This week on Strictly Business, Eric and Jon are joined by Darren Rovell of the Action Network to talk all about the possibility of GAMBLING on Pro Wrestling. Special thanks to this week's sponsors! Manscaped Right Tools- Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code WRESTLEBIZ at Manscaped.com. Empiraa- Sign up now and receive free onboarding, your first 14 days for free, and 24/7 support. Get ahead of the game and save 20% on your subscription by using the code 'wrestlebiz' at checkout. Launch your business plan faster and with less effort than ever before. Visit www.empiraa.com/eric today and start your journey to success! FOLLOW ALL OF OUR SOCIAL MEDIA at https://83weekslinks.com/ Stop throwing your money on rent! Get into a house with NO MONEY DOWN and roughly the same monthly payment at SaveWithConrad.com Get early, ad-free access to more than a dozen of your favorite wrestling podcasts, starting at just $9 over on AdFreeShows.com. That's less than 15 cents an episode each month! You can also listen to them directly through Apple Podcasts or your other regular podcast apps! AdFreeShows.com also has thousands of hours worth of bonus content including popular series like Title Chase, Eric Fires Back, Conversations with Conrad, Mike Chioda's Mailbag and many more! Plus, live, interactive virtual chats with your favorite podcasts hosts and wrestling legends. All that and much more! Sign up today at AdFreeShows.com! If your business targets 25-54 year old men, there's no better place to advertise than right here with us on Strictly Business. You've heard us do ads for some of the same companies for years...why? Because it works! And with our super targeted audience, there's very little waste. Go to AdvertiseWithEric.com now and find out more about advertising with Strictly Business. Get all of your Strictly Business merchandise at https://boxofgimmicks.com/collections/83-weeks 0:05 START 0:30 INTRODUCING Darren Rovell 6:00 Regulations in US Gambling around non sport outcomes 8:18 WHO knows what's happening in WWE 9:15 HOW does Darren know Nick Khan 9:55 HOW MANY people watching NFL are gambling? 13:25 The SPEED at which mainstream sports adapted to sports betting 15:27 Is this a REAL possibility? 17:59 WHY CO and MI 18:53 WWE's Draftkings deal 21:12 IS there an appeal from sports bettors? 22:00 Do sports bettors want to bet on the WWE? 25:00 LIVE Betting 25:56 ONE match every night that isn't scripted? 26:40 HOW could this even happen? 30:35 SHOCKED any state took bets on the Oscars 31:39 WOULD this hurt the artform of pro wrestling? 33:35 HOW could this effect the talent? 35:38 Was Darren Rovell a suspect in VKM's murder? 39:01 Memorabilia 41:04 Liquor laws in the US 44:37 This world feels FOREIGN 46:00 BREAK EMPIREAA 49:42 AEW PPV 50:11 SHOULD AEW have a 4th hour? 53:00 Does WBD see value in AEW having more content? 57:00 BREAK MANSCAPED 1:00:25 We are FOR SALE 1:00:50 WWE meeting with potential buyers 1:03:46 AFS 1:06:24 AEW's production crew 1:09:54 Do you want WWE to have gambling? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices