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WRESTLING SOUP

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Wrestling Soup. We're NOT a wrestling show. We're a show that HAPPENS to talk about wrestling. LIVE every Thursday Night 7:30pm EST {Friday 12:30am GMT or 0030 UTC for International Listeners} Chat LIVE during the show @WrestlingSoup.com. Like us on facebook.com/WrestlingSoup @WrestlingSoup

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Wrestling chart
#55
Episodes
459
Releases
Twice a week
Typical length
1 hr 17 min
On air since
2024
Latest episode
4 days ago

Episodes

459 episodes, newest first

  1. THE CORPORATION HAS YOUR BEST INTERESTS AT HEART (Wrestling Soup 10.29.26)

    Show notes

    • Bruce Prichard is apparently on the way out
    • Triple H was never a creative genius
    • People are rewriting Randy Savage’s history again
    • American fans still treat wrestlers like gods
    • H3H3 cheating drama is everywhere now
    • Crown Jewel just moved to a different building
    • Kevin Owens is refusing to go
    • Stephanie Vaquer is out, possibly pregnant
    • They’re making talent sign away all liability
    • It’s not the same as Tribute to the Troops

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    1 hr 17 min
  2. HURTING THEMSELVES FOR ABSOLUTELY NO REASON (Wrestling Soup 10.22.26)

    Show notes

    Anthony Missionary Thomas was five minutes deep into a passionate Wrestling Soup rant about the psychology of a perfectly executed heel turn, building to what was sure to be an epic crescendo, when Joe Numbas completely derailed the show."Hold on, Missionary," Joe interrupted, sounding genuinely troubled. "I just realized something important."Anthony sighed, adjusting his mic and already bracing for the detour. "What is it, Joe? We're on the air.""If a referee takes a bump in the middle of the woods, and there's no live audience around to see it... does he still stay unconscious for ten minutes?"Anthony paused, the brilliant analytical breakdown he’d prepped completely evaporating from his brain. He rubbed his temples, staring blankly at his recording software. "Joe... yes. Obviously. It's basic wrestling physics. The trees would get a near-fall.""Just checking," Joe replied seamlessly. "Anyway, back to your monologue about rest holds."Anthony just shook his head. Just another episode in the Soup.

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    1 hr 11 min
  3. A WORTHLESS TITLE? (Wrestling Soup 10.20.26)

    Show notes

    • San Diego still treats Roman like a god
    • Penta is the direction they actually need
    • Roman told Sami his title means shit
    • Bron Breakker almost spiked himself again
    • He needs to stop the high-risk spots
    • Chelsea looks better next to all the green girls
    • Bird Girl’s crackhead look is finally working
    • They have too many Latin women on the roster
    • Hendry is just bullying JD McDonagh now
    • Gable, Rey, and Dragon Lee was solid
    • Roman walked slow while his family got crowbarred
    • Crown Jewel is still on despite the executions

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    1 hr 23 min
  4. CALL ME... JOE (Wrestling Soup 10.15.26)

    Show notes

    • Roman’s interviews are making him look worse
    • Big metric mover
    • Hulk Hogan is his GOAT, complete with tassels
    • He won’t do house shows in case he gets hurt
    • Edge says 2027 is his last year
    • WWE staff don’t want to go to Saudi
    • Dave Meltzer thinks it’s not their fight
    • Max Caster got fired for one rap line
    • TNA should have checked the lyrics first
    • Money decides who gets punished and who doesn’t

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    1 hr 28 min
  5. FROM CALI TO BOSTON (Wrestling Soup 10.13.26)

    Show notes

    • Roman still vanishes when his family needs him
    • Solo’s Matrix shirt is peak 2003 energy
    • Triple H is eating shit sandwiches again
    • Crown Jewel is still on despite the missiles
    • Penta opened Raw, Jevon is in everything
    • Bron’s spear on Jevon looked decent
    • Carmelo Hayes is now repping the Bay
    • Usos vs 962 belonged on the PPV
    • Refs got character time that will go nowhere
    • Roxanne still isn’t a believable heel
    • Chad Gable and Rey Fenix was the best match
    • Oba is just recycling old Rock promos
    • Bird Girl and Bayley was dinner theater
    • Main Event is moving to Rumble now

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    1 hr 41 min
  6. LEGENDS AND FUTURE GREATS REVIEW SHOW S3 EPISODE 24 (Wrestling Stew w/ @Lufisto

    Show notes

    • Vegas matches started with tiny, sleepy crowds
    • Nikkita-Callie opener was punch-kick and flat
    • Cam-Harlem match woke the room up
    • Harlem is basically just his dad
    • Mixed tag was the best thing they did
    • Callie got the NXT call-up on camera
    • Half the cast already had contracts anyway
    • Season three format was worse than the first two
    • Releases killed the suspense and the ratings
    • ID program works for some, not most
    • They should just make a kids wrestling show

    LUFISTO
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    JEFF LIPPMAN
    YouTube: @GardenofThoughtpod
    Facebook: Jeffrey Lippman
    X: @Dos_Evil

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    1 hr 24 min
  7. MITB 2026 POST SHOW (Wrestling Soup 10.10.26)

