The guys do their review of the previous three months of AEW business and metrics to the best of their abilities and the numbers out there. Josh also has a hot take on the future of AEW Collision in the next TV rights deal in addition to the usual sidetracks. If you’re into this kinda talk, you’ll enjoy this.
Wrestlenomics also has some accompanying documentation you can check out here.
The quarterly tradition of looking back at the last quarter of AEW business continues on Josh Nason’s Punch-Out with a visit from Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.
Josh and Brandon tackle April, May and June in the world of Tony Khan, focused on some of these topics with some perspective given the dates:
AEW continuing to push internationally with Grand Slam Mexico, the Forbidden Door announcement, Glasgow debut, and All Out to Toronto
WBD intending to split into two
The run-up to All In
A birds-eye view look at attendance, ratings, PPV buys and such from the quarter
Lots more
We also then had an impromptu talk about the AEW vs. WWE conflicts, antitrust and how MLW may have paved the way for a future lawsuit.
This was another fun conversation, so please check it out for free below, Spotify or Apple Podcasts (just search Wrestling Observer).
For the first time in two months, Josh Nason’s Punch-Out has returned with a new episode looking at the second quarter in AEW business with the one & only Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics.
We sift through all the interesting news & notes from April, May and June and how that has brought AEW to their current point where they are awaiting the announcement of either a very important TV rights renewal or non-renewal with WBD.
A few highlights we look back at:
Their second-ever quarter with three pay-per-views
All of the quotes and red herrings around the TV rights negotiations
Tony Khan’s decisions to air the CM Punk/Jack Perry All In fight footage and to call WWE “the Harvey Weinstein of pro wrestling”
The announcement of their first-ever residency and Summer Series in Arlington, Texas
A look at year-over-year ratings, attendance and PPV buys
Lots more
Wrestlenomics subscribers can gain access to a PDF featuring notes and graphs we discuss on the show.
AEW continued to do some, ahem, Big Business in the first quarter of 2024 and that means it was time to record our quarterly AEW business review with Wrestlenomics‘ Brandon Thurston on a new Josh Nason’s Punch-Out.
For those new here, this is the formerly named quarterly investors call series where we focus on the numbers that we know from the last three months and some of our thoughts on what’s to come. From new signings to ratings to attendance to some nuance, it’s all here.
We talk about the box office success of Sting’s retirement match at AEW Revolution, both from PPV and live gate.
We discuss AEW attendance and speculate as to whether it’s a family-friendly product which could be hurting ticket sales. If not, should AEW care?
We look at the big three free agent signings of Okada, Mone and Ospreay as well as departures and injuries.
And numbers. We talk a lot of numbers.
Then, I go solo for the last segment talking everything that happened from when we recorded to this morning which included Tony Khan’s Harvey Weinstein/WWE comparison, the WBD exclusive negotiating window coming up soon, the revival of the Vince McMahon selling stock story, international TV rights, and more.
Roughly a month after every financial quarter ends, WWE (like other publicly traded companies) holds a quarterly call for investors and analysts where they announce how they did financially. The call, and the reports issued prior, include key performance indicators and plenty of detailed information on attendance, merchandise sales, and other interesting factoids if you want to really dive in.
Analysts ask questions, high-ranking executives answer, and investors & the stock market do their thing like they always do.
After listening into one of these calls last year, I jotted down a note that read ‘AEW investors call.’ I had the idea that as viewers and media, we spend a lot of time investing thoughts and words about wrestling’s top challenger brand to WWE so why not do something similar with the information we have available to us?
That’s why I tabbed Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics to be my co-host for this endeavor. This is the launch of what I hope will be quarterly conversations where we look at everything business-wise from the last quarter and where things might be going: ratings, attendance, KPI, new deals and everything in-between.
If you would like the KPI document Brandon put together, subscribe to Wrestlenomics for just $5/month to get access to that and a ton of other great stuff.
Let us welcome you to our first-ever AEW investors call covering Q1 of 2023.
