Tony Khan’s Bid For WWE in 2023 | Pollock & Thurston
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4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 March 2026
⏱️ 71 minutes
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Summary
John Pollock and Brandon Thurston chat about the revelation that Tony Khan placed a bid for the WWE during its sale process in 2023.
They discuss the disclosure in unredacted filings that gives us additional insight into the bids for WWE three years ago, Tony Khan’s role, and more.
Plus: WWE’s plans for a return to Saudi Arabia later this year are in jeopardy, WWE strikes a content partnership with Front Office Sports, and WrestleMania 42 tickets experience some movement after this past week’s sale.
Topics this week include:
- Tony Khan bid on WWE during its 2023 sale process
- The status of WWE going to Saudi Arabia later this year
- WWE strikes a partnership with Front Office Sports
- WrestleMania 42 ticket sales following the 3:16 sale
- WWE lifts blackout policy for watch parties
- All In tickets go on sale this week at Wembley Stadium
- TV & streaming viewership figures
Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben Tramer
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| 0:00.0 | Brandon Thurston from Ressalonomics is up next, and we're going to follow Brandon with John Pollack from post-rethling. |
| 0:07.1 | Delivering on the returns, increasing our margins. |
| 0:11.2 | Radies go down the toilet if I'm not here. |
| 0:14.1 | All I do is simply put the math in my favor. |
| 0:18.1 | We agree that Brandon and John do good work. |
| 0:21.3 | The reason |
| 0:22.1 | is simple wrestling |
| 0:23.7 | economics. |
| 0:25.3 | I've been told |
| 0:26.4 | the Netflix |
| 0:27.1 | numbers. |
| 0:28.1 | I've been told |
| 0:28.7 | the metrics a |
| 0:29.6 | little bit, |
| 0:30.0 | probably five |
| 0:30.5 | different times. |
| 0:31.0 | I still don't |
| 0:31.4 | get it. |
| 0:32.3 | There were |
| 0:32.7 | respectable wrestling |
| 0:34.4 | journalists who |
| 0:35.1 | needed answers. |
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