't because they have limited themselves to such technicalities and can't adapt to anything that is out of their "field of expertise".
Don't waste your life being a one trick pony, BDC.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 07:02 PM
You sound like one of those lawyers that can only do insurance defense, but when they try to do criminal defense or any other type of law, they can't because they have limited themselves to such technicalities and can't adapt to anything that is out of their "field of expertise".
Don't waste your life being a one trick pony, BDC.
OMG, being an accountant is way more than a one trick pony. Accounting includes bookkeeping, tax returns and auditing. I am well versed in 2 of the 3 fields of accounting. Go to hell.
IC Champion
10-06-2007, 07:23 PM
Two Trick Pony
Destor
10-06-2007, 07:40 PM
Ah, can't I just get you and ToVo to work for free?While I am great I cant fill an entire three hour show. Buy some hookers and I'lll see what I can do.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 07:41 PM
3 trick pony, I'm a good cook too.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 07:42 PM
While I am great I cant fill an entire three hour show. Buy some hookers and I'lll see what I can do.
We can't afford hookers.
Destor
10-06-2007, 07:47 PM
WHAT WERE YOU PLANNING TO PAY ME WITH? MONEY? You've got a lot of nerve guy...
Destor
10-06-2007, 07:47 PM
I'm sure you can get a midget half off.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 07:53 PM
WHAT WERE YOU PLANNING TO PAY ME WITH? MONEY? You've got a lot of nerve guy...
Dude, I'm from Kansas City, the meth capital of the universe. I was planning on paying you with 3 methlabs.
Destor
10-06-2007, 08:00 PM
I think we can work something out.
IC Champion
10-06-2007, 08:03 PM
While I am great I cant fill an entire three hour show. Buy some hookers and I'lll see what I can do.
French-Canadian Hookers are the best....:shifty:
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 09:20 PM
I think we can work something out.
Thought as much.
The One
10-06-2007, 09:29 PM
I'll work in the promotion. I demand a $85,000 salary with a lot of options and a company car. So, I'm guessing it would cost somewhere around $115,000 to start a promotion...assuming all you need is me...which is actually all you need.
TOVO vs TOVO in a TOVO for TOVO Match!
The One
10-06-2007, 09:34 PM
Throw that up on the marquee and it'll sell out faster than WrestleMania.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 09:37 PM
I'll work in the promotion. I demand a $85,000 salary with a lot of options and a company car. So, I'm guessing it would cost somewhere around $115,000 to start a promotion...assuming all you need is me...which is actually all you need.
I'll pay you $11 an hour. You will get a midlevel title shot, and if you want, we can have a beer after the show.
The One
10-06-2007, 09:41 PM
How about $9 an hour, no title shot, but after the show I get to sleep with all the hookers and smoke all the meth I want out of Destor's new labs?
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 09:45 PM
Um, no hookers. And the meth smoking is something you and Desty are going to have to figure out between yourselves.
The One
10-06-2007, 09:48 PM
Whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa! When did we decide this was a hooker-free wrestling promotion. Good god what am I saying. There has never been and so long as I am alive and breathing there never will be a wrestling promotion that doesn't have hookers. It's a tradition that's more sacred than any other in this industry.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 09:51 PM
Look, I didn't say you could have hookers, I just don't have any for you. Anyhow, I want my worker's vd free. But I do need you to start juicing up.
The One
10-06-2007, 09:56 PM
I'm only going to roid to the point that it covers up that I'm tweaking on Destor's stuff.
And I'm still not sold on this hooker-less promotion thing. I think it's more important to have hookers than a ring, and I think the #1 promotion in the world, WWE, would agree with me on that.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 09:59 PM
NO HOOKERS!!!! We will only have sluts. Our budget can't afford hookers, just sluts because they work for free.
The One
10-06-2007, 10:04 PM
I'll settle for sluts for the first year, but after that we need to bring in the quality whores.
BigDaddyCool
10-06-2007, 10:08 PM
I'll settle for sluts for the first year, but after that we need to bring in the quality whores.
How about we move up to quality sults, then crappy whore, decent whores, and finally quality whores on a 5 year plan?
The One
10-06-2007, 10:10 PM
That will work.
For a starter fed (or anything you could run):
Wrestling Ring: $3000
Rending out a gym or small arena: $500 per hour (includes setup time)
Wrestlers: From free (people just getting into business and making a name) or unholy prices (people who once wrestled on television and think they're hot shit).
Promotion: The amount you place into promotion is up to you, but this is what it will take to get people to the shows. More you place in, the better the turn out.
Then there is other little things like permits to hold events, venders, and any misc that you want for the fed. My estimate is if you want to place some real effort into creating a fulltime promotion...$300,000 probably at the least. A one time or annual show, I can see getting away with $10,000-$40,000.
Kane Knight
10-07-2007, 12:07 AM
For a starter fed (or anything you could run):
Wrestling Ring: $3000
Rending out a gym or small arena: $500 per hour (includes setup time)
Wrestlers: From free (people just getting into business and making a name) or unholy prices (people who once wrestled on television and think they're hot shit).
Promotion: The amount you place into promotion is up to you, but this is what it will take to get people to the shows. More you place in, the better the turn out.
Then there is other little things like permits to hold events, venders, and any misc that you want for the fed. My estimate is if you want to place some real effort into creating a fulltime promotion...$300,000 probably at the least. A one time or annual show, I can see getting away with $10,000-$40,000.
Booking better than TNA: priceless.
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