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🗓️ 20 December 2023

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Recent news surrounding WWE's potential move to Warner Brothers Discovery's TNT or TBS channels, motivated by CM Punk's successful return to the WWE. We also discuss WWE's expectations for a huge increase in media rights. Other key talking points include assessing the performances of various professional wrestlers like Drew McIntyre, Seth Rollins, and Nakamura during recent matches, sharing opinions about the current state of wrestling, and considering the implications of introducing real-life dramas into wrestling storyline. Lighthearted banter about a rumored romantic relationship between wrestler Kota Ibushi and musician Lizzo is mixed in
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00:00 WWE Negotiations with Warner Brothers Discovery
01:27 Potential Impact of WWE's Move to TNT or TBS
02:34 The Role of Competition in the Wrestling Industry
04:24 The Influence of CM Punk on WWE and AEW
07:21 The Future of WWE and AEW on Warner Brothers Discovery Networks
09:50 The Impact of CM Punk's Return to WWE
14:40 The Role of Seth Rollins in WWE
18:25 The Impact of CM Punk and Seth Rollins' Rivalry on WWE
21:23 The Future of Drew McIntyre in WWE
40:08 Confusion in the Wrestling World
40:36 The Impact of Crowd Reactions
40:58 The Intricacies of Wrestling Storylines
41:38 The Evolution of Drew's Character
42:00 Imagining Drew's Comedy Special
43:05 The Rise of Nakamura
43:57 The Potential of WWE's Roster
44:10 The Excitement of the Royal Rumble
45:49 The Surprises of the Royal Rumble
47:46 The Impact of Final Resolution
50:07 The Future of NXT
51:17 The Controversy of Ridge Holland
01:02:10 The Potential Danger for AEW
01:03:43 The Unexpected Romance of Kota Ibushi and Lizzo
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0:00.0	Wrestling soup is intended for a...
0:03.0	We like to use naughty words.
0:07.0	So, another big news going over to the W. What could be the major news over the next few weeks or months.
0:25.3	PW Insider is reporting that WWE is in negotiations with Warner Brothers Discovery for the possibility of moving Monday Night Raw to either TNT or TBS come fall 2024.
0:38.0	The PW Insider story says that TKO President-Chief OO, Mark Shapiro, WWE President Nick Con, and CEO Paul
0:45.7	Leveck were in New York City, Paul Leveck, just Triple H, whatever.
0:49.8	New York City at the Warner Brothers' headquarters, Warner Brothers Discovery headquarters,
0:53.9	meeting with
0:54.4	their strategy officer, Bruce Campbell, to discuss a potential deal. The meeting was held on
1:00.3	Monday and lasted several hours. The door between the two parties was relatively shut up until
1:06.6	a few weeks ago, and WWB moved on from Warner Brothers discussions, but everything changed
1:12.4	when CM Punk returned to the company.
1:16.1	The Dave Zlaslov, CEO of Warner Brothers Discovery, is said to be very high on CM Punk.
1:22.9	And Punk said in an AEW in ring promo months ago when collision launched that Slazav calls him
1:29.1	one bill fill.
1:31.1	WWE is still shopping around for Monday Night Raw and are hoping to get a major media
1:35.1	rights increase in the vicinity of 400 million per year.
1:39.2	So an increase, not what they're getting now, an increase of 400 million a year so smackdown's already
1:47.0	been moved to the USA network in October and nxc is moving to the network television on the cw so that's
1:53.4	where we're at if warner brothers discovery picks up Monday night raw it is believed that there might be an exclusivity contract put in place,
2:03.6	but nobody knows. That's just hearsay right now. But if that were to come to terms,
2:09.8	then Warner Brothers would, by rights, have to get rid of them off of whatever network that
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