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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard Thurston (@brandonthurston) discuss news of WWE coming under criticism for its business deal with the Saudi government. With WWE Crown Jewel scheduled for November 2 in Riyadh, the wrestling company says it's "monitoring" the situation surrounding allegations that the Saudi government orchestrated the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Brandon wrote an article on the topic for The Daily Beast here: [https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-wwe-buddies-are-deeply-in-bed-with-saudi-regime](https://www.thedailybeast.com/trumps-wwe-buddies-are-deeply-in-bed-with-saudi-regime)

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* WWE Q3 Google Trends

* Reports of NJPW morale

* Article on WWE $60

* List of Most Important Off-Screen WWE Personnel

* Female WWE TV viewership

* Changes in WWE corporate organization

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard Thurston (@brandonthurston) discuss this week's news:

* Discussion of any business effect resulting from the chaotic scene follow the UFC fight between Conor McGregor and Khabib Nurmagomedov 

* Overall NJPW attendance update and Long Beach performance

* ROH attendance update

* WWE attendance update

Chris and Brandon talk about additional topics on WRESTLENOMICS PREMIUM. Sign-up for $5 at [patreon.com/wrestlenomics](patreon.com/wrestlenomics) and listen to this week's premium episode. This week's Wrestlenomics Premium topics:

* WWE Australia Show

* Bad WWE stock article

* wXw-WWE relationship

* Progress at Wembley

* Neville returns to Dragon Gate

* Mookie’s legal update

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard Thurston (@brandonthurston) discuss this week's news:

* Our WWE Q3 viewership analysis finds a declining trend especially among the female audience 

* Mixed Match Challenge week 2 views underperforming 

* Mookie's WWE YouTube power rankings (last 6 months) 

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* WWE/BTIG Conference 

* MLW Investors 

* Barrios ready to sell up to 175k shares 

* CM Punk/Colt Cabana Lawyer Fee lawsuit 

* WWE CTE Lawsuit Ends / Kyros Blog 

* Wrestler Visa Violations 

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard Thurston (@brandonthurston) discuss this week's news:

* WWE Saudi Arabia: Is it more valuable than WrestleMania or not?

* Impact officials have meeting at WWE HQ

* Legal update: WWE CTE lawsuit and more

* WON HOF ballot

* WWE tryout in Chile / NXT Success

Chris and Brandon talk about additional topics on WRESTLENOMICS PREMIUM. This week only sign-up for $1 at [wrestlenomics.com](http://wrestlenomics.com) and listen to this week's premium episode. This week's Wrestlenomics Premium topics:

* Brian Nurse hired as SVP of Legal Affairs

* Independent contractor Part 1 & 3; Cowley’s 2014 article

* Other WWE news: MMC2 views, 205 Live taped before Smackdown, Wrap article on FOX/WWE

* Mookie’s corner: Ring Warriors, Mavericks

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) this week are joined by Will From Texas to talk about his live experience at the CMLL Anniversary show at Arena Mexico!

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* New media developments : OTT services increasing price points, NFL popularity, Endeavor podcast division, Gladiator Sports Network 

* Chinese independent promotions and wrestlers, using data from cagematch.net

* An in-depth discussion and review of an article from 2005 on the independent contractor issue in pro wrestling Independent contractor article

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss:

* Interview with Mike Piellucci (@mikelikessport) about his Ringer All In article 

* All In Economics (live gate, TV ratings, merchandise numbers)

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* Brandon’s NXT in Buffalo report and Mookie talks WWE Attendance Numbers

* Daniel Bryan re-signs with WWE

* “Heart, Intensity and the Sell” (CARDIO!)

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Courtesy of our friends at the Podcast Movement (podcastmovement.com) and Westwood One, Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard Thurston (@brandonthurston) talk live from the Starrcast hotel in Schaumburg, IL:

* What made All In a success? Is it a sign of things to come?

* How was All In different from other big live events from organizations that rose up to draw 10,000+ crowds?

* The future of employee/independent contractor issue in the pro wrestling industry and WWE

* The creative vision (or lack thereof) of WWE's co-presidents

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss this week's news:

* Neville out of WWE Contract 

* Indy Stars in North America Tracking 

* WWE Studios Head Michael Luisi leaves 

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* NJPW Revenue , 1980-2017

* WWE suing Konstatine Kyros for lawyer fees

* How profitable is WWE on YouTube?

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Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) discuss this week's news:

* Triple H conference call 

* Daniel Bryan contract status

* Lawsuit updates for Punk/Cabana & Jarrett

* Chris and Brandon talk about additional topics on

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* Mookie's sports rant 

* Amazon has YouTube Envy 

* PivotShare is sold 

* SVOD Alexa and Similarweb numbers 

* NJPW Harold Meij translated column 

* 2008 Japanese wrestling business report 

* Meltzer controversy

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Just as the G1 Climax concludes, Chris Harrington (@mookieghana) and Brandon Howard (@brandonthurston) are joined by NJPW subreddit moderator @EvanDeadlySinsW to analyze New Japan business! Topics include:

* Impression of Harold Meij as new leader

* How is the US expansion going?

* New stars to watch out for (Ayato Yoshida?)

* Relationship between ROH & NJPW

* Lessons from this year’s G1

* Expanding WrestleKingdom accessibility to international attendances

* Risks for NJPW

* Opportunities for NJPW

* Health of other Japanese Wrestling companies

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This week on Wrestlenomics Premium, they discuss:

* NJPW balance sheets, 2007-2017

* Sinclair-Tribune merger collapses, Tribune sues

* Colt Cabana sues CM Punk

* ROH & NJPW G1 Supercard event sells out Madison Square Garden

* All-In broadcasting news

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