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WRESTLING SOUP

THEY'RE ALL MARKS (Wrestling Soup 6.12.25)

WRESTLING SOUP

Wrestling Soup Network

Comedy, Sports, Wrestling

4.3753 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Mish and Joe discuss Goldberg's relevance in 2025, the generational disconnect between older wrestling stars and today's younger audience, and the potential of new characters like Mr. Iguana. They analyze the shift in Ron Killings' character and the challenge of engaging current wrestling fans. The conversation also touches on the behind-the-scenes dynamics and future possibilities for wrestling collaborations and promotions like WWE, AEW, and NWA. Plus, there's a humorous look at Kenny Omega's recent controversial segment on AEW.
00:00 Goldberg's Relevance in 2025
02:04 Nikki Bella's Podcast and Heritage
06:55 The Bella Twins' Impact on Wrestling
27:21 Mr. Iguana's WWE Debut
36:13 Ron Killings' New Direction
44:05 Doubts About Ron Killings' New Character
45:02 The Rise and Fall of Chapel Row
46:59 Wrestling Fans and Character Complexity
51:51 The Undertaker's New Podcast
55:02 NWA Streaming on Roku
58:26 American Gladiators Featuring Wrestlers
01:06:10 WWE's Expensive Priority Pass
01:12:23 AEW's Injury Angles and Criticism
01:24:14 Concluding Remarks and Shoutouts


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0:00.0

There's absolutely no reason for Goldberg to have a match in 2025.

0:07.7

But dude, that's it.

0:08.9

It's like, yeah, all the WCW guys, all the people you just mentioned, do you have any

0:12.9

idea how irrelevant they must be or just like not even a thought of anybody that's under

0:18.2

30?

0:19.5

They don't know who these fucking people are.

0:22.5

Like, even Goldberg at this point, the closest thing that you have to Goldberg on television

0:30.0

is Braun Breaker.

0:32.0

And so if you're a kid and you're seeing Braun Breaker, you're like, I don't need the

0:35.7

fucking 65-year-old

0:37.5

bald version of this.

0:38.5

I got a young cool version of this.

0:40.9

He's kind of doing the same thing, except he's got a little bit of the Steiner's seasoning

0:45.9

on him.

0:46.8

And we kind of like that better because the Steiner's nowadays, at least, have perceived

0:51.6

as cool as than Goldberg with good reason.

0:54.6

You know, I don't know. I still think that now if you really look back on it too stone cold

1:00.3

Steve Austin was a guy and just as an idea and as a brand was like he could stand the test of

1:07.5

time a guy with the fucking camo drinking drinking beer, beating the shit out of people, that stands

1:15.3

the test of time.

1:17.0

A bald guy in tribal fucking trunks with a shitty fucking tribal arm tattoo.

1:24.5

That's 1998.

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