In April, during the week leading up to WrestleMania, ESPN’s three flagship studio programs — Get Up, First Take, and The Pat McAfee Show — spent more time discussing WWE than MLB and the NHL combined. In total, the shows dedicated 14 segments to WWE that week, while dedicating only 7 to MLB and 5 to the NHL. WWE was also the third-most-discussed “sport” in ESPN’s daily programming that week, behind just the NBA (44 segments) and NFL (25 segments).
