REIMAGINING AEW or GOLDBERG WASN'T WRONG (Wrestling Soup 7.17.25)

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🗓️ 18 July 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Wrestling Soup, hosts dissect the frustrations expressed by Bill Goldberg regarding his retirement from WWE. They discuss the lack of build-up for Goldberg's final match against Gunther and debate whether WWE dropped the ball or if Goldberg himself was to blame for not doing enough self-promotion. The hosts also delve into AEW's decision to hold an event at the Aragon Ballroom, discussing the pros and cons of the venue and how it reflects the promotion's current status. Other topics include thoughts on the current state of AEW's roster, potential matchups, and a lighthearted speculative conversation on Goldberg possibly joining AEW. The episode wraps up with reflections on the handling of legacy wrestlers' retirements and what WWE could do better in the future.

03:28 A Day in the Life of Tech Support
09:27 The Big Bang Theory and Nerd Culture
13:29 AEW's Venue Choices and Wrestling Culture
25:10 WWE vs AEW: The Ongoing Debate
45:15 Wrestling's Perception of Size
46:01 AEW's Marketing and Fan Engagement
55:59 Goldberg's Retirement Controversy
58:10 WWE's Treatment of Retiring Wrestlers
01:02:02 Comparing Retirements: Goldberg vs. Others
01:10:32 The Future of Wrestling Retirements
01:30:01 Final Thoughts and Show Wrap-Up

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0:00.0	I hate Windows 11.
0:05.4	My God, this is this is horseshit wrapped in a pretty package.
0:10.6	We are all fucked.
0:12.6	Windows 11 is, what they did was they took the functionality of Windows 7, but they hid
0:20.5	everything. Like they kind of did that before in Windows 10
0:23.5	and, and I mean, I guess subsequently past 7, but they've done a good job of really hiding at this
0:30.0	time to the point that they eliminate menu choices, right? So before you could just go into your microphone or you could go into your
0:40.5	speakers and choose which device to use. Well, they've eliminated that menu option. So if you don't
0:46.1	know how to use the run command in order to access his shit, then you're never going to find it in
0:51.4	your up Shits Creek. So you literally have to remember what you were doing on Windows 7 and prior in order to get Windows 11 to work.
1:00.3	Oh, good.
1:01.5	Well, I mean, I think that at this point, I should be, or we should all be genuinely surprised that anybody is just making these things to wear even like oh hey did you buy your
1:13.2	computer yeah hey did you buy this windows yeah well if you want to be able to right click that'll
1:19.4	be $40 a month like I'm surprised we're not already at that point I shouldn't give me any
1:24.2	oh the other vibe of the thing is how much they have co-pilot run everything for you.
1:30.3	So now here's the other thing too, which I just fucking love.
1:34.4	You can't opt out of Microsoft programs.
1:37.0	You have no option.
1:38.9	So they'll tell you things like, oh, hey, hey guy.
1:43.3	I understand that you don't want to use Bing. You don't want to use
1:46.3	Internet Explorer. You don't want to use Edge and all the other fucking Microsoft shitty
1:51.4	internet browsers that we have and browser aids that we have. But you're going to agree to
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