JNPO: AEW Q1 business review with Brandon Thurston

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.

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