The Business Of Pro Wrestling

WNYC | Apr 1, 2016

College basketball’s Final Four tips off this weekend in Houston. But for pro wrestling fans, all eyes are on Arlington, Texas. World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has already sold more than 84,000 tickets to WrestleMania 32, going on this Sunday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.

What keeps pro wrestling going? Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson discusses the business of wrestling with Alfred Konuwa, columnist for Forbes and Bleacher Report and host of the PodNasty wrestling podcast.

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