WrestleMania 41 draws $66 million gate in Las Vegas | Pollock & Thurston
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4.6 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 20 February 2026
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
John Pollock and Brandon Thurston look at the all-time gate record set at WrestleMania 41, drawing over $66 million over two nights, and the figures from John Cena’s retirement tour.
Topics this week include:
- WrestleMania 41 gate exceeds $66 million
- Comparison of WrestleMania ticket prices over the years
- Pollstar figures for John Cena’s retirement tour
- Ronda Rousey to fight Gina Carano on Netflix
- WWE’s European tour includes the first PLE in Italy
- CNN article discloses WBD’s minority interest in AEW
- AEW Double or Nothing at Louis Armstrong Stadium
- Hearing in the Janel Grant case scheduled for June
- WBD reopens talks with Paramount
- TV & streaming figures for Raw, Impact, SmackDown, Grand Slam Australia
Additional reading:
- John Cena’s retirement show sets arena record
- WrestleMania 41 broke all existing pro wrestling gate records
- Netflix announces Ronda Rousey vs. Gina Carano
- WWE Clash in Italy among European tour shows
- Warner Bros. Discovery reopens talks with Paramount
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-restle. |
| 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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