FRANK & BUS (Flip Soup Gus 5.4.26)

WRESTLING SOUP

Wrestling Soup Network

Sports, Comedy, Wrestling

4.3 • 753 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Anthony and Joe discuss the fallout of WrestleMania 42, beginning with the shocking departures of New Day members Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods, which were reportedly sparked by "insulting" 50% pay cut offers . They critique TKO/Endeavor's pivot away from traditional wrestling storytelling in favor of a celebrity-heavy product, questioning if the company even realizes they are making a television show . The guys riff on John Cena’s constant "Make-A-Wish" style appearances in suits and the "fifth wall" being broken by athletic streamers like IShowSpeed . The conversation expands into a broader social critique of "circular scams" and corporate greed, comparing WWE’s current business model to Walmart weight scams and the Spirit Airlines collapse . The episode wraps up with a look at the "AI-assisted" creative slump in WWE, the polarizing longevity of Danhausen, and a wild theory that Tom Brady might be training for a Lucha Libre debut under a mask .Timestamps:

0:00 – Post-WrestleMania Departures: The New Day’s Exit
8:30 – The 50% Pay Cut Insult & Shareholder Value Rants
16:15 – John Cena’s Suit-and-Tie "Figurehead" Status
22:50 – Breaking the Fifth Wall: IShowSpeed & Celeb Wrestling
28:10 – Jelly Roll & the Lack of a Cultural "Monoculture"
34:45 – Corporate Greed: Walmart Shrimp & Spirit Airlines Failures
40:10 – Firing the "Worst Samoans" & Nia Jax’s Heat
46:25 – New Day’s Tag Team Legacy vs. TKO’s Short-Term Thinking
52:00 – ChatGPT Creative: The Future of AI-Assisted Storylines
57:30 – Tom Brady Masked Lucha Theories & Baby Jill Shout-out

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0:00.0	More frank and busts after this are great.
0:12.0	Here we are.
0:14.0	Oh my God, we can't wait to get our mitts on you.
0:17.0	You know, it's like Little Yadi, I think has a has had a hit song since 2017 maybe 2018
0:23.4	so he's not a big star and like i said jelly roll is apparently fucking you know the the role is
0:31.1	already getting stale well let me let me read off the actual official drop from this so i think think it was, again, it was Sean Ross Sapp, and I see it on NoDQ and a few other places as well.
0:43.5	But after several WWE roster cuts were announced on April 24th, additional WWE talent departures were confirmed in the aftermath of Russellmania 42.
0:55.1	On Saturday, the following names were added to the WWE alumni page of Kofi Kingston,
1:01.4	Xavier Woods, J.C. Mateo, and Tongaloa.
1:06.0	It was confirmed by Body Slam.
1:07.8	Oh, I forgot about those two.
1:09.1	Sorry.
1:10.6	But yeah, yeah, I'm sorry.
1:11.7	Jeff Corn, body slam.net that all four have left the company.
1:16.9	Sap from Fightful said, New Days, Kofi Kingston and Xavier Woods have mutually decided to part ways with WWE.
1:25.4	And of BodySlam has confirmed. So, yes, once again, it was a mutual decision
1:32.7	between the New Day and WWE TKO Endeavor in order to leave the company instead of taking the,
1:40.1	gosh, how big of a pay cut do you think they were offered? Oh, my God.
1:44.3	Probably.
1:45.9	Somebody posted a thing.
1:47.8	And once again, this is just hearsay and conjecture.
1:50.8	But apparently they were like, we will restructure you for half the fucking contract.
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