Wrestlenomics

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss the latest in wrestling business news. WWE will return to live events in July, beginning in Texas. More details about AEW's 2022 move to TBS. Plus, the revenues (and costs) related to the Zombie Lumberjack Match.

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Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss AEW's announced return to touring in July. Arena Mexico is reopening to fans as well. Showbuzz Daily may be down but we still have all the viewership numbers. Plus, is Don Callis still an EVP for Impact Wrestling?

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AEW Dynamite lead cable in P18-49 viewership on Wednesday this week, with its show headlined by a "Blood and Guts" match, a name coined by Vince McMahon in an earnings conference call.

Plus, Dark Side of the Ring season 3 premieres and beats Impact on Thursday night.

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Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss how Turner's acquisition of NHL games might affect AEW's Wednesday night timeslot on TNT.

We look at the latest in viewership, the popularity of WWE, and online video viewing as April 2021 comes to an end.

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A big week for TV ratings: AEW got its second-highest total audience ever, NXT had its first week in its new permanent Tuesday slot, Raw had a big audience for its post-Mania episode, Miz & Mrs. is back with new episodes, plus Impact and Smackdown.

WWE put out its annual proxy statement, disclosing information about executive compensation and ownership.

And Brandon stumbles across an SEC filing that sheds light on WWE's biggest customers and possibly NXT's TV rights fees.

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Wrestlemania ticket sales, Undertaker NFTs drop, the Wednesday Night War ends, Nick Khan comments and star development and international expansion.

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This week's topics, discussed by Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo:

- WWE announces NXT will move to Tuesday nights beginning April 13 on USA Network.

- NBCUniversal and WWE have also extended their deal to broadcast NXT on the USA Network. Current terms expire this fall.

- ROH COO Joe Koff quantifies viewership

- WWE announces DraftKings deal

- WWE Q1 earnings report announced for April 22

- Wrestlemania ticket sales update

- Is Kenny Omega chasing away viewers? Female viewers?

- Is violent content chasing away AEW female viewers?

- Is Impact viewership down since AEW personalities started appearing? What about female viewership?

- Does viewership usually grow going into Wrestlemania?

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Brandon Thurston is joined by Chris Gullo to discuss the latest current events in wrestling business: Wrestlemania ticket sales, WWE Thunderdome moving to Yuengling Center (fka USF Sun Dome) in Tampa, WWE Network launch on Peacock, Impact moving to Thursday, NFL TV deals finalized, the announcement of Rhodes To The Top, AEW is running its first house show, the latest Wrestlenomics survey, plus Google Trends research with Python.

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AEW broke its pay-per-view sales record for Revolution last week Sunday, but also delivered a disappointing ending to the show. What does it mean for goodwill?

WWE's reportedly looking to put more than 40,000 fans in attendance for each night of Wrestlemania. Will it really happen?

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