Wrestlenomics estimates AEW’s revenue will reach about $154 million in 2023. While still likely unprofitable, a doubling in TV rights fees could be enough to make AEW’s business sustainable.

Open the interactive map in a new window Similar to the 1970s map from the other day, derived from cagematch.net match results. Location entries were processed through geopy to determine coordinates. Circles are sized by how many events during the year the given promotion held in the given city, according to Cagematch’s extensive but incomplete … Continue reading A map of independent wrestling in 2023 →

Match of the week:Arisu Endo, Miu Watanabe, Moka Miyamoto, Suzume & Yuki Arai vs. Miyu Yamashita, Mizuki, Rika Tatsumi, Shoko Nakajima & Yuka SakazakiRating: 9.45TJPW 10th Anniversary Show We Are TJPW (Dec 1, 2023) All match ratings from Cagematch.net as of Dec 7, 2023 10:00 PM U.S. Eastern Time Zone. Matches included here meet any … Continue reading Cagematch Ratings for AEW, WWE, NJPW Tag League, TJPW and more | Match ratings for Nov 29 to Dec 5, 2023 →

For fun, kind of a map of “The Territories” in the 70s. This is based on cagematch.net data. I would have used wrestlingdata.com data which is known for being more complete when it comes to older results but the promotion names in the wrestlingdata database are mostly initials only so I wasn’t as sure there’d … Continue reading A map of the 1970s →

TKO COO Mark Shapiro on Monday at the UBS media conference talked about possibly cutting house shows in smaller markets. “While there’s a reason to have them because it’s good for the brand, we’re building audience, we’re putting them on in C and D counties, so we’re really stretching the brand, and we’re kind of … Continue reading WWE ran about 23 house shows in C or D counties in 2023 →