TOO SMART TO HEEL or PAUL HEYMAN(Wrestling Soup 10.14.25)

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4.4 • 746 Ratings

🗓️ 15 October 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

[00:00] Saturday Morning Wrestling & Childhood Throwbacks
- Joe and Anthony kick things off talking about the weirdness (and secret perks) of watching wrestling at 8am. It’s like being a kid again, but with more coffee and less cereal.
[04:00] Perth Crowd, Ticket Prices, and “Is Perth Even a Real Place?”
- The guys riff on WWE’s big show in Perth, the wild ticket prices, and whether anyone actually talks about Perth outside of wrestling. Spoiler: not really.
[10:00] RAW vs. Crown Jewel & Seth’s “Is He Hurt or Not?” Saga
- They get into the never-ending Seth Rollins injury drama, why nobody believes anything anymore, and how WWE storylines sometimes make less sense than a fever dream.
[18:00] LA Knight: The Best-Looking Guy Who Can’t Catch a Break
- LA Knight’s booking gets roasted. Is he an underdog? Is he a cocky heel? Why does he keep tripping over his own feet? The guys have thoughts (and jokes).
[25:00] Becky Lynch, Factions, and “What Even Is This Storyline?”
- Becky’s name comes up, but so does the fact that half the storylines just got nuked. Expect some classic “what are they even doing?” rants.
[32:00] Bailey, Lyra, and the Women’s Division: Chaos & Chemistry
- Bailey’s new vibe, Lyra’s straight-man energy, and why the women’s division is a wild ride right now. Also, a surprising amount of talk about wrestling gear.
[40:00] Referees, Announcers, and “Back in My Day…”
- A trip down memory lane: when refs and announcers had actual personalities, and why today’s shows could use a little more flavor (and a little less sameness).
[48:00] Dominic Mysterio vs. Penta: Cheating Done Right
- Dominic’s heel antics get a breakdown, plus a debate on whether being “too smart” is a good thing for a bad guy. Also, some love for old-school Eddie Guerrero tricks.
[56:00] Rhea Ripley, Asuka, and “Why Is This So Complicated?”
- Rhea, Asuka, Kairi Sane, and a whole lot of chaos in the women’s title scene. The guys try to make sense of it all (and mostly just laugh about it).
[1:03:00] Bronson Reed, Jimmy & Jay Uso, and Tag Team Tangents
- Bronson Reed’s gear, Jimmy vs. Jay, and why some tag teams just feel like reheated pizza. Expect some sidebars and a few “what are they wearing?” moments.
[1:10:00] Main Event: Jay Uso, LA Knight, and CM Punk
- The crowd sings for Punk, LA Knight almost wins, and the guys wonder if we really need another Seth vs. Punk feud. Also: more jokes about fruit punch boxes.
[1:18:00] Wrap-Up & Randomness
- Final thoughts, a few more rants, and a reminder to check out the Patreon. If you made it this far, you’re a real one.

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0:00.0	wrestling suit for a mature audience i don't available so uh how you like it having 8 a m professional wrestling
0:16.2	it's not bad it's not bad the rest of my day was eventful. I enjoyed myself afterwards. I finished up editing the show, got that up early in the afternoon, and went out and enjoyed my Saturday.
0:29.1	Yeah, I'm not, I've eaten it.
0:32.6	You know what it felt like? It felt like, do you remember when we were kids and we would get up for Saturday morning
0:38.9	cartoons or even back in the day when Saturday morning, usually in the morning, I don't
0:44.3	know, maybe this was a little too young for you. But back in the early 90s, we would get
0:48.8	like wrestling superstars at 11 o'clock in the morning or 10 o'clock in the morning.
0:53.8	Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, you get your early rest.
0:56.3	Yeah, I mean, I, we remember AM Raw, but AM Raw sucks because it was just all the shit we saw on Monday anyways.
1:04.1	Right.
1:04.6	But this was like, yeah, this was like, hey guys, want to watch some superstars on Saturday morning again?
1:10.6	And I was like, at first I was, I was cranky. I was so cranky during our post show. And then like in hindsight, I'm like, what am I bitching about? I got the whole day ahead of me. Yeah, it's kind of sick. Honestly. It kind of rules. Like, the show ended. I, what did I i do i think i just went right through the gym
1:29.3	afterwards yeah i was like oh sick and then i just fucking went out afterwards i'm like yeah this
1:34.2	is pretty great and i'm like sitting around it i'm going oh it's got to be like no it's
1:40.2	two 30 in the afternoon i'm like this is fucking awesome no, no, no. I went to the car shit.
1:46.0	That's what I did. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Midnight. I mean, 12 normally is midnight for you, but not this Saturday. Yeah. I went and I got my, yeah, I went and I got my car and then I ate something.
1:58.8	And then I was done with that and I was like, oh my God, I still, it's like two, it was like two o'clock at that point.
2:04.2	I'm like, oh my God.
2:01.9	I still, it's like two, it was like two o'clock at that point. I'm like, this fucking great. Right. Right. Yeah. And Phil hit me up at some point and he was like, oh, he's like, you around today? And I'm like, oh, no, dude. We already did our wrestling brunch show. it was fucking great.
2:16.9	Right.
2:17.3	It's a solid, dude.
2:19.5	But yeah, I don't know. dude we already did our wrestling brunch show it was fucking great right it's a this is solid dude but
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