RAW REVIEW or WHEN SUMMERSLAM JUST WONT END (Wrestling Soup 8.5.25)

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🗓️ 6 August 2025

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

Join Anthony Thomas and Joseph E Numbers as they review another action-packed episode of Monday Night Raw, or 'Night Four of Summer Slam'. They discuss the toll multiple wrestling nights take on fans and wrestlers alike. The hosts critique standout moments including the Becky Lynch vs. Nikki Bella promo, Seamus vs. Rusev, and Dominic Mysterio's match against Dragon Lee. They also dive into Seth Rollins' contentious storylines, the amusing antics of Xavier Woods, and a possible future angle for Sophie Cunningham in the wrestling world. Near the end, Joe shares some hilarious personal stories from his recent trip to Vegas. Tune in for a detailed, humorous breakdown of this week's Monday Night Raw.
00:00 Introduction and Hosts
00:11 SummerSlam Recap and Reactions
12:33 Seth Rollins' Heel Turn
23:13 New Day and Xavier Woods
40:34 Dominic Mysterio and Dragon Lee
46:34 Critique of Alexa Bliss and Charlotte Flair's Promo
59:03 Becky Lynch vs. Nikki Bella: Anticipation and Concerns
01:07:31 Naomi's New Persona and Potential
01:13:32 Main Event: Seth Rollins vs. LA Knight
01:16:19 Sophie Cunningham's Potential Move to Wrestling
01:24:26 The State of Las Vegas and Its Impact on WrestleMania
01:36:13 Closing Remarks and Future Content

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0:00.0	Wrestling soup for a mature audience.
0:05.7	Ragam up.
0:10.3	Wrestling soup, I am Anthony Thomas,
0:16.4	joined along with Joseph E-Numbers.
0:19.7	Yo, here we are.
0:21.7	Monday Night Raw, it's like we didn't even leave, dude, isn't it?
0:24.9	As I like to call it, night four of SummerSlam.
0:28.5	I know, right, if you think about it, because obviously I had to catch up on night one.
0:35.3	I didn't see Smackdown.
0:37.0	So, yeah, to the people that are watching all of this shit, that is the fourth night in the row.
0:43.2	Well, four nights.
0:45.0	Four nights of SummerSlam.
0:47.7	You know what?
0:48.9	If you put it that way, I feel a little less, I feel a little less like bad for the, oh, oh, yeah. Well,
0:57.1	well, well, that I, I argue with every day, but I feel a little less bad for the crowd in the
1:05.3	sense of I was sitting there being like, what the hell's wrong with these people? Why don't they,
1:09.3	they're not into this at all.
1:16.4	And then I realized there was probably some of them that went, oh, chiching, I'll get a ticket to Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday. And they're just dragging ass into, into this arena. And they're
1:23.8	like, oh, God, again, again. Why did I think this was a good idea? You know?
1:29.3	Yeah. Yeah, it wasn't great, dude. Look, SummerSlam, Night 2 was tremendously better than
1:34.9	Night 1. You didn't get the first reaction that obviously myself, Andrew Carluck and John Draper
1:39.9	did. Shout out to those boys for coming through. Night 2 was infinitely better with myself,
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