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Select articles that reference Wrestlenomics reporting or analysis, or interview Brandon Thurston:
- 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
- 1/26/2021: “In-depth discussion on Peacock-WWE announcement with Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics”, PWTorch
- 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
- 10/30/2020: “WWE Q3 2020 Earnings Report & Analysis w/ Brandon Thurston”, POST Wrestling
- 10/30/2020: “Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.com discusses the WWE financial report”, Prowrestling.net
- 10/3/2020: “New Data Reveals IMPACT Wrestling Averaged 151,000 Viewers In Q3 2020”, Fightful
- 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
- 8/31/2020: “Death of Bob Armstrong, WWE Thunderdome debut, more”, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 8/26/2020: “Quarter Hour Breakdowns for Last Week’s AEW Dynamite and NXT”, 411Mania
- 8/7/2020: “Wrestling Inc. President Raj Giri’s interview with Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston”, Wrestling Inc.
- 7/31/2020: “WWE Q2 2020 Earnings Report & Analysis w/ Brandon Thurston”, POST Wrestling
- 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
- 5/18/2020: “WWE Slated to Make Biggest Profit in Decades, Regardless of Releases”, CBR.com
- 5/11/2020: “Weekend Sees Return of UFC Events, WWE MITB”, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 4/24/2020: “The WWE Is Making Huge Profits During Coronavirus but Still Firing Workers”, Vice
- 4/23/2020: “WWE Financials, state of WWE in COVID-19 era, Vince on conference call without co-presidents”, Pro Wrestling Torch
- 4/16/2020: “Coronavirus: Trump names Vince McMahon as an adviser to U.S. economy”, Indy100
- 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
- 4/3/2020: “WWE Reportedly Cancels All Live Events Through April, And Another Huge Change Should Be Next”, Forbes
- 4/3/2020: “How Much Money Could WWE Lose Through Empty Arena Shows?”, WhatCulture
- 4/1/2020: “Florida’s Stay-At-Home Order A Crushing Blow To WWE, AEW Amid Coronavirus Pandemic”, Forbes
- 4/1/2020: “Lawsuit Against WWE Over XFL Ties Voluntarily Dismissed”, 411Mania
- 3/29/2020: “Dr. Alex Patel, Brandon Thurston & Marcus Vanderberg”, POST Wrestling
- 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
- 3/20/2020: “Wrestlenomics’ Brandon Thurston On How Much WWE Could Lose By Moving WrestleMania To The PC”, Wrestling Inc.
- 3/17/2020: “How Much Money WWE – and Tampa Bay – Lost When WrestleMania 36 Was Moved”, The Wrap
- 2/24/2020: “WWE NXT Star Emerges As Biggest Ratings Overachiever Of The Wednesday Night Wars”, Forbes
- 2/6/2020: “Café Hangout: WWE Q4 and Full Year 2019 Results w/ Brandon Thurston”, POST Wrestling
- 2/5/2020: “Is WWE About to Tap Out? Wrestlenomics Analyst Brandon Thurston Talks Stock Crash, Q4 Earnings”, The Wrap
- 1/31/2020: “2019 Pro Wrestling Industry Report Suggests Triple H Should Replace Vince McMahon As Head Of Creative”, Forbes
- 12/1/2019: “Brandon Thurston joins Dave Meltzer & Garrett Gonzalez to talk WWE and AEW business”, Wrestling Observer/Figure Four Online
- 10/7/2019: “First Battle in the Wednesday Night War”, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 10/4/2019: “Is Pro Wrestling’s Boom Too Good to Believe?”, The Wall Street Journal
- 7/1/2019: “Paul Heyman and Eric Bischoff hired as WWE Executive Producers, more”, Wrestling Observer Newsletter
- 4/15/2019: “WrestleMania 35 weekend review”, Wrestling Observer Newsletter