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WRESTLING SOUP

WRESTLEMANIA 42 BREAKDOWN PT.1 (Wrestling Soup 4.16.26)

WRESTLING SOUP

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Sports, Comedy, Wrestling

4.3 β€’ 753 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 17 April 2026

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Anthony and Joe kick off their WrestleMania 42 preview with a full breakdown of Night One β€” but first, they can't help diving into Roman Reigns' scathing video promo on CM Punk, Triple H's revisionist history tour, Nick Khan's bold WrestleMania 43 claims, and the looming question of WWE's Saudi Arabia deal as geopolitical tensions rise. Predictions, hot takes, and zero corporate slop.

0:00 β€” Cold Open: Where was this Ronda Rousey 10 years ago?
3:41 β€” Intro / WrestleMania 42 Breakdown Show
0:33 β€” Roman Reigns Calls CM Punk a Mark
6:20 β€” Roman vs. Punk: Two Very Different Career Paths
23:24 β€” Triple H on Fan Criticism & "Thinking About Tomorrow"
34:41 β€” "Philanthropy Is the Future of Marketing" β€” Stephanie McMahon
47:17 β€” Nick Khan: WrestleMania 43 in Saudi Arabia Is Happening
52:54 β€” WrestleMania 42 Night One Predictions Begin
53:10 β€” Vision (Logan Paul & iShowSpeed) vs. USOs & LA Knight
57:46 β€” Jacob Fatu vs. Drew McIntyre (Unsanctioned Match)
58:58 β€” Stephanie vs. Liv Morgan (Women's World Championship)
1:03:08 β€” AJ Lee vs. Becky Lynch (Women's IC Championship)
1:05:01 β€” Fatal 4-Way Women's Tag Match (Bellas, Charlotte & Bliss, Bailey & Lyra, Lash & Naya)
1:11:58 β€” Seth Rollins vs. Gunther
1:16:20 β€” Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton (Undisputed WWE Championship)
1:23:05 β€” Wrap-Up / Night Two Preview Tomorrow

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0:00.0

I mean, that would make sense for her to start doing wrestling promos, years removed from her being in wrestling, I guess.

0:14.3

Right.

0:14.8

So that would be good.

0:17.1

Well, no, she's got to sell that Netflix fight, right?

0:19.3

Isn't that where that fight is happening her? That'll be fine. Him and her, sorry. Her and Gina will do fine. It'll be a fine fight. It's just, you know, where was this Ronda Rousey five years ago, 10 years ago? You know, I'm like, well, isn't that the story about wrestling very often, huh? Little sad.

0:37.8

It's like people figure it out either too late or never or in a place they're not

0:44.4

supposed to.

0:45.4

Sure.

0:45.7

You just sit there and you go, oh, if only you apply that much effort to when we were

0:51.2

forced to deal with you as a pro wrestler, that would have been right.

0:54.7

But, you know, low and behold, I guess that's not, that's not how it is.

0:59.4

And also, I guess what we got to deal with here is that Roman Raines is gatekeeping,

1:04.0

making sure these fucking marks stay out of the business.

1:06.8

I don't know if you saw that.

1:08.1

What is that?

1:09.2

What was you saying?

1:10.4

Because I just saw that Instagram posts about Roman Rains to see him, punk.

1:16.2

You're the reason we don't let marks in the business.

1:19.0

Keep my fucking name out your mouth, punk.

1:22.7

I thought it was fake at first.

1:25.0

I'm like, ah, good one.

1:26.2

But I guess it is real. Like he did that in some interview, which it's still hilarious to me that he'd be like, this is why we know that marks the business of Mike. Wasn't he around 15 years before you? Like, well, let's also not, you know, point out the obvious that between the two guys,

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