Wrestlenomics Radio

As terms for Hulu’s next-day rights to Raw and Smackdown near expiration, Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss the possible suitors for that content.

New Japan returned to AXS TV this week and we have the exclusive ratings breakdown for the program as well as the final airings for New Japan in 2019. We’ll look at how the New Japan TV audience might differ from Impact and others in wrestling.

MLW filed an antitrust lawsuit against WWE on Tuesday for allegedly interfering with MLW’s deal with Fox-owned streaming service Tubi. Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo spend the entire episode breaking down the legal complaint and the outlook of the case.

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss the dismantling of Triple H’s NXT, quarter-hour breakdowns of AEW Dynamite’s TBS debut, and New Japan’s return to AXS TV.

Former AEW wrestler Big Swole criticized AEW’s diversity on Friday, leading Tony Khan to defend the company on Twitter. We look at the data on how often wrestlers of color, including Black wrestlers, appear in main events on AEW’s weekly TV programs compared to WWE.

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo look back on the biggest stories in the wrestling business of the year.

As 2021 draws to an end, we make some predictions for 2022. Will Ring of Honor run a show next year? What will WWE and AEW TV ratings be?

AEW and WWE’s views on talent development appear to be diverging. Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss WWE’s announcement of college athlete signings to its new NIL program.

We study live+same-day TV ratings, but what about DVR viewership? How do Raw, Smackdown, Dynamite, Rampage, NXT, and Impact TV ratings compare when including delayed viewing? Plus, WWE this past week introduced a new NIL program to recruit college athletes.

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss Variety’s coverage of WWE’s upfront with advertisers in Brooklyn and they investigate how much public data there is to back-up some of the company’s claims.

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss Brandon’s report on AEW Full Gear PPV buys, as well as how much revenue the event generated overall. 

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss the economics of AEW’s Full Gear pay-per-view, and try to estimate how much revenue All Elite Wrestling might’ve grossed for the event.

Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo debut the podcast on the POST Wrestling network, giving an introduction to Wrestlenomics before diving into the WWE Q3 earnings report and the fallout that followed.