BACKLASH POST SHOW (Wrestling Soup 5.10.25)

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4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 11 May 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this post-WrestleMania Backlash show, Anthony Thomas, and Joe Numbers dive into the highlights, standout matches, and key moments from the first WWE event following WrestleMania. The duo dissect the John Cena vs. Randy Orton match, praising its old-school feel and effective storytelling. They also touch upon other matches like Becky vs. Bird Girl and Pat McAfee vs. Gunther, discussing the crowd reactions and overall effectiveness of each bout. Despite some criticism, the main event is deemed a success, making for an enjoyable show overall.
00:00 Introduction and Overview
00:22 John Cena vs. Randy Orton Match Analysis
04:12 Randy Orton's Performance and Career Reflection
07:31 Fan Reactions and Match Highlights
11:33 Becky Lynch vs. Bird Girl Match Review
15:31 WWE Booking and Character Critique
23:42 The Struggles of Lyra
26:44 Dominic Mysterio's Rising Popularity
28:16 WWE's Booking Issues
30:49 Pat McAfee vs. Gunther
35:57 Randy Orton vs. John Cena: Main Event Analysis
50:16 Final Thoughts and Farewell

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0:00.0	Wrestling soup for a mature audience.
0:05.6	I don't available.
0:10.8	Wrestling soup, Anthony Thomas, Joe Numbers.
0:16.3	This is the post-backlash, WrestleMania Backlash show.
0:22.8	First show since WrestleMania.
0:24.6	Yeah, boy, that was fast, huh?
0:27.2	Oh, boy, they work it up quick.
0:30.1	We had a bunch of matches
0:31.4	took place.
0:34.9	I don't know, I mean, look, first off, the John Sina and Randy Orton match, I got to kind of start it off was perfect.
0:45.9	It was perfect.
0:47.3	Yeah.
0:47.9	I don't know how you feel about it because we kind of weren't talking during the show.
0:52.1	I was live on Tuny Talk wrestling with Kevin Apollo and Marf.
0:56.9	And we were talking about it.
0:58.5	It was just, it was fun to watch all the old school tropes from the punches in the corner to the fuck this match and leaving the ring to just, it had a very simple feel and it worked it worked
1:14.6	in every vein yeah yeah there was nothing wrong with what was going on here dude i have like
1:22.1	i said no notes on this match whatsoever like anybody that you know that could watch that
1:28.9	and still be on their shit about Will Osprey or Okada
1:35.0	or any of these guys and be like, oh yeah, no, no,
1:38.3	like they're both so much better than Randy Orton.
1:40.6	Be like, do you really think that they could take the skeleton of John Cena and do that?
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