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WRESTLING SOUP

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4.4 • 738 Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Wrestling Soup: Wrestling Recaps, Streaming Issues, and the Future of WWE
Anthony Thomas and Kevin Castle discuss the drag week in wrestling, including issues with the Logan Paul and Tyson fight streaming on Netflix. They dive into the current state of wrestling shows, the problems with buffering, and how high viewership affects live streaming. The episode covers WWE's programming, including Raw, NXT, and speculations about the future, especially concerning Jake Paul and Mike Tyson. They also discuss the decline in women's wrestling, the potential return of Mandy Rose, and the creative challenges facing WWE. Meta-analysis of WWE's creative strategies and the impact of wrestler absences is also explored.
00:00 Introduction and Weekly Wrestling Recap
00:12 Technical Issues and Streaming Woes
00:57 Jake Paul vs. Tyson Fight Analysis
04:58 Speculations on Future Fights
09:27 WWE and Trump Administration Connections
13:04 Linda McMahon's Role in Education
16:44 Monday Night Raw Highlights and Returns
24:41 Gunther's Direction and Potential Storylines
26:25 Critique of Women's Division
29:19 Mandy Rose's Potential Return
34:18 The Miz and Karrion Kross Partnership
39:11 Factions and Creative Issues
40:05 WWE's Strategic Planning
46:37 Upcoming Events and Final Thoughts
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0:00.0	Wrestling Soup is intended for a mature audience.
0:07.4	Wrestling Soup.
0:08.7	I am Anthony Thomas, and he is Kevin Castle.
0:11.4	How's it going, Kevin?
0:11.9	What is up, man?
0:13.1	It's been kind of a drag week as far as wrestling.
0:16.8	You know, as far as everything goes, it's been raining for the last five days.
0:20.0	It feels like Chicago.
0:21.9	And I mean, Raw was a little rough.
0:24.1	NXT was rough.
0:25.8	The Logan, or I'm sorry, Jake Paul and Tyson fight was rough.
0:29.9	I don't know if you had a chance to watch that, but man, it really, they had some problems on Netflix with the live streaming, huh?
0:36.5	Yeah, but from what I understand, it was because, you know, what, 65 million people were
0:41.3	hitting it up and they weren't prepared for that kind of overwhelming situation.
0:45.8	They're saying it won't be the problem for raw wrestling because only a couple of million
0:50.0	people tune in.
0:50.8	They're not going to have that kind of amount of people around the globe tuning in at the same time. So I don't think it's going to affect wrestling, but I had problems.
0:57.8	You know what? I had the problems with buffering. I had problems with... Yeah. Oh, no, I had
1:02.4	horrible problems with buffering. Actually, a lot of us did. It was funny by the time it actually got
1:06.4	to the Tyson-Paul fight. It was like everybody's stream dropped out. The only way I was able to watch it was I had to jump on my phone. For whatever reason, my phone was fine. But I couldn't watch it on my box. I couldn't watch it on the computer. But it's not necessarily the week-to-week raws that I'm worried about, but it's the bigger events like the Royal Rumble in January or God forbid Russellmania you know like that's going to be
1:29.7	streamed on Netflix as well right oh is it I thought it was going to stay on peacock the premium
1:34.8	is the okay is the PLE's going to stay on peacock well then yeah I think the PLEs are still on
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