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Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Podcaster Conrad Thompson on promoting Ric Flair’s last match and Vince McMahon retiring from WWE

Sports Media with Richard Deitsch

Audacy

News, Business News, Sports, Sports News

4.3721 Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2022

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Episode 226 features Conrad Thompson, the preeminent wrestling podcast host in the United States and the promoter of  “Ric Flair's Last Match" which features 11 matches from promotions across the globe that will air July 31on PPV and FITE.TV from The Fairgrounds in Nashville, TN. In this podcast, Thompson discusses how he came to put together the promotion for the 73-year-old Flair, his father-in-law; creating the wrestling convention Starrcast V which will emanate from Nashville from July 29 to 31; how pro wrestling talent gets booked for events; what Flair’s doctors have said about a 73-year-old being part of a wrestling show; blurring the lines on his podcast network to promote this event; how he views McMahon stepping down from his job as the company’s board investigates allegations of misconduct against him; WWE revising financial statements to reflect hush-money payments; his relationship with AEW head Tony Khan; his relationship with the people who have worked for McMahon including Bruce Prichard, his podcast partner, and his sister in law, Ashley, who wrestlers as Charlotte Flair; whether we think WWE will sell and more. You can subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, Stitcher, and more. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

And a lot of people said, oh, WW would never sell as long as Vince is here.

0:04.3

As long as Vince is alive, that's the way it was usually phrased.

0:07.3

Not as long as he was here, but as long as he was alive.

0:10.1

Well, now we know it's not a matter of life or death.

0:12.6

Vince just isn't here now.

0:14.3

He's gone.

0:15.5

That does make it very, I don't know, possible in my mind as a wrestling fan to think, okay, well, maybe they will sell.

0:24.1

And I think it'll happen sooner rather than later.

0:34.1

Hey, everybody. This is Richard Deich, and welcome to the sports media podcast. My producer is Patrick Antonetti. One guest this week, it's a returning guest. He's always excellent. And even if you're not a professional wrestling fan, what Conrad Thompson does and the business that he has built extends far beyond it. So if you're interested in podcast,

0:55.1

and this is somebody that you can learn a lot from,

0:58.8

Conrad Thompson is the permanent wrestling podcast host in the United States,

1:03.5

and at the moment, the promoter of Rick Flair's last match,

1:07.4

which features 11 matches from promotions across the globe.

1:10.6

It will air July 31st on pay-per-view and fight TV from the fairgrounds in Nashville, Tennessee.

1:16.5

Conrad Thompson is the son-in-law of Rick Flair.

1:19.9

He married Megan Flair, who is one of Rick Flair's daughters, Charlotte Flair.

1:26.1

Her stage name in real life, Ashley Flair, is another one of Rick Fleeer's

1:32.1

daughters, and that would probably be the one that you'd know, obviously, if you're a professional

1:36.0

wrestler, Charlotte Flair, one of the more famous people in that organization. So it's an

1:43.1

interesting conversation we have, and we certainly get to Vince McMahon

1:46.5

retiring from the WWE. We discuss how the promotion for Rick Flair's match came together. This is

1:57.0

very new for Conrad. He's not a wrestling promoter, but that is what he has become for this match.

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