    Show notes

    • Roman-LA Knight opener was actually pretty good
    • Crowd finally treated Roman like the heel
    • Clean finish deflated everyone, commentary still simped
    • LA Knight is just the company’s whipping boy
    • Women’s ladder match was a green car crash
    • Tiffany nearly killed herself on the first bump
    • Roxy’s sadist laugh was the only heel spark
    • Tiffany wins the briefcase, story goes nowhere
    • Oba-Bronson was solid, Bronson made Oba look huge
    • Oba is just being built for Roman or Brock
    • Liv takes the title, Stephanie and Becky cooled
    • Penta wins the men’s briefcase in Oompa Loompa gear
    • Punk got booed, Owens got ignored
    • Bron’s dog-eat gear and ambulance spot scared everyone
    • Roman’s not going to Saudi, everyone else is

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    1 hr 10 min
  8. MITB PREDICTIONS (Wrestling Soup 10.8.26)

    Show notes

    • Raw was a snoozer heading into Money in the Bank
    • Jada talks better than dull Royce Keys
    • Oakland faction dies by WrestleMania, maybe under LA Knight
    • Ethan Page is settling in as a jobber
    • Stephanie, Liv, and Becky have all cooled off
    • Heels make up, babyfaces just ratfuck each other
    • SmackDown isn’t important enough for one PPV match
    • Roxanne is the safest women’s briefcase pick
    • Punk or Owens wins, Penta already lost clean
    • Bron Breakker still asks Heyman if he’s a good boy
    • Oba beats Bronson, Roman wins and goes home
    • Crown Jewel ignores the war-zone travel warning
    • Cody started the tribalism he now complains about
    • Necro Butcher got a legends deal, then embarrassed them

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    1 hr 29 min
  9. SOLO GUS FRIDAY (Frank & Gus 10.2.26)

    Show notes

    • Schiavone held the PAC tribute show together
    • Middle age makes surprise deaths feel closer
    • Alexa Bliss simps ignored the pee story
    • WWE counterprogramming grief still won’t die
    • Drake Maye hate is mostly Patriots spite
    • Bruins ownership refuses the changes other teams made
    • Taylor’s MSG wedding was pure cornball kayfabe
    • Davey Richards ego killed a real payday
    • Low Ki talked himself out of the money
    • AEW’s whoa spots stopped working years ago
    • Alex Jones slipped the mask on Candace Owens

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    1 hr 15 min
  10. LEGENDS AND FUTURE GREATS REVIEW SHOW S3 EPISODE 21-23 (Wrestling Stew w/ @Lufisto

    Show notes

    • Half the cast was already released before airing
    • Serena and Carly had a strong, pointless match
    • Nattie coaching Chris and Shady was the real show
    • Mason played heel well, then got cut anyway
    • Nikkita Lyons locked a Las Vegas spot
    • Trill London debuted a camera and Cylon helmet
    • Tristan and Micah still the only act that works
    • Callie kicked Layla in the eye, match stayed great
    • Braxton’s paperback book still isn’t a weapon
    • Harlem booked his own match and earned Vegas
    • Harley Riggins finally dropped most of the goofy
    • Cam Hendrix goes to Vegas looking like a star
    • Mixed tag was the season’s best match so far
    • Callie Armstrong takes the last Las Vegas slot

    LUFISTO
    YouTube: @LuFistoOfficial
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    X: @LuFisto
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    JEFF LIPPMAN
    YouTube: @GardenofThoughtpod
    Facebook: Jeffrey Lippman
    X: @Dos_Evil

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    1 hr 55 min
  11. FRAGILE (Wrestling Soup 10.1.26)

    Show notes

    • AEW’s PAC tribute was sad but humanizing
    • Young Bucks were fine, just people for once
    • WWE didn’t move Worlds Collide, fans called it evil
    • Meltzer wanted the show moved, Russo said business
    • MJF skipped it to protect his heel character
    • Xavier Woods melting down was the real moment
    • No autopsy yet, wellness-policy talk is premature
    • Roman still fighting leukemia, still barely fighting
    • Alexa Bliss dropped a drunk song with her husband
    • Layla once caught Kelly Kelly’s pee in her mouth

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    1 hr 11 min
  12. SIR GUNS-A-LOT (Wrestling Soup 9.29.26)

    Show notes

    • Jada Parker dates Jey, tries running over cousins
    • 946 names sound like Cape Cod prep-school kids
    • Roman hides while his family keeps getting jumped
    • LA Knight only exists to ask where Roman is
    • Iyo versus Bird Girl was the night’s best match
    • Bayley’s fed-up promo finally feels real
    • Oba calls out a slimmer, faster Bronson Reed
    • Big Cass still needs Enzo to work
    • JD forehead jokes are turning into bullying
    • Bloodline versus 946 story remains completely incoherent

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    1 hr 20 min
  13. THE PWI 500 GANGBANG (Wrestling Soup 9.24.26)

