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• 2/29/2024: “WWE sues Texas AG Ken Paxton for attempt to make bidding information from San Antonio event public”, Spectrum News 1 (Austin, TX)
• 11/21/2023: “AEW must shake stale run to remain true WWE ‘challenger’”, New York Post
• 9/21/2022: “Panini, WWE spar over trading card partnership”, Sports Business Journal
• 8/25/2023: “Ahead of Wembley megashow, AEW’s Khan believes profit could be one deal away”, SportBusiness
• 8/22/2023: “Media and Entertainment Companies Backed by Middle East Investors, Deals”, Business Insider
• 7/13/2023: “Saudi Arabia’s Investments Raise Questions of ‘Sportswashing’”, Council on Foreign Relations
• 7/6/2023: “Wake Up Call: WWE Said to Replace K&L Gates Counsel in Antitrust Suit”, Bloomberg Law
• 7/4/2023: “British MPs Support John Cena In United Kingdom WrestleMania Push”, NESN
• 6/11/2023: “Wrestling start-up AEW tags up with New Japan in challenge to WWE behemoth”, Reuters
• 6/2/2023: “New bill seeks to review Pro Wrestling regulations”, WGRZ-TV (Channel 2 NBC – Buffalo, NY)
• 4/3/2023: “UFC owner buying WWE in a tag-team megadeal”, The Washington Post
• 4/3/2023: “Vince McMahon is slowly returning to power at WWE”, MarketWatch
• 2/23/2023: “How Pro Wrestling Puts Diversity Onscreen”, Variety
• 2/17/2023: “Vince McMahon’s asking price for WWE is $9 billion, report says”, Variety
• 1/14/2023: “How WWE’s Vince McMahon ruthlessly got his job back despite allegations of sexual assault and misuse of company funds”, CNN
• 1/12/2023: “WWE May Be Up for Sale. AEW Is Interested, and Who Else Might Be.”, Barron’s
• 1/10/2023: “An open letter to Vince McMahon”, New York Post
• 1/9/2023: “Analysis: Will Disney acquire WWE?”, Westchester & Fairfield County Business Journals
• 1/5/2023: “WWE had its best trading day ever as Vince McMahon plans to return and sell the company”, MarketWatch
• 12/15/2022: “In the World of Wrestling, a Heavy Hitter Steps Into the Ring”, The New York Times
• 12/13/2022: “The Nine Lives of Vince McMahon” (documentary), VICE
• 9/17/2022: “WOW, a New Women’s Wrestling Show With a Heavy Dose of Empowerment”, The Wall Street Journal
• 7/29/2022: “Vince McMahon Exits WWE With $3 Billion After String of Scandals”, Bloomberg
• 7/22/2022: “WWE CEO Vince McMahon retires”, MarketWatch
• 6/15/2022: “Why Vince McMahon is under investigation by WWE board; $3M hush pact reportedly uncovered”, The Sporting News
• 6/3/2022: “WWE shakes up leadership as it targets $100 million in sponsorship and brand revenue with an eye to matching UFC success”, Business Insider
• 4/7/2022: “Pile Driver: At age 76, Vince McMahon’s finishing wrestling move is simple financial engineering”, MarketWatch
• 4/7/2022: “UFC, Formula 1 and WWE could be the next acquisition targets for streaming giants”, CNBC
• 4/1/2022: “Change in Live Event Strategy May Help WWE Outpace Record Expectations”, Sportico
• 1/15/2022: “Can Tony Khan’s AEW beat Vince McMahon and WWE at its own game?”, The Toronto Star
• 11/16/2021: “Why WWE’s Decades of Dominance Could Be Coming To An End”, The Motley Fool
• 9/21/2021: “Q&A: Khan ready for AEW to take New York, wrestling by storm”, The Associated Press
• 8/25/2021: “The Pro Wrestling Business Is Heating Up To Levels Not Seen In 20 Years. Will It Last?”, Benzinga
• 8/23/2021: “CM Punk moves the needle for AEW as Rampage viewership”, Awful Announcing
• 8/19/2021: “WWE’s Khan Following Disney’s Lead in Leveraging IP for?”, Sportico
• 6/4/2021: “Could WWE Be Up For Sale? A Look At The Speculation”, Benzinga
• 5/26/2021: “WWE, former ESPN broadcaster Adnan Virk mutually agree to part ways”, The Athletic
• 4/21/2021: “WrestleMania 37 Revenue”, Bleacher Report
• 4/8/2021: “Streaming platforms are in a smackdown for the fans”, Marketplace
• 3/31/2021: “Buffalo’s Empire State Wrestling grapples with COVID-19”, The Spectrum (SUNY Buffalo)
• 3/14/2021: “AEW sets company PPV buy record with Revolution”, Pro Wrestling Torch
• 1/27/2021: “Could WWE Network-Peacock Deal Set the Stage for Comcast Buying WWE?”, The Wrap
• 1/25/2021: “Wrestlemania 37 Will Have Fans in Tampa Bay, May Not Be Profitable at Reduced Capacity”, Sportico
• 11/4/2020: “The Week in Wrestling: Eddie Kingston big break in AEW, Damian Priest on his respect for Finn Bálor and more”, SI.com
• 9/26/2020: “WWE’s Mounting Problems: Audience Declines, Saudi Arabia, Andrew Yang”, Variety
• 9/7/2020: “Media Circus: Tony Romo has never stopped striving to be a better analyst”, The Athletic
• 6/15/2020: “The Court Documents From A Lawsuit Confirm Rumors About WWE Crown Jewel”, Uproxx
• 5/29/2020: “No Fans, No Problem – WWE On Pace To Post Record Profits in 2020”, SI.com
• 4/24/2020: “The WWE Is Making Huge Profits During Coronavirus but Still Firing Workers”, Vice
• 4/14/2020: “How WWE kept going when the world shut down during the coronavirus pandemic”, New York Daily News
• 4/6/2020: “How WWE Pulled Off WrestleMania 36 Without Fans, What It Means for Its Business and Future”, The Hollywood Reporter
• 4/1/2020: “Florida’s Stay-At-Home Order A Crushing Blow To WWE, AEW Amid Coronavirus Pandemic”, Forbes
• 3/24/2020: “Rusev Pledges $20K to Assist WWE Employees Affected by Coronavirus Outbreak”, Bleacher Report
• 3/23/2020: “The Financial Impact Of WWE Airing WrestleMania 36”, Forbes
• 3/17/2020: “How Much Money WWE – and Tampa Bay – Lost When WrestleMania 36 Was Moved”, The Wrap
• 2/5/2020: “Is WWE About to Tap Out? Wrestlenomics Analyst Brandon Thurston Talks Stock Crash, Q4 Earnings”, The Wrap
• 10/4/2019: “Is Pro Wrestling’s Boom Too Good to Believe?”, The Wall Street Journal