GOODBYE CENA or SNME POST SHOW (Wrestling Soup 12.13.25)

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4.4 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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Summary

We went live on YouTube immediately following Saturday Night’s Main Event, and let’s be honest—the chat saw exactly what we saw. We watched the "End of an Era," but instead of an emotional goodbye, WWE gave us a retirement party planned by a focus group. It was sterile, it was underwhelming, and it was the definition of corporate.We break down the disconnect: The audience wanted to give Cena his flowers, but the execution was lifeless. We talk about Gunther being the absolute right guy for the job, but being handcuffed by "cheeseball" booking that felt like it was written for a cartoon in 1988, not a retirement in 2025. The H Machine managed to take a historic moment and make it feel like an HR meeting.We also touched on the rest of the card—briefly—because we had to. We look at Cody Rhodes vs. Oba Femi, Bayley mixing it up with Sol Ruca, and AJ Styles & Dragon Lee in a tag match against... I’ve already forgotten their names, and judging by the crowd reaction, so did everyone else.Come for the rant on the booking, stay for the reality check on Cena’s farewell.

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1:00.0	There's no better feeling than waking up surrounded by comfort.
1:05.0	From Dunelm, the home of your kind of cozy.
1:08.0	Layer up in loveliness with our soft brushed cotton bedding and textured throws and pillows.
1:15.6	Discover hundreds of snug ways to style up your space at your local Dunelm or online with free click and collect in as little as two hours.
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1:43.8	Wrestling soup, motherfuck-
1:47.8	I don't feel like,
1:50.4	Oh, brother!
1:52.2	What a shocking ending to this week's impact.
1:56.0	Oh, yeah, what happened?
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