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Vince McMahon and Steve Austin are likely to have matches at WrestleMania; Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss ticket sales for the two-day event as about one-third of its inventory is left to be sold. Plus, a look at AEW Revolution tickets and a report that the event’s secondary market will be making a half-million-dollar profit on resales. Video version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhUW...

Happy Black History Month , POSTmarks! In this episode, “ The Godfather ” Nate Milton , “ The Professor ” Kris Ealy , and “ The Youngest In Charge ” Andrew Thompson reconvene to discuss the Lio Rush/Tony Khan situation, recap the Royal Rumble (including Kris’ thoughts on one superstar in particular), and discuss the latest round of pro-wrestling free agents. Plus, Kris & Nate are joined by Ric...

Wai Ting & Andrew Thompson discuss Cesaro’s WWE contract expiring, WrestleMania Night 1 & 2 headliners, Corey Graves, Dynamite’s ratings rebound, and TERMINUS 2. Cesaro’s WWE contract expires, per report WWE confirms WrestleMania Night 1 & 2 headliners AEW Dynamite ratings rebound Corey Graves says he’s cleared to compete TERMINUS 2   WWE SmackDown & AEW Rampage tonight Live stream...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite highlighted by an unexpectedly emotional promo from MJF and a heated face-to-face between Chris Jericho and Eddie Kingston. They breakdown the show from Wednesday night as the card for Revolution continues to come together. MJF cuts one of the best promos of his career prior to his dog collar match against CM Punk, a new member of the House of Black...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review Episode #1500 of WWE Raw following the Elimination Chamber as the promotion for WrestleMania escalates. From South Carolina, RK-Bro took on Kevin Owens & Seth Rollins in the main event, Edge returned to the show, The Miz reveals his mystery partner for WrestleMania against The Mysterios, Tommaso Ciampa teams with Finn Balor against Dolph Ziggler & Robert...

One of the founding members of All Elite Wrestling moves on, as Cody Rhodes and AEW announced this week the former is leaving the company. Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss what might have led to his exit and what his future, likely with WWE, may be like. Plus, WWE stock continues to climb and outperform the market. Brandon's new financial estimate argues WWE will need live streaming distri...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Elimination Chamber 2022 from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia featuring Men’s & Women’s Elimination Chamber matches, Roman Reigns vs. Goldberg, Ronda Rousey/Naomi vs. Charlotte Flair/Sonya Deville, and more. We discuss a health update on Bobby Lashley , the rumoured identity of Miz’s special guest, Kenny Omega ’s comments about Cody Rhodes ’ departure, results from NJ...

John Pollock is joined by Garrett Gonzales of Fight Game Media and the Wrestling Observer followed by Karen Peterson from the POST Wrestling network.  The Undertaker announced for the WWE Hall of Fame AEW Dynamite ratings  The fallout from the Rhodes’ story this week WWE Elimination Chamber  KAIRI returning for STARDOM cards in March Weekend schedule  Live stream POST Daily News on YouTube , Faceb...

John Pollock is joined by reporters Brandon Thurston and David Bixenspan to discuss WWE’s deal with the Government of Saudi Arabia as the promotion returns to the country for its Elimination Chamber event this weekend. Live stream POST Daily News on YouTube , Facebook , and Twitter weekdays at 1pm ET. Get the audio podcast delivered straight to your device (along with other bonus podcasts) by supp...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring CM Punk’s stipulation reveal for his match against MJF, and Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin for the TNT Championship. They discuss the show from Nashville with the TNT championship match headlining the show, a great segment involving CM Punk and MJF, a No Disqualification match between Thunder Rosa and Mercedes Martinez, Bryan Danielson wants...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review the go-home edition of WWE Raw before Elimination Chamber. From Indianapolis, the final Raw before the Elimination Chamber featured a Gauntlet Match to determine the final entrant in the women’s Elimination Chamber match, the mystery entrant is revealed, a contract signing between Becky Lynch and Lita, a wild RK-Broga Party, the 24/7 title changes hands on Valent...

We estimate All Elite Wrestling made about $84 million in revenue in 2021. Brandon Thurston breaks down AEW's revenue sources and how much he believes the company made in 2021 and 2020. Plus, Brandon and Chris Gullo discuss whether YouTube view data or quarter-hour viewership is a better indicator of interest in TV segments. Get the Wrestlenomics Pro Wrestling Industry Report 2021 by becoming a pa...

John Pollock and Phil Chertok and back to review UFC 271 featuring the rematch between Israel Adesanya and Robert Whittaker for the UFC middleweight title. MAIN CARD UFC Middleweight Championship : Israel Adesanya (champion) vs. Robert Whittaker Derrick Lewis vs. Tai Tuivasa Jared Cannonier vs. Derek Brunson Alexander Hernandez vs. Renato Moicano Bobby Green vs. Nasrat Haqparast PRELIMINARY CARD ...

John Pollock & Wai Ting discuss AEW Dynamite topping cable on Wednesday, WWE stacking its next MSG card, and a UFC 271 preview with Phil Chertok .  AEW Dynamite tops cable, highest viewership since September NJPW results from Sendai WWE loading up MSG card on 3/6   WrestleMania Backlash in May Friday Night SmackDown double taping  AEW Rampage tonight UFC 271 Preview with Phil Chertok Live stre...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring the debut of Keith Lee, an appearance by Jay White, and a spectacular Texas Death Match between Hangman Page vs. Lance Archer. They discuss the show from Atlantic City headlined by Hangman Page defending the AEW championship against Lance Archer in a Texas Death Match. Also, the debut of Keith Lee as he squares off with Isiah Kassidy, an ap...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw including a commercial-free first hour, The Quiz Bowl, and Lita returns. From Denver, Raw aired on Syfy due the Winter Olympics and featured a commercial-free hour to begin the program. The show included The Quiz Bowl with Alpha Academy against RK-Bro, an appearance by Lita ahead of Elimination Chamber, a rematch between Kevin Owens and Austin Theory, The...

WWE reported its Q4 and full year 2021 earnings on Thursday. The company made more than $1 billion in revenue and $180 million in net income for the year, both new records. Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo go into depth on the comments of Nick Khan, the few words from Vince McMahon, and all we learned about WWE's business and its outlook going forward. Get the Wrestlenomics Pro Wrestling Industry...

Episode #20 of the Long & Winding Royal Road brings us another biography, this time with the person referred to as the “Fifth Pillar” in Jun Akiyama . WH Park is joined by former podcasting partner JoJo Remy , who is a long-time fan of Akiyama’s. WH and JoJo look at Akiyama’s university wrestling days and how they led to him being scouted by Giant Baba. From there, they discuss his alliances a...

John Pollock is joined by Brandon Thurston to discuss WWE’s fourth-quarter and year-end earnings report along with the Q&A from WWE executives that followed.  WWE Q4 2021 and Year-End Earnings Report Trending Schedule Key Performance Indicators WWE 10-K Annual Report Brandon Thurston’s coverage   Live stream POST Daily News on YouTube , Facebook , and Twitter weekdays at 1pm ET. Get the audio...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review AEW Dynamite featuring the first-time match between CM Punk vs. MJF. Plus, the latest in the Brian Kendrick controversy. They discuss the show from Chicago featuring a new opponent for Jon Moxley after Brian Kendrick was pulled from the event. In a rematch from the TBS tournament, Nyla Rose takes on Ruby Soho, a polarizing segment involving Brandi Rhodes and Dan...

John Pollock & Wai Ting review WWE Raw with Royal Rumble fallout, the return of Ronda Rousey, Brock Lesnar’s WrestleMania decision, and Elimination Chamber qualifiers. From Cincinnati, the fallout from the Royal Rumble included Brock Lesnar announcing his WrestleMania opponent, the participants for the Elimination Chamber match are determined, Chad Gable and Riddle have a scooter race, Angelo...

WWE president Nick Khan spoke with the Sports Business Journal this past week, days before the outlet also reported Disney+ Hotstar acquired WWE Network rights in Indonesia. As terms for next-day rights to Raw and Smackdown, currently held by Hulu, near expiration, Brandon Thurston and Chris Gullo discuss the possible suitors for that content. Plus, some news about WWE possibly outsourcing its liv...

John Pollock and Wai Ting review WWE Royal Rumble 2022 featuring Men’s & Women’s Royal Rumble matches, Brock Lesnar vs. Bobby Lashley, Seth Rollins vs. Roman Reigns, and more. Plus: Patron phone calls and POST Wrestling Forum feedback. Double Double+ patrons get live Zoom access to all of our POST Shows after every Raw, Dynamite, SmackDown and WWE/AEW PPV. Join at postwrestlingcafe.com Photo C...

This month on POST Puroresu Bonus , WH Park is joined by Joey Bay to talk about recent shows and upcoming events in Japan. They start off with a preview of several upcoming Big Japan shows which feature matches from their current Strong Climb tournament. They then give a brief update on the recent show cancellations/postponements from New Japan . A big preview of Stardom’s Nagoya Supreme Fight car...

John Pollock & Wai Ting are joined by BT Sport’s Ariel Helwani to preview tomorrow’s Royal Rumble. Plus, Gresham out of BOLA, GCW announces Spring Break, and AEW Beach Break ratings. Jonathan Gresham off PWG’s BOLA GCW announces two nights of Spring Break AEW Beach Break ratings Friday Night SmackDown tonight AEW Rampage tonight WWE Royal Rumble Preview with Ariel Helwani Check out Ariel’s ong...