WRESTLING SOUP or CONTRACTS & COST CUTTING (Wrestling Soup 4/3/24) w/@julianexcalibur
WRESTLING SOUP
Wrestling Soup Network
4.4 • 738 Ratings
🗓️ 4 April 2024
⏱️ 53 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Wrestling Soup, hosts Anthony Missionary Thomas, Kevin Castle, and special guest Julian Cannon delve into the latest wrestling news and events. They discuss the finalization of WrestleMania matches, a revealing interview with CM Punk by Ariel Helwani, and the impact of AEW's business decisions including releasing 10 people from its roster. The episode also covers Ronda Rousey's comments, Roman Reigns and Bray Wyatt documentaries, and the complexities surrounding CM Punk's interactions with Tony Khan and Jack Perry at AEW. Insights are shared on CM Punk's stance on business vs. impressing with match ratings and his candid thoughts on AEW's work environment. The hosts further explore the WWE's handling of the hall of fame inductions, particularly Paul Heyman's upcoming induction by Roman Reigns, and share personal insights into the emotional Bray Wyatt documentary. Julian Cannon discusses his upcoming work with WWE and promotes his writing on AdBuzz Daily, focusing on marketing and advertising in the wrestling world.
00:00 Welcome to Wrestling Soup!
00:15 WrestleMania Updates and CM Punk's Waves
00:50 AEW's Business Moves and Ronda Rousey's Comments
01:50 Deep Dive into CM Punk's Revelations
05:00 Reflections on CM Punk's Interview and Wrestling Culture
18:00 The Generational Divide in Wrestling
27:30 Wrestling Industry Shake-ups and Predictions
27:35 The Business Side of Wrestling: Contracts and Releases
28:14 Historical Context: Bill Watts' Cost-Cutting Measures
29:03 AEW's Business Challenges and WWE's Success
31:16 WWE Raw Highlights and Fan Reactions
31:55 Storyline Developments and Character Analysis
32:58 WrestleMania Anticipation: Celebrities and Surprises
33:38 WWE Hall of Fame Insights and Expectations
40:15 Reflecting on Bray Wyatt's Legacy
51:41 Looking Ahead: WrestleMania Coverage and Personal Projects
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| 0:00.0 | Wrestling soup for a mature audience. |
| 0:05.0 | I don't available. |
| 0:07.0 | Wrestling soup, I am Anthony Missionary Thomas, joined along with Kevin Castle and special guest |
| 0:12.5 | Julian Cannon. What's going on guys? |
| 0:14.0 | I'm good. I'm good. Glad to be back here on wrestling soup. Yeah, same here, man. Good |
| 0:18.8 | to have Julian on. Good to be with your mission. Yeah, man. It's been a heck of a week. There's been a lot of changes. I think same here, man. Good to have Julian on. Good to be what you've mesh. Oh, man. |
| 0:21.2 | It's been a heck of a week. |
| 0:22.8 | There's been a lot of changes. |
| 0:24.3 | I think a lot of the matches have pretty much finalized for Russellmania, which is a good thing. |
| 0:29.9 | And a hell of a Monday Night Raw. |
| 0:32.2 | We've had CM Punk kind of creating waves yet again in an interesting way with ariel hawani finally doing |
| 0:40.3 | that long in-depth interview that I think a lot of people were were talking about even back in the day |
| 0:44.7 | I know me and you kev talked about it too of when was this actually going to happen when was it |
| 0:49.1 | going to drop and he really did set the record straight on a lot of things there as well. |
| 0:55.5 | AEW also did the one thing that a lot of people were not expecting Tony Khan to do, |
| 1:01.1 | is treating AEW like a business releasing 10 people. |
| 1:05.5 | And I thought there was a rumored few more that were going to happen, |
| 1:09.1 | but we haven't seen anything since. |
| 1:10.5 | But still, the fact that he released 10 people happen, but we haven't seen anything since. But still, |
| 1:11.5 | the fact that he released 10 people is kind of a big deal from AEW. And then of course, |
| 1:15.9 | you have Rhonda Rousey's comments about Drew Goulac and his pair of sweatpants and the Roman |
| 1:23.5 | Raines documentary and the Bray Wyatt documentary, which I did watch, which was absolutely just a tear jerker through and through. |
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