Wrestlenomics Radio (10/20/2024)

Brandon Thurston on the latest news in wrestling business:

  • More about TV rankings and why they are now and have long been a more reliable measure of media value

  • Why AEW isn’t a repeat of WCW in 2001 but more so WWE in 2018 in terms of its paradoxes, fundamental challenges, and fan reactions

  • WWE UK tour attendance

  • Cost per viewer hour of Smackdown on USA Network

  • Netflix subscribers surpass top cable networks

Your questions, including:

  • If AEW wrestlers are misclassified, why aren’t indie wrestlers like those who work for GCW also misclassified?

  • A lesson in media literacy

  • Why does no one ask Tony Khan about attendance?

  • Could AEW’s worsening attendance hurt its media value?

  • Based on Fox TV ratings, what weekday would make the most sense for an AEW show on Fox?

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Former ROH COO Joe Koff passes away | POST x Wrestlenomics

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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston chat about the latest filing by Janel Grant’s team and look back at the career of the late Joe Koff. 

This past week, Grant’s team filed a memorandum opposing Dr. Carlon Colker & the Peak Wellness clinic’s attempt to dismiss their bill of discovery as Grant continues to seek her past medical records.

Former ROH COO Joe Koff passed away this week and we welcome former ROH staff member Jordan Goodman to share his thoughts on working with Koff, the popularity of the promotion, running at Madison Square Garden, and how Koff will be remembered in the industry. 

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Wrestlenomics Radio (10/13/2024)

Brandon Thurston on the latest news in wrestling business:

-AEW Wrestle Dream

-WBD stake in AEW question, possible equity in new media deal

-AEW, ROH parent companies

-AEW claims all talent are properly classified as contractors

-NXT more than doubles preempted AEW Dynamite head-to-head

-WWE getting $7.1 million subsidy from New Jersey

-Your questions: AEW international TV, 2-hour Raw ratings, NXT on CW & more

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WWE called on to release women from NDAs | POST x Wrestlenomics

 

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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston are joined by Janel Grant’s spokesperson Kendra Barkoff Lamy to speak about their request for WWE to waive NDAs. 

Then, Pollock & Thurston will speak with independent wrestler Logan Knight about yesterday’s meeting of the Oklahoma State Athletic Commission, in which officials declined to change their rule that prevents transgender wrestlers from participating in matches.

Plus: Note on the AEW ownership structure, site fee figure for SummerSlam 2025 in New Jersey, TV ratings from the past week & more.

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AEW’s new media deal with WBD | Wrestlenomics Radio (10/6/2024)

 

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AEW and Warner Bros. Discovery announced a renewal of Dynamite and Collision for TBS and TNT in a deal that will also broadcast the program live in homes without cable through the Max streaming service.

The latest news in pro wrestling business, with Brandon Thurston. 

-AEW and WBD announce media deal renewal

-NXT debuts on CW, with the network’s highest P18-49 of 2024

-State of AEW, WWE TV ratings, attendance as Q3 ends

-What WBD & AEW announced, what we still don’t know

-Why household reach is an important focus of the deal

Your questions, including:

-The future of TV ratings reporting

-Overruns’ effect on TV ratings

-Will AEW become profitable?

-If Smackdown goes to 3 hours, why didn’t NBCU just renew Raw?

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Are AEW Wrestlers Misclassified? | POST x Wrestlenomics

 

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John Pollock and Brandon Thurston examine the subject of independent contractors in pro wrestling following the suit filed by Kevin Kelly and The Tates.

Pollock and Thurston welcome lawyer Stephen New to discuss the lawsuit filed by Kevin Kelly & The Tates against AEW, Tony Khan & Ian Riccaboni, and the argument of whether AEW talents are misclassified as independent contractors. 

Plus: How well Mr. McMahon performed in its first week on Netflix, SmackDown vs. Fox, what the move to CW means for NXT, and the countdown continues for AEW’s media rights announcement(s).

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