THE CANVAS YOU KNOW (Wrestling Soup 3.5.26)
WRESTLING SOUP
Wrestling Soup Network
4.3 • 753 Ratings
🗓️ 6 March 2026
⏱️ 86 minutes
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Summary
WWE uses cheap screen printing instead of proper dye sublimation to save $81K/year
Ring canvas ads generate $14-36 million annually
One wrestler injury costs more than the entire yearly savings
WWE monetizes every canvas piece: $29-150 plaques, $400 name printing, charity donations, Panini trading cards
10% of one canvas generates $288K in merchandise alone
ESPN partnership struggles and WrestleMania 42 ticket concerns
0:00 - Intro & Road Dog's WWE Departure
1:31 - WWE Creative Shakeup: Alexandra Williams Joins Raw
6:04 - Zoe Hines Signs with WWE (RFK Jr.'s Niece)
8:46 - WWE's Nepo Baby Problem Continues
17:25 - LA Knight & Logan Paul Expose Slippery Ring Canvas Issue
18:08 - The Ring Canvas Controversy Explained
19:12 - Dye Sublimation vs Screen Printing: The Safety Issue
20:25 - WWE Makes $10-36 Million Annually from Ring Ads
23:36 - The Math: WWE Saves Only $81K/Year with Cheap Canvas
25:50 - One Injury Costs $1-3 Million - The Dangerous Gamble
28:51 - WWE Sells Used Canvases for Hundreds of Thousands
31:06 - The $400 Name-on-Canvas Program at MSG
34:43 - Fanatics Partnership: Maximum Exploitation
38:38 - 10% of One Canvas = $288K in Merch Revenue
42:15 - Charity Donations: Another Revenue Stream
45:31 - Panini Trading Cards: Even Scraps Make Money
48:54 - ESPN/WWE Partnership Struggles & WrestleMania 42 Concerns
52:37 - Vegas Venue Broadcast Restrictions Backfire
1:02:05 - Dan Hausen Merch Sales Surprise WWE
1:09:16 - Tom Brady WrestleMania Rumors
1:18:25 - WWE's Priorities Problem & Corporate Greed Discussion
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| 0:00.0 | Wrestling soup is intended for a mature audience. We like to use naughty words. Do you guys know about poo knife? No, I don't. |
| 0:11.6 | Poop Knife's like the biggest thing on the internet right now. You didn't know about that? I've heard of the poo knife. |
| 0:16.7 | How does the poop knife perform? Does the family take the knife and cut it when it's in the bowl? |
| 0:23.7 | Or do they stick their knife up the butt? |
| 0:25.8 | No, they're smashing it. |
| 0:27.4 | Dude, they're smashing it into the toilet to break the poop out. |
| 0:31.0 | I'm betting that this is a generational thing in their family. |
| 0:33.8 | Well, I just put poop in Google, and knife came up immediately. |
| 0:37.2 | Try it. I love the idea of |
| 0:38.8 | standing there with the knife like a fucking serial killer. Yeah. What do I do now? Do you walk over |
| 0:45.0 | to the sink when you brush your teeth? You wipe it down with a piece of TP and then you hang it back |
| 0:49.1 | on the hook, right? Wouldn't it be rude if you're using your sister's poop knife? |
| 0:53.6 | Mom, Jimmy's using my poop knife. How many times have I told you you're using your sister's poop knife? Mom, Jimmy's using my poop knife. |
| 0:56.0 | How many times have I told you not to use your sister's poop knife? |
| 0:59.2 | What? |
| 1:00.9 | Oh, my son-on. |
| 1:07.0 | Hey, go to no, Santa, Wrestling soup. Wrestling soup. |
| 1:23.6 | I'm Anthony. He's Joe. Hi. |
| 1:25.6 | Yo. |
| 1:26.6 | Hey. Man, can you believe that here we are just a regular night like any. |
| 1:34.4 | And WWE has decided to release one of its greatest minds, one of its most prominent and prolific creative guys. |
| 1:46.8 | Sure, let's call him that. |
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