How much does it cost to start a wrestling promotion?
 

You're hte accountant.

Lots.

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:

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.

I'll be a silent owner. I'll put no money up but will be receiving a paycheque after every show.

LOL. Cue WWKD spazzing like a motherfucker.

It only cost 3-4 mil to buy WCW.

Kick Mike Jones in the balls, $5!

So how much is it gonna cost me to buy in?

Homosexual Wrestling Federation. Aim to target gays. I bet there is an audience for it. Kane Knight would watch.

Isn't that redundant?

URWF

Ultimate Robot Wrestling Federation

Top feud?

Put a one and two zeroes in front of that, and you got yourself a deal.

So I guess a Palestinian Muslim has no chance of being put over ever?? :(

Good observation

Bastard.

It's 13,000 USD

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.

Cry me a river you impatient bastard, they're coming eventually.

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.

:y:

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.

Two Trick Pony

While I am great I cant fill an entire three hour show. Buy some hookers and I'lll see what I can do.

WHAT WERE YOU PLANNING TO PAY ME WITH? MONEY? You've got a lot of nerve guy...

I'm sure you can get a midget half off.

I think we can work something out.

French-Canadian Hookers are the best....:shifty:

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!

Throw that up on the marquee and it'll sell out faster than WrestleMania.

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?

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.

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.

I'll settle for sluts for the first year, but after that we need to bring in the quality whores.

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.