Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss the week’s topics in wrestling business news:

* WWE Q1 2018 brief overview

* WWE business trends

* Revisiting NXT and the launch of the WWE Network

* WWE Co-President George Barrios' role in the company

* NJPW Dontaku event attendance

* Notes from NJPW Chairman Naoki Sugabayashi interview

* NJPW Cow Palace Tickets

* All-In Seating chart and ticket prices announced

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* WWE Q1 2018 report: financial documents, conference call Q&A session, Saudi Arabia

* Economics of running an indie wrestling show

* 1974's The Wrestler: An insight into the mind of Verne Gagne

Check out Mookie’s work at wrestlenomics.com and indeedwrestling.com. Read Brandon’s latest at WrestlingINC.com.

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