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*Big WWE Q3 preview: New CFO Kristina Salen debuts, Will Vince have an easier time talking ratings?, Will online merch sales remain strong?

*WWE extends its deal with Amway Center in Orlando

*Total Bellas gets renewed

*How did the WWE's draft episodes of Raw and Smackdown affect ratings compared to previous draft episodes?

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The latest in wrestling business news: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis lifts restrictions on sports events, which might WWE could hold WrestleMania in Tampa next spring.

What would happen to wrestling if Andrew Yang became Secretary of Labor?

The latest on trends in wrestling viewership as WWE NXT and AEW Dynamite went against the Vice Presidential Debate.

Finally, we explore the ways in which many of the creative tools used to influence wrestling economics have been diluted. Plus: Has U.S. wrestling adapted creatively for the ways in which the economics have shifted from being primarily a events-based business to a primarily media-driven business?

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We've been spending too much time focusing on linear trends in pro-wrestling viewership. There are 3 factors we can study to understand the future of wrestling TV value.

Plus the latest on NJPW CEO Harold Meij's resignation from New Japan Pro-Wrestling; WWE taking control of talent third-party video accounts; and WWE EVP Paul Levesque's comments on the suggestion that NXT might move away from Wednesday nights.

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This podcast contains a dramatic reading of correspondence between the Security and Exchanges Commission and World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.

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On the eve of the opening of the G1 Climax, New Japan's parent company Bushiroad releases its annual financial report. What did we learn about New Japan's fiscal year?

A major executive is leaving NBCUniversal. What will it mean for WWE Raw?

How did WWE fare against the return of Monday Night Football? And what might wrestling programs learn from viewership trends for Monday Night Football?

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An estimate of AEW pay-per-view buys for All Out 2020 and for every PPV in the short history of All Elite Wrestling so far. Plus, more news on WWE's objection to wrestlers monetizing third-party video platforms, including comments from an interview with Andrew Yang.

Listener questions brings Brandon Thurston to make an attempt estimating AEW's full financial picture, including annual revenue for 2020. Is AEW really profitable already?

How much of an effect with the return of Monday Night Football have on WWE Raw beginning next week?

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Andrew Yang tweets notwithstanding, does WWE really have the rights to its talent legal names? Vince McMahon is reportedly threatening to punish talent unless they stop using third-party monetized platforms like Cameo and Twitch. What's motivating this move? Brandon Thurston explains.

Then, will NXT move away from its head-to-head competition with AEW Dynamite on Wednesdays? Does USA Network really want to compete with AEW as much as WWE does?

All that and more. Plus, a theory on how some wrestling booms work. Maybe star power wasn't the only major factor.

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TV production for WWE likely just got more expensive with the introduction of the Thunderdome. Brandon Thurston explains his latest estimate of WWE finances for the remainder of the year.

Plus, it was an unusual week in TV viewership as Raw and Smackdown did their biggest audiences in months, NXT ran unopposed, and AEW was preempted into other time-slots.

Which Japanese wrestling companies are profitable? Not many of them, and New Japan greatly outpaces them all.

Finally we close with a prediction about what the wrestling business will look like a few years from now.

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The ThunderDome Era of the Coronavirus Era is upon us. How much will it cost WWE? I don't know. How much will it eat into WWE's profits? We'll get an idea soon. How hyped is Kevin Dunn about drone cameras? Very.

As AEW is bringing ticketed fans into Daily's Place, we consider where Japan was with COVID-19 when New Japan decided to bring fans back into venues.

Who's a draw and why is it sometimes a bad question? All that and more.

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"The people who would supposedly never stop watching beginning to stop watching. Brandon Thurston looks at the results of the Wreddit Census from 2020 and 2019 and how they may be an informative supplement to linear TV viewership data.

What will happen if the timing of WWE and AEW's TV rights negotiations end up coinciding a couple years from now?

Plus, a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats) analysis of WWE and AEW.

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