WWE had their Q2 Financial Results call on Thursday with Vince and Stephanie McMahon, Nick Khan and more discussing their performance, whether AEW is competition to them and more. You can see a recap below: * After the usual introduction with the legal disclosures from Michael Weiss, the call is turned over to Vince McMahon. He cites “solid results” and high demand for live event tickets, with strong advances for shows including SummerSlam and an increase in ratings since live events returned. He notes that they have improved profitability and passed it onto XXX * Nick Khan talks about how in the last earnings call they discussed earlier this year how the NBA, NFL and the like saw increase their media rights fees despite lower overall ratings. He says that the same happened in the second quarter with companies, as well as private equities investing in sports teams. He runs through them and points out how it’s evidence that the marketplace has a lot of opportunity for growth, highlighting soccer media rights increases and investments in Premier League teams due to the demand in media rights for live sports. He notes that they renewed their deal in Australia with FoxTel and got an increase for package rights, and says they’re encouraged by their trends as they expand WWE Network content overseas.