Donald Trump and the UFC | POST x Wrestlenomics | Pollock & Thurston
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4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 23 October 2024
⏱️ 80 minutes
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Summary
John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss the long ties between the UFC and Donald Trump
Journalist Karim Zidan of Sports Politika returns to chat about his new audio series In the Red Corner detailing Trump’s history with the promotion and how it has served the Republican strategy to cater to its audience.
Plus: Judge Richard Boulware grants preliminary approval, Rolling Stone speaks with six ex-WWE writers, Piers Morgan presents a trainwreck involving Vince Russo and Phil Mushnick, NXT books the 2300 Arena in Philadelphia with an immediate sellout, and all the latest TV ratings.
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Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” Ben Tramer”
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| 0:00.0 | Brandon Thurston from Ressonomics is up next and we're going to follow Brandon with |
| 0:05.2 | John Pollack from post- Wrestling. |
| 0:08.0 | Thank you and good afternoon everyone. |
| 0:12.0 | But we can't ignore the math, okay? We can't ignore the data. |
| 0:17.0 | Go on Google Trend, type in your name, then type in mine. You're a straight line. I'm a pyramid. |
| 0:24.0 | I like the very direct question on that. |
| 0:26.0 | Television ratings, downward spiral, fire rate, plummeting. |
| 0:31.0 | The time is now to turn the math around. |
| 0:34.0 | The time is now to turn the math around. Welcome to Pollack and Thurston. It's John Pollack and Brandon Thurston here with a packed edition of the show over the next hour |
| 0:48.0 | where we are going to be talking about safe topics like Donald Trump, Saudi Arabia, fighters receiving a nine figure settlement |
| 1:01.1 | after the early preliminary approval by one judge, Richard Bulware. |
| 1:06.0 | Judge Bulware is finally satisfied with this payout. |
| 1:10.0 | He finally said, you know what, you can have your 375 million dollars. I'm done I'm done with you |
| 1:15.4 | MMA fans hounding me so here it is here it is take your 375 million dollars |
| 1:21.2 | But yes returning to the show today will be Kareem-Zadan of Sports |
| 1:25.2 | Politica. We're going to be talking with him about a new podcast series he has dropped, where |
| 1:29.6 | he is looking and exploring the history between the UFC and Donald Trump, which has been |
| 1:36.0 | entwined over these last eight years. |
| 1:40.0 | Are you aware that in 13 days your country will be holding an election, Brandon? |
| 1:43.4 | Have you been following this? |
| 1:45.1 | I've heard that. |
| 1:46.0 | I've seen that on social media. |
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