RUMBLE TIME: TRIPLE H'S LEGACY or AEW's NEW DEAL (Wrestling Soup 1.30.25)
WRESTLING SOUP
Wrestling Soup Network
4.4 • 738 Ratings
🗓️ 31 January 2025
⏱️ 109 minutes
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Summary
"Happiness is something I haven't really considered for quite a while now."
in this episode of Wrestling Soup, hosts Anthony Thomas and Joseph E. Numbers dive into the latest buzz surrounding the Royal Rumble. They speculate on potential winners, with CM Punk and John Cena leading the charge, while also discussing the implications of surprise entrants like AJ Styles and Randy Orton. The hosts dissect the dynamics of the upcoming matches, including Cody Rhodes vs. Kevin Owens in a ladder match and the tag team showdown between DIY and the Motor City Machine Guns. They also reflect on changes in WWE’s Hall of Fame induction process, highlighting the emotional induction of Triple H, and the excitement surrounding Stephanie McMahon’s new show on ESPN Plus.
18:18 Fox apparently isn't interested in AEW Shockwave TV show
19:59 Netflix apparently only got 3 million viewers for WWE Raw this week
29:39 Branding works for some audience, but not everyone
36:29 Four matches and two Rumbles
37:33 30 man Royal Rumble match for a World Championship match at WrestleMania 41
39:25 Are you expecting any NXT people to show up for the Royal Rumble
45:58 Indianapolis has put street signs up around the city to dedicate different wrestlers
48:21 I would love to be an Uber driver in Indianapolis right now
56:21 Cody Road is funny. It would have been more ironically funny if they just tanked the obvious joke.
01:00:50 Most people are expecting Jordan Grace to show up
01:13:09 I still think Charlotte will win the Women's Rumble
01:16:03 Do you think WWE and Alexa Bliss finally agree on a match
01:20:05 We need some lady bullies around.
01:22:39 Do you think there's a possibility that Tessa Blanchard could appear
01:43:27 Triple H being inducted into WWE Hall of Fame would be interesting
01:50:33 Chris Jericho would definitely not want to do the Triple H induction
01:52:34 WWE announced today that Stephanie's Places will air exclusively on ESPN plus
01:58:57 All of AEW's pay per views will be available on Amazon Prime
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| 0:00.0 | Wrestling suit is intended for a mature audience. |
| 0:13.5 | Wrestling suit. |
| 0:14.6 | I am Anthony Thomas. |
| 0:15.7 | He is Joseph E. Numbers. |
| 0:18.0 | I haven't thought about being happy. |
| 0:19.7 | I haven't thought about being happy in forever. |
| 0:22.8 | Tony Kahn, is that you? |
| 0:24.7 | Whoa, no, it's me, Wheeler, Yuda. |
| 0:28.0 | Poor guy. |
| 0:29.2 | Happiness is not an option, folks. |
| 0:33.3 | I haven't been happy since mom conceived me. |
| 0:39.4 | Go, boy, I haven't been happy since mom conceived me. Go, boy, I haven't been happy since I could play with go bots out in the backyard. |
| 0:45.0 | Go-wee. |
| 0:46.2 | It's me. |
| 0:46.7 | Wheeler, you know, I'm a real threat. |
| 0:48.5 | Do you think they finally give Jeff Jarrett the books? |
| 0:53.2 | Did they give him the book or did he just get given a list of guys that would actually |
| 0:57.8 | show up and wrestle? |
| 0:59.2 | You know what I mean? |
| 0:59.9 | I don't know, but all of a sudden, Jeff Jarrett's in the main event. |
| 1:03.3 | Come on, Joe. |
| 1:04.7 | Come on. |
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