Honestly, would you pay to see Buff Bagwell wrestle nowadays?
 

So I was talking with a promoter the other day and he had been in contact with Buff Bagwell (were friends years ago, finally got ahold of his number again) So Buff tells him that his rate is $1000 a show, plus airfare, plus a ride to and from the show to the airport.... but he's willing to negotiate (from what it sounded like, his demands go up as the price goes down) I advised him against it, not worth that in my opinion. He could probibly run 2 shows with decient local talent for that price, but lets say he did decide to book Buff Bagwell and tickets were $10 a piece (plus you can meet him before the show). Honestly, would you pay to see Buff Bagwell at an indy show nowadays?

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I thought he almost died or something recently..

If you're talking about it like "OMG, I'm gonna go to this event because Buff Bagwell is gonna be there!", then the answer is NO.

Hell, I wouldn't have paid just to see Buff Bagwell back in 1998.

For $1000 I think he should go back to being Marcus Bagwell. Nothing "buff" about working at a high school gym for $1000

what's scotty riggs doing these days?

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Scotty Riggs?

He tweets a lot.

Is his mother gonna be there? And if so what pole will she be on?

Shelton's mama vs Buff's mom in a no holds barred death match

LOL I remember JR telling a story where Buff, for some reason, couldn't make a show back when WWF bought WCW, and he had his mom call in for him.

Back in the day I felt part of the money we spent on the show was wasted because he did wrestle would have otherwise loved the show.

Buff Bagwell was my second fav rassler in WCW next to Scott Hall. That being said.....no.

I would pay to see his hat, but not him.

I would pay $10 to see Buff Bagwell.

Personally, I'd probably pay $10 to see a wrestling show with Buff Bagwell on it. However, if you're asking would enough other people come to the show to make back that $1000... :rofl:

Mind you... you'd only need an audience of 100 people. Doesn't seem too bad... but still a big risk. And if you include paying other wrestlers, staff and crew, and any promotional stuff, then nah... nobody even knows who Buff Bagwell is these days, and if they do, I seriously don't think there are many who care.

To be fair to Buff, his mom is/was his agent. JR was just being kind of a dick about the whole deal to bury Buff Bagwell, but I assume most people don't have their agents call in sick for them.

i would pay if i gave a damn about him.

AJ Lee with the hard-hitting analysis.

Loved Buff. One of my favourites from WCW but nah I wouldn't go to a show he was headlining. But I probably wouldn't go to any wrestling event that wasn't WWE anyway.

I wouldn't have paid to see him wrestle in his prime......

I would only pay to see Buff Bagwell if I can take a shit in his hat. He's kind of a douche.

Honestly, I'd probably rather pay just for a photo with him than pay to watch the event starring him.

Always thought he had a good look (no homo?) but after that horrible fake pregnancy storyline with David Flair, Stacy Keibler and Jarrett, he can fuck off now.

He certainly is the stuff. Whatever that means.

And for that reason, Im out.

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Only if he comes out to AMERICAN MALES! AMERICAN MALES! AMERICAN MALES! If not it's a no.

Kind of doubt I would have ever bought tickets to a show and said "I'm going specially because BUFF FUCKING BAGWELL is on the card!"

I'd pay $10 to almost any promotion above a glorified backyard fed, though, so I guess I technically would go to a show with Buff Bagwell on it.

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I would pay up to $15 if the show were booked to be a one-man Buff invasion and the rest of the locker room beats on him. Maybe have a Battle Royal and everyone in the ring body surfs him over the top rope! For $1,000, Buff would need to throw a hissy fit to rile up the crowd before going to the back. Then he could try to interfere in the main event and be beaten down, maybe suplexed or powerbombed through a table.

Noppeee

Nope


Would need more than 100 considering that covers just his booking fee and not all the other stuff he also demanded (airfare, travel expenses, etc).

Well, I did mention the risk when paying the other guys/staff/promotion etc. :kiss:

I've never wrestled for a company who has to hire a ring though. I've also never wrestled for a promoter who didn't want to make a profit. :-\

That's pretty much why I advised him against it, the numbers just wouldn't add up. He has his own ring and let's say in some miracle he finds a venue that won't charge him. Let's say he "negociates" Buff down so it cost him $1000 with everything, and he hires 10 other workers to fill out the card at $30 a piece (that's what alot of shows I've worked pay in Texas) So by some magical coincidence that all works (he gets family and friends to help him with the set up, music, announcing, refs, etc.), he would still have to get 131 people just to make a profit. Honestly, he only pulls maybe 50 people at his shows so I don't see Buff bringing in 3 times his normal audience. Maybe if it was 2003 he could bring in some fans for an indy show, but 10 years later... :-\


Side note, what size audiences do you usually work in front of Ramm?

I would pay to have him digitally removed from old WCW footage

I'll make a start on that.

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