ESPN has moved to intervene in the class action lawsuit against WWE over access to PLEs. ESPN wants to compel arbitration. Plaintiffs did not name ESPN as a defendant, apparently to get around the arbitration clause in the subscriber agreement. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: Tony Khan bid on WWE in 2023. There were 4 bidders: winner Endeavor, plus KKR and Liberty Media... Those were apparent for some time. Newly unredacted court records show the 4th was AEW owner Tony Khan's lesser-known entity, Base 10. 1400+ words: www.postwrestling.com/2026/03/19/t...

NEW: Night of Champions has been slated internally at WWE for late June in Riyadh. The war involving Iran throughout the Middle East has included strikes in Riyadh, raising questions about if the event will happen as scheduled. WWE & GEA did not comment. www.postwrestling.com/2026/03/17/n...

WWE press release announces new partnership with sports business news media outlet Front Office Sports to "collaborate on the creative development and execution of storytelling projects surrounding marquee Premium Live Events".

“Biannual earnings call” just doesn’t have the same ring to it. WSJ: SEC Prepares Proposal to Eliminate Quarterly Reporting Requirement www.wsj.com/finance/regu...

Happy 3/16: Freedom of Information Day Pro wrestling isn't an obvious place to find consequential government business, but that is increasingly the case.

Judge Sarah F. Russell finds Dr. Carlon Colker is not a public figure. His defamation case against Janel Grant's attorney Ann Callis will continue. Contentions that he is a public figure underpinned much of Callis's motion to dismiss which Russell denied. www.postwrestling.com/2026/03/13/d...

"Letter grades rating a pro wrestling show may seem inconsequential. Whether a content provider, though, like WWE, can influence the editorial practices of a major broadcast partner, like ESPN, is a more significant issue." Story by Pollock & Thurston: www.postwrestling.com/2026/03/10/e...

ESPN made the decision to drop letter grades from WWE reviews after WWE expressed discomfort, multiple sources told POST Wrestling. With @iamjohnpollock.bsky.social: www.postwrestling.com/2026/03/10/e...

Traveled around the world this afternoon and verified the different availability and price points for MyAEW. AEWPlus on TrillerTV appears to still be available though MyAEW is offering much of the same content. postwrestling.com/2026/03/09/a...

Judge orders parties in WWE shareholder lawsuit to remove redactions after challenged by reporter www.postwrestling.com/2026/03/05/j...

Dr. Carlon Colker loses appeal of order to produce documents showing Vince McMahon paid Janel Grant’s medical bills

Update on WWE merger shareholder lawsuit: Plaintiffs ask court for adverse inferences over unrecoverable evidence. They say, despite legal hold notices from WWE's legal team, Nick Khan "spearheaded" Signal use and Vince McMahon destroyed handwritten notes. www.postwrestling.com/2026/03/04/w...

Angle-heavy show to set up a bunch of directions for WrestleMania Should have a better indication of the WWE title match after Friday CM Punk stated it was the "second highest arena gate in company history", putting this show between $4.9 and $6.6 million

WWE and AEW viewership made a comeback after Nielsen reportedly adjusted its Big Data + Panel methodology for cable programs. Wrestling ratings previously saw sharp declines under the new system. An in-depth look at how the change has affected viewership: wrestlenomics.com/articles/202...

The loan from Endeavor's 2016 UFC purchase grew again in 2025, from $2.75B to $3.72B. The loan was refinanced for a 6th time in September. TKO is carrying more of this debt while planning over $1B in stock buybacks and paying $75M quarterly in dividends.

WWE in 2025 drove more than twice as much revenue as the inflation-adjusted best year Attitude Era (FY2001). More than 4x the inflation-adjusted best year of Hogan era, 1990. wrestlenomics.com/wwe-annual-r...

I joined David Otunga recently to discuss various aspects of AEW, including its ownership, the Khan family's business background, AEW's current media deal with WBD, and the potential WBD M&A. Something of a crash course in what's publicly known about AEW business: www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUqB...

Janel Grant speaks publicly for the first time, “By a series of miracles that I can’t account for, I’m alive today www.postwrestling.com/2026/02/20/j...

NEW: John Cena’s retirement show drew the biggest live gate for an arena event in WWE history, and probably all of pro wrestling history, even when taking inflation into account. That and more on live event business of his retirement tour. 1500+ words: www.postwrestling.com/2026/02/19/j...

NEW: Last year’s WrestleMania shattered all records for ticket sales revenue in pro wrestling history. The two events combined for $66M in ticket sales, according to Pollstar data not previously reported in media. Read 800+ words: www.postwrestling.com/2026/02/16/w...

CNN confirms in a passing disclosure that WBD owns a minority stake in AEW, in this article on politics in AEW and WWE. www.cnn.com/2026/02/14/b...

Pollock & Thurston: Live at 8:30 pm ET tonight youtube.com/live/zEFurEB...

An AEW official with direct knowledge of the subject affirmed WBD’s denial and indicated Meltzer's report is incorrect and that WBD’s statement is true. Read: postwrestling.com/2026/02/12/w...

