ANDRADE WATCH 2025 (Wrestling Soup 10.16.25)

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4.4 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Summary

00:20 – Andrade Watch 2025
Speculation runs wild about Andrade’s absence from TV, with plenty of jokes and theories about his whereabouts and contract status.

02:17 – Show Intro & Brian Alvarez Drivel
Anthony officially introduces the show and shares updates from Brian Alvarez on Andrade’s situation.

02:47 – Andrade WWE Non-Compete Clause
The hosts dig into the details of WWE’s non-compete clauses, what they mean for Andrade, and how they affect wrestlers’ careers.

04:04 – Wrestling News as Sports Radio
A humorous comparison of wrestling news coverage to bad sports talk radio, poking fun at the rumor mill.

12:30 – Unpaid Year Off?
Anthony and Joe debate the fairness and legality of unpaid non-compete periods for released wrestlers.

20:00 – WWE’s Global Expansion
The conversation turns to WWE’s decision to host WrestleMania in Saudi Arabia, fan reactions, and the business behind global events.

29:20 – AEW’s Training Center Plans
A look at AEW’s scrapped plans for a dedicated training facility and what it means for talent development.

41:20 – Seth Rollins Injury Rumors
The hosts address rumors about Seth Rollins’ injury, storyline pivots, and the blurred lines between fiction and reality in wrestling.

58:30 – Media Store Nostalgia
A nostalgic detour into the decline of music and media stores like Best Buy and FYE, and how the industry has changed.

1:18:00 – Jericho’s Rock ‘N’ Wrestling Rager at Sea
A rundown of the 2026 cruise lineup, notable guests, and what it says about the current state of wrestling.

1:27:20 – Wrap-Up & Shoutouts
The episode closes with shoutouts to listeners, Patreon supporters, and final thoughts on the week in wrestling.

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0:00.0	I said we're going to have a light wrestling news week.
0:07.0	And it's like, oh, great.
0:08.6	Let's work perfectly now.
0:11.1	Right.
0:11.8	Well, dude, you're not wrong.
0:14.5	I mean, what has really happened?
0:17.5	I know that AW had some sort of insanely abysmal rating, which was hilarious to say.
0:23.5	They're only going to get worse with the new Nielsen ratings.
0:27.3	But with the highlight of the news week is Andrade Watch 2025.
0:54.0	I know, right? What a guy who has been around for a decade and has been barely relevant the entire time, but everyone's like, yeah, he's a good wrestler, though, right? Like, that's pretty cool. Like, that's the best thing we have about him, you know James Romero, but, like, there are people putting out APBs on fucking Andrade.
1:02.1	Like, he's a man at large.
1:04.4	Like, he just got done.
1:05.7	Right.
1:06.6	Like, he just got done murdering an entire kindergarten or something.
1:10.6	Like, people are like, where's Andrade? We didn't see him on AEW. Like he just got done murdering an entire kindergarten or something.
1:12.4	Like people like, where's Andrade?
1:15.5	We didn't see him on A.W. this week.
1:16.7	Where's Andrade?
1:19.8	I mean, I can take a couple of guesses.
1:23.6	One, he doesn't want to show up because that's already a thing that he has done.
1:27.4	This is not out of the ordinary for him to not show up for television or to, I mean,
1:29.7	he was failing a lot of drug tests. And I know. What do you mean? He wasn't trying hard
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