    Show notes

    • Mustaine confirms retirement after looking twenty years older
    • Iron Maiden still packing kids at the shows
    • AEW merch looks like cheap AI slop
    • Tony begs to stay relevant after Warner-Paramount merger
    • WWE Main Event jumps from YouTube to Rumble
    • Kids-show excuse dies on an 18-plus platform
    • PWI crowns MJF number one wrestler on Earth
    • Hangman and Trick sit way too high
    • Gunther retired legends then vanished again
    • TKO will squeeze Mexico the second it pays

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    1 hr 21 min
  14. RAW IS NETFLIX (Wrestling Soup 9.23.26)

    Show notes

    • Penta opens wanting another clean Roman loss
    • Mexico City Raw pulled 3.1 million views
    • Judgment Day eats half the damn show
    • 946 Oakland group name and story still suck
    • Solo Sikoa gets abducted exactly as expected
    • Roxanne Perez can no longer call herself Prodigy
    • LA Knight guarantees he beats Roman next
    • Javon beats Breakker by DQ, Oba cleans house
    • Bayley-Lyra match dies with a terrible finish
    • Lola Vice debut promo was painfully rough
    • Penta wins the Money in the Bank qualifier

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    1 hr 20 min
  15. THE HARDEST JOB IN THE WORLD (Wrestling Soup 9.17.26)

    Show notes

    • Netflix scrubs Mexico City “blonde bitch” chants
    • Censorship now hits harmless camera angles too
    • TKO sanitizes everything for Saudi money
    • 64-year-old loses $427k to fake Rhea Ripley
    • Simone Johnson calls sitting in meetings hardest job
    • Cody Rhodes reduced to vodka commercials
    • Grande Americano steals hearts in Mexican hospitals
    • Meltzer says Rock skips Saudi WrestleMania
    • Crown Jewel still happening in a war zone
    • Private equity just wants celebrity deathmatch WWE

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    1 hr 10 min
  16. PENTASTIC (Wrestling Soup 9.15.26)

    Show notes

    • Mexico City Raw crowd actually woke up
    • Women’s triple threat felt sloppy and soft
    • Booker says booking is now a committee
    • Roman beats Penta clean and kills the building
    • Penta still looked like a main-eventer
    • LA Knight pops up after cameras already off
    • Gable-Dragon Lee told the best story
    • Tired of Bayley’s latest tough-guy run
    • Big Cass vanishes after one short push
    • Javon Evans wins the Money in the Bank qualifier

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    1 hr
  17. LEGENDS AND FUTURE GREATS REVIEW SHOW S3 EPISODE 18+ (Wrestling Stew w/ @Lufisto

    Show notes

    • Ace Steel spotted coaching at Performance Center
    • Tate drops cowboy gimmick for daredevil look
    • Romeo and Tate lockup stays weak
    • Layla Diggs surprise heel turn works perfectly
    • Mason Holiday sells shock and desperation well
    • Booker wants London as Black Jeff Hardy
    • Lewis-London match sloppy and low-intensity
    • Lyons-Armstrong women’s match is season highlight
    • Cam Hendrix improves as vicious cheap heel
    • Micah-Tristan chemistry steals every scene
    • Harlem Lewis finally looks mature and comfortable
    • New prize is WWE World Las Vegas spots

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    YouTube: @GardenofThoughtpod
    Facebook: Jeffrey Lippman
    X: @Dos_Evil

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    1 hr 43 min
  18. IS KEITH LEE BROKEN? (Frank & Gus 9.11.26)

    Show notes

    • Mandy Rose still locked out of every promotion
    • OnlyFans payday no longer what it was
    • Keith Lee promoting out-of-body cult teacher
    • Friends fear he isolated after COVID hit
    • Cult checklist matches his sudden disappearance
    • Midlife crash plus lost career and relationship
    • Bayley contract rumors just more Meltzer noise
    • AEW fans attack anyone who rarely watches
    • Next All In drops from Wembley to Detroit
    • Braun Strowman stays home eating paninis instead

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    1 hr 11 min
  19. SOCIALIZING RISK (Wrestling Soup 9.10.26)

    Show notes

    • Discord audio keeps glitching during the show
    • Wrestling podcasts now feel like character extensions
    • MVP’s show still comes off as heavy shtick
    • Late podcasts often look like money grabs
    • AI merch shirts look cheap and lazy
    • Shapiro ties talent pay to media deals
    • TKO socializes risk while expanding margins
    • Graves says talent must talk to commentators
    • Midcard guys rarely approach the announce team
    • Oba x Reed’s foot may just be selling

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    1 hr 15 min
  20. MONDAY NIGHTS MAIN EVENT (Wrestling Soup 9.7.26)

    Show notes

    • Theory and Maxine remain painfully personality-free
    • Bron Breakker actually looks happy Reed is back
    • Logan Paul still the only reliable heat
    • Otis wins by DQ then Oba gets buried
    • Paul Heyman treated like the prize everyone wants
    • Miz roast of Alabama falls mostly flat
    • Breakker wins Money in the Bank qualifier
    • New heel group booking feels cheap and empty
    • Car-on-fire spot looks awkward and dumb
    • Bayley returns and beats down Lyra Valkyria

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    1 hr 25 min