# CM PUNK WAS RIGHT. TICKET PRICES ARE TOO HIGH (Wrestling Soup 4.8.26)

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Podcast: [WRESTLING SOUP](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-soup-1591224)
Published: 2026-04-09T13:32:14+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5834

## Resource

0:00 — Intro / Io Sky & WWE's censorship problem 1:55 — Tiffany Stratton, Maxine, and chasing the Mandy Rose dragon 4:59 — WWE's Puritan censorship on Netflix & the self-inflicted PG problem 11:02 — CM Punk's Raw promo: breaking down what worked and why Roman can't respond 15:27 — The Pat McAfee SmackDown segment: death rattle wrestling 16:55 — Roman Reigns' limitations: prepped but can't improv 20:46 — What Roman SHOULD say to get real heat on Punk 29:14 — Cody Rhodes crowd backlash & the Randy Orton/Pat McAfee pