OLD WORLD PROBLEMS WITH OLD WORLD SOLUTIONS (Wrestling Soup 5.21.25)

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4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Joe and Mish dive into various wrestling-related topics. They start by discussing the WWE past with Samantha Irvin's WWE tryout story. The duo then talks about Dominic Mysterio's growing popularity and his upcoming appearance on Stephanie McMahon's podcast. They explore potential WWE talent exchanges with TNA and the role of Evolve as part of WWE's training program. There's also a light-hearted discussion about recent WWE and AEW talent and a humorous rant about misadventures with a Roomba. Lastly, they touch on possible film roles for Roman Reigns and the legacy of some classic movie adaptions from video games.
02:03 The Challenges of Transitioning to Wrestling
03:39 Samantha Urban's Background and WWE Aspirations
07:33 The Role of Ring Announcers in WWE
15:16 Dominic Mysterio's Evolution in WWE
24:11 Stephanie McMahon's Podcast and Dominic's Story
30:18 AEW and WWE Rivalries and Storylines
36:17 The Call and Commitment Dilemma
37:35 Loyalty and Risk in Wrestling
38:52 Backyard Wrestling and Social Disorders
43:19 Roman Reigns in Street Fighter?
44:56 Wrestling Talent and Career Moves
49:30 WWE's Talent Management Strategies
01:03:09 The Roomba Chronicles
01:04:52 Final Thoughts and Sign-Off

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0:00.0	Wrestling suit for a mature audience.
0:05.6	I don't available.
0:09.7	Are we talking about ricochet again?
0:12.6	I saw a clip with Samantha Urban on it where she openly talked about she try it out for WWE as a wrestler.
0:21.5	She tried to do anything else in the company, and she just wasn't good at it.
0:24.8	And it didn't go well?
0:26.1	I mean, that's...
0:27.1	Yeah, no, typically somebody who is...
0:29.8	I have no idea what her athletic background is, and I'm not going to be over here talking like I'm a fucking NCAA fucking anything.
0:37.7	But this is somebody like, even if she was an amazing basketball player or volleyball
0:42.5	I would have done any job in WWE.
0:44.6	I did the tryout, the wrestler tryout.
0:46.9	Oh, because I was going to joke even wrestle, but you're like, yeah.
0:49.4	I can't wrestle.
0:50.4	I proved it to them.
0:51.5	But they appreciated that I gave it a try.
0:53.9	That was my way in the door.
0:55.4	And then I ended up doing backstage interviews on NXT, ring announcing 205. So I wasn't really sure where I was going to end up.
1:02.4	I would have done. So that was one of the clips. I guess you was that Sam Roberts? Yeah, might have been old Sam.
1:08.6	Sounds like him. Yeah, he's got that insanely voice.
1:13.2	Yeah, the Nardwar trying to sound really nice voice, even though Nardwar is really nice and I'm not sure Sam Roberts is.
1:20.8	But, dude, yeah, like I was saying, we don't know maybe she was a college athlete.
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