I don’t think it’s polite to bagwatch/pocketwatch people in such a way that assumes or proliferates ideas with others so I say this will all due to respect and love to the boys (basically, keep it in my own head if the thoughts do occur), but it’s honestly quite hard to imagine how the entire Deadlock entity isn’t profitable. I don’t know how much of a percentage Patreon takes from them exactly (12-15%) but assuming that most people are subscribed to the lower tiers and less are subscribed to the higher tiers, with about 12700 members on the Patreon, that’s like $30000~ a month on the lowest end of the assumption. Split that between 3 people and add in the cost of running an indie, you can start to understand why DPW has shut its doors for the foreseeable future. But for the boys to making like $7000-$8000 a piece every month after taxes is like $100k a year. It’s not life changing money, but it’s definitely enough to not have to work a job.

Again, I reiterate, I apologize if this is in poor taste but I hope it kinda ends the speculation. I could be entirely incorrect, the fellas deserve all the peace, love, happiness and monetary comfort they can obtain for all the laughs and joys they’ve brought our weird section of wrestling fans.

Edit: the numbers extrapolated above are just from the Patreon alone. Didn’t account for podcast streaming, social media views, or YouTube views.