Can Vince McMahon Succeed Without WWE? Inside His New Company '14TH & I’ | Pollock & Thurston

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🗓️ 4 June 2025

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston cover this week’s major stories, including more information on Vince McMahon’s new company, 14TH & I.

Then, they chat about SmackDown staying in its three-hour format and how important the program is for the USA Network, the recent contract expirations, and what leverage points the talent possess.

Plus, two more antitrust lawsuits were filed against the UFC, a report on the status of the UFC’s domestic rights negotiations, Nick Khan sells a portion of his TKO stock, more Pollstar attendance data & more.

Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben Tramer

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0:00.0	This month at post wrestling cafe.com, go Excel, and you get live editions of Rewind a
0:05.8	raw, rewind a dynamite, and rewind a Smackdown, featuring all the news of the day,
0:10.5	your questions and answers, as well as feedback. Post Wrestlingcafe.com. $6 gets you in the door.
0:18.4	Brandon Thurston from Resslenomics is up next, and we're going to follow Brandon with John Pollack from post-wrestling.
0:26.6	Thank you, Lynn. Good afternoon, everyone.
0:30.0	But we can't ignore the math, okay?
0:33.0	We can't ignore the data.
0:35.4	Go on Google Trends, type in your name, then type in mine.
0:39.4	You're a straight line.
0:40.7	I'm a pyramid.
0:42.1	I like the very direct question on that.
0:44.4	Television ratings, downwards spiral.
0:47.4	Fire rates, plummeting.
0:49.4	The time is now to turn the math around.
0:57.3	It is Wednesday, June the 4th, and welcome to Pollock and Thurston.
1:01.7	I am John Pollock alongside Brandon Thurston.
1:03.7	We are here with you for the next hour,
1:05.8	where we are going to chat about three hours of Smackdown to infinity and beyond.
1:11.5	We're going to be talking about not WWE cuts, but WWE, we are giving you your notice releases.
1:18.6	There were no cuts.
1:19.6	No cuts.
1:20.6	None.
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