AEW’s Public Funding & Attendance in Texas | SmackDown Viewership Plummets | Pollock & Thurston

Update: 2025-10-08

Description

John Pollock and Brandon Thurston discuss the public funding and attendance figures from AEW All In Texas and react to SmackDown’s all-time low viewership.

Thurston discusses his reporting on AEW All In Texas and the records he has received from the Government concerning the July 11 event at Globe Life Field.

SmackDown falls to an all-time viewership figure under the new Big Data + Panel model, and we explain why this is concerning.

Topics this week include:

Government records reveal AEW All In Texas attendance and public funding
WWE SmackDown hits an all-time low under new ratings model
Ari Emanuel and Stephanie McMahon to be deposed in shareholder suit
Hulk Hogan’s estate files petition, potential lawsuit coming up
WWE and AEW market-to-market comparisons in September
Raw viewership data from Netflix
TKO to report Q3 earnings on November 5

Music courtesy: “Panic Beat” by Ben Tramer

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