AJ Lee Spikes Audience, Bryan Danielson on Counterprogramming | Pollock & Thurston

POST Wrestling

After Shows, Wrestling, Sports, Tv & Film, Tv Reviews

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 84 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston break down AJ Lee’s return to WWE and SmackDown surging to the #1 show on Friday, Bryan Danielson speaking on WWE’s counterprogramming strategy, and Bubba the Love Sponge’s response to the Nick Bollea lawsuit.

Also covered on the show:

John Cena’s upcoming retirement match in Washington, D.C.
Paul Levesque addresses WWE’s contributions to Saudi Arabia
Bubba the Love screens the Hogan sex tape documentary
Zuffa Boxing promotes Canelo vs. Crawford in Las Vegas
WWE Worlds Collide event
Nielsen’s new era of monitoring viewership
UFC fighters receive payments from the antitrust settlement

📺 Subscribe for more pro wrestling & combat sports business coverage.

#UFC #WWE #AEW #TKO #MMA #ProWrestling #CombatSports

📌 Subscribe for weekly coverage of the business of professional wrestling with John Pollock & Brandon Thurston.

Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben Tramer

POST Wrestling

Subscribe: https://postwrestling.com/subscribe

Patreon: http://postwrestlingcafe.com

Forum: https://forum.postwrestling.com

Discord: https://discord.com/invite/Q795HhR

Merch: https://store.postwrestling.com

Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @POSTwrestling

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/postwrestling.com

Wrestlenomics

Subscribe: https://wrestlenomics.com/podcast/

Patreon: https://patreon.com/wrestlenomics

Substack: https://wrestlenomics.substack.com/

Twitter/Facebook/Instagram/YouTube: @Wrestlenomics

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/wrestlenomics.com

Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands

Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Ready for sunshine, flavor, and adventure? This summer, Sun Express Airlines takes you non-stop
0:05.8	from London Stansted to six unforgettable destinations across Turkey, including two exciting
0:11.8	new routes, Dalaman and Kayseri. From the turquoise coast to the heart of Anatolia, your dream
0:18.1	getaway is just a flight away. Book now from just 59.99 pounds and let turkey welcome you with sun express
0:29.7	This month at post wrestling cafe.com go excel and you get live editions of rewind a raw
0:35.7	Rewind to dynamite and rewind dynamite, and rewind a Smackdown,
0:38.4	featuring all the news of the day,
0:40.1	your questions and answers, as well as feedback.
0:42.8	Post Wrestling Cafe.com.
0:44.5	$6 gets you in the door.
0:47.4	Brandon Thurston from Ressalonomics is up next,
0:50.6	and we're going to follow Brandon with John Pollock from PostRessling.
0:54.0	Delivering on the returns, increasing our margins.
0:58.1	Radies go down the toilet if I'm not here.
1:01.0	All I do is simply put the math in my favor.
1:05.0	We agree that Brandon and John do good work.
1:08.2	The reason is simple wrestling economics.
1:12.2	I've been told the Netflix numbers.
1:15.1	I've been told the metrics a little bit,
1:17.0	probably five different times.
1:17.9	I still don't get it.
1:19.2	There were respectable wrestling journalists who needed answers.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from POST Wrestling, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of POST Wrestling and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.