TKO Profits From Fewer WWE House Shows | Pollock & Thurston

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🗓️ 14 May 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss the latest developments in the wrestling industry, including TKO COO Mark Shapiro’s appearance at the JP Morgan conference following the company’s Q1 earnings report, highlighting cost-cutting and WWE’s live events strategy.

Plus, the influence of Sabu, WWE confirms Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia on June 28, AEW moves 12,000 tickets for Forbidden Door in London, comments from CW’s president on NXT, a six-show residency for AEW in Chicago, and possibly implications for Grant v. WWE as a result of an appeals court ruling.

TKO COO Mark Shapiro at JP Morgan media conference: https://www.patreon.com/posts/audio-tko-coo-at-128856610
Judge denies doctor’s motion to dismiss Janel Grant’s petition: https://www.postwrestling.com/2025/05/12/judge-denies-motion-to-dismiss-in-janel-grants-petition-to-obtain-evidence-from-doctor/
Will Grant v. WWE go to arbitration? https://wrestlenomics.com/articles/2025/will-grant-v-wwe-stay-in-open-court-or-go-to-arbitration/
CW president comments on NXT: https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/cw-nxt-game-changer-1236390902/
AEW adds six-show residency in Chicago for July: https://www.postwrestling.com/2025/05/13/aew-announces-six-show-residency-in-chicago/
TKO Boxing event to run head-to-head with UFC 320, per The Ring Magazine: https://mmajunkie.usatoday.com/story/sports/ufc/2025/05/13/ufc-320-tko-boxing-canelo-crawford-dana-white-conflict-mma-turki-alalshikh/83608450007/

Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben Tramer

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