WBD statement to POST: “Warner Bros. Discovery did not have any involvement in Brody King’s upcoming AEW schedule. Any speculation to the contrary is categorically false. Brody is scheduled to appear during the next AEW event, which will air this Saturday on TNT and HBO Max.”

Reminder:

Plaintiffs in the ring boy lawsuit filed their reply to the earlier filings from Vince McMahon and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, which argued the court shouldn't allow the plaintiffs to continue to use pseudonyms.

The economics of WrestleMania 42 compared to 2025 in Las Vegas www.postwrestling.com/2026/02/09/t...

The Bills would’ve at least lost this Super Bowl in dramatic fashion.

Also new: The judge denied Janel Grant’s request for discovery in her lawsuit against Vince McMahon & WWE, but is allowing her to renew the motion later. The decision moves the case forward after 7 months of inactivity while awaiting this ruling. www.postwrestling.com/2026/02/06/j...

NEW: We obtained the complaint TNA parent Anthem filed in TN against Gail Kim. The suit, submitted in January, seeks judgment to bar potential claims Kim might bring under FL's Whistleblower Act and civil rights laws that prohibit employment discrimination. www.postwrestling.com/2026/02/06/t...

Pollock & Thurston will move permanently to Thursday nights at 8:30 pm ET starting next week, Feb 12. The audio-only podcast version will be available for listeners early the following morning.

Includes background on the kafala system, Saudi Arabia’s 2025 labor reforms, why human rights groups say those reforms don’t go far enough, and an earlier report of the death of a worker on a World Cup stadium build in the country last year. 1600+ words: www.postwrestling.com/2026/01/30/r...

NEW: Royal Rumble stadium built in weeks raises questions from human rights groups about working conditions, WWE and Saudi officials unresponsive. Quotes from: Amnesty International, ALQST, Business & Human Rights Centre, and FairSquare. www.postwrestling.com/2026/01/30/r...

John Pollock & Brandon Thurston discuss the process of having a stadium built in Saudi Arabia and questions regarding the labor utilized for WWE’s return to Riyadh Plus: Vince & Linda McMahon's opposition in the ring boy suit, Triller's finances & more www.postwrestling.com/2026/01/28/h...

NEW: McMahons say “John Doe” anonymity will unfairly hinder their ability to find witnesses to clear them in ring boy lawsuit. WWE takes no position on pseudonyms. www.postwrestling.com/2026/01/27/v...

Expanded view to Top 500. The other image is Top 75. This still only represents 56% of all watch time on Netflix (shows+movies) during the 6-month period.

The most-watched shows (movies not included) on Netflix from Jul to Dec 2025. Show/series groups & chart by me. Data from Netflix. I chose to stack WWE content to put it in context. Only top 75 are shown which is 37% of all Netflix show watch time and 28% of all show+movie watch time.

Netflix releases viewing data for WWE PLEs, Smackdown, NXT for July to December 2025 https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2026/netflix-releases-viewing-data-for-wwe-ples-smackdown-nxt-for-july-to-december-2025/

PWTorch reports 173k total viewers (P2+), P18-49 rating 0.04 for the debut of TNA Impact on AMC www.pwtorch.com/site/2026/01/20/tna-impact-viewership-data-is-in-for-premier-on-amc/

CORRECTION: Programming Insider doesn't show a total viewership (P2+) number. The P2+ number reported earlier is likely incorrect. Programming Insider only appears to has various demographic data available only at this time, not total viewers. programminginsider.com/thursday-sco...

NEW: Plaintiffs in ring boy lawsuit say Vince & U.S. Ed Sec. Linda McMahon oppose their continued use of "John Doe" pseudonyms, WWE takes no position. McMahons & WWE deny negligence related to abuse allegations against former ring announcer Mel Phillips. www.postwrestling.com/2026/01/19/p...

I get this point but at the same time, this goes against decades of pro wrestling tradition of dismissing all the haters until they simply go away and don’t comeback. Also, considering the merits of ideas rather than their source is actually dangerous. It could upset wrestling’s power structure.

Class action lawsuit filed against WWE, seeking refunds for customers who paid for ESPN Unlimited while already getting ESPN channels through a TV provider. www.postwrestling.com/2026/01/09/n...

WWE Holiday Tour attendance down while some events reportedly set record gates

Dr. Carlon Colker appeals court order to produce documents showing Vince McMahon paid Janel Grant’s medical bills www.postwrestling.com/2026/01/02/d...

Triller discloses delisting from Nasdaq exchange, says it will appeal www.postwrestling.com/2025/12/31/t...

I'll be on with John & Wai tonight ahead of their @postwrestling.com Raw review to discuss the shareholder lawsuit story.

On the day Vince McMahon resigned in 2022, Endeavor/now-TKO President Mark Shapiro privately anticipated he'd be back and possibly sell WWE. Liberty's Greg Maffei later called the merger “pre-wired.” In-depth update on the WWE shareholder lawsuit: www.postwrestling.com/2025/12/29/i...

Exclusive: WWE Backlash returns to Puerto Rico in 2026 www.postwrestling.com/2025/12/26/e...