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WRESTLING SOUP

WRESTLEMANIA RAW AFTERMETH (Wrestling Soup 4.20.26)

WRESTLING SOUP

Wrestling Soup Network

Sports, Comedy, Wrestling

4.3 β€’ 753 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 21 April 2026

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

Joe and Anthony break down Monday Night Raw the night after WrestleMania, covering every match, promo, debut, and storyline development. Topics include Roman Reigns and the Bloodline, CM Punk's move to SmackDown, the Cody Rhodes concussion promo, WWE's corporate ad problem, the Hulk Hogan Netflix documentary, and much more.

Timestamps:

0:00 – Intro / Tribal Chief talk & Roman Reigns discussion
1:06 – WWE's "Disney Adults" theory & the Roman fanbase
4:43 – Jacob Fatu fed to Roman / USOs back / Jay Uso's failed push
6:11 – Post-Mania roster shuffles, Ethan Page & Sol Ruca debuts
8:11 – CM Punk's goodbye promo & the fan altercation in Vegas
11:03 – Show intro / five days in a row / NXT Battleground pass
13:20 – Bronson Breaker busted open by Seth / hair & look changes
15:08 – Logan Paul & Dom / Austin Theory comparison / A-Town Down Under
16:11 – CM Punk vs. Cody: who's the heel? Crowd confusion breakdown
19:01 – Cody Rhodes concussed promo: best promo he's cut?
35:12 – Sol Ruca debut, Adam Pierce being awesome, women's division depth
38:44 – Only 4 matches in 2 hours 40 minutes / ad overload problem
41:18 – WWE's ad format vs. the old in-show app / Netflix commercial issues
43:33 – Wrestlers in every commercial / Cricket Wireless rant
47:27 – Hulk Hogan Netflix documentary: worth watching?
49:47 – Tony Hinchcliffe / Kill Tony / Netflix WWE deal tangent
55:03 – Finn Balor vs. JD McDonough / Judgment Day fallout
57:59 – OBA show up and say nothing / suit vs. ring gear debate
1:03:58 – Gunther's storyline dead after Brock leaves / Bronson Breaker vs. Gunther
1:08:07 – Jacob Fatu & Roman / crowd not reacting / Bloodline gang colors bit
1:11:53 – Overall show rating: 4 matches, depleted crowd, Vegas departure
1:14:55 – Outro / see you Thursday / shoutout to loyal daily listeners

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0:00.0

I acknowledge your tribal chief.

0:10.3

I need all the men to tell me how good I am.

0:13.7

Or maybe you can beat me.

0:17.6

Oh, one, it's your decision if you want to be on me?

0:22.5

I'll tell you if I like it next week.

0:25.3

Oh, I like it.

0:29.2

Jacob is to air too thin for you.

0:32.3

I like Jacob Fatu, but Roman, I mean, who's he playing for at this point?

0:38.9

I'll tell you exactly who he's playing for.

0:41.6

And, you know, I got to give, I got to give some props to the misses about this.

0:45.7

Because I was being a little too hard on some Disney adults today.

0:51.3

Oh, yeah?

0:52.2

Yeah, because I got some shit coming up in my feed.

0:55.3

Because a good friend of mine is a Disney adult, and I still love him, you know, regardless

1:00.8

of that.

1:01.8

But because me and him always exchange shit on Instagram, I tend to fall into his algorithm,

1:07.9

so I'll get this stuff, you know?

1:09.2

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

1:10.2

And now I've gotten to this point

1:12.6

where I realized that's who the audience is for WWE slash Roman fans is the is the pro wrestling

1:23.7

Disney adult yeah where like like with like if you were a fan of Disney 30, 40 years ago, you know, like true

1:34.1

to its nature, you're probably into like, you know, the animation, you know, like the

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