LOVE BOMBING TRISTAN(Wrestling Soup 2.19.26)

WRESTLING SOUP

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Sports, Comedy, Wrestling

4.3 • 753 Ratings

🗓️ 20 February 2026

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Joe and Anthony discuss wrestling news, celebrity culture, and random tangents in this wide-ranging conversation. Topics include Mercedes Mone's controversial fan subscription service, WWE's new wrestler trademarks, bad bunny's WrestleMania appearance, chain restaurant quality decline, baby naming trends, and a domestic violence case involving wrestler El ReAro and Stephanie Faher. The hosts also dive into Logan Paul's Pokemon card controversy, regional differences in fast food quality, and AEW's handling of the Brody Lee tribute merchandise.

Timestamps
0:00 - Intro banter and Mercedes Monet discussion
1:14 - Mercedes Monet $100/month text service controversy
2:54 - Wendy's closing 360 locations
4:42 - Chain restaurant quality decline (Applebee's, Chili's, Five Guys)
9:14 - Wahlburgers and Fuddruckers discussion
12:14 - Ted movie and TV series
15:50 - Boston references and Mercedes Monet's accent
20:23 - Royce Keys Royal Rumble "secret"
24:30 - Bad Bunny WrestleMania 42 appearance
29:31 - Logan Paul Pokemon card controversy
33:30 - Pokemon name discussion
38:51 - WWE new trademarks: Dorian Van Dix and Tristan Angels
40:55 - Baby naming trends discussion
52:38 - El Rero domestic violence case and Stephanie Faher
64:30 - WWE European tour and Saudi Arabia show
81:17 - Seth Rollins press tour and Shawn Michaels comparison
90:25 - AEW Brody Lee shirt controversy and wrap-up

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0:00.0	Oh my God.
0:04.1	What's going on with you, man?
0:05.1	Anything?
0:06.6	No, no.
0:07.7	My life is pretty perfect, Joe.
0:10.5	I pretty much.
0:12.7	It's just all great.
0:14.2	I wake up in the morning and, you know, it's all gravy.
0:18.2	Every day is gravy.
0:20.4	Just pissing unicorns. Oh, my goodness. Yeah. I got.
0:24.4	I know how it is. There's nothing wrong in my life whatsoever. Yeah. How could it be? You know what I mean? Well, I mean, we're making so much. We're just millionaires, too. Oh, wow. I don't even need the money. My life is so good, Joe. Don't even need it. Too much. Yeah. You know, I've heard that from people. They're like, listen, you can't, you can't buy happiness with money. Yes. And it's always from people who are really, really rich that want more money. It's very interesting. I know. It's wild. Yeah.
1:10.4	They're like, you, this won't do anything for you. So I, can I have it then? Like, no, I, this is confusing. Why do you want more then if it's not the, it's not the solution to your problems? They're like, well, you see, I'm an addict. So you need to feel bad for me. Right. of course, yes.
1:11.9	That's how you fix it, right?
1:11.9	By the way, that'm an addict, so you need to feel bad for me. Right. Of course. Yes. That's how you fix it, right?
1:16.3	By the way, that's a good subtle little segue reminder here.
1:25.9	Did you know, did you happen to know that we've just been mean to Mercedes for 10 years for no reason? Don't say we.
1:26.8	That's just you, man.
1:28.5	They're like, few.
1:29.7	I'm practicing my French.
1:31.3	Oh, we.
1:32.7	Yes.
1:33.5	Did you know yes has been mistreating Sasha Banks for, yes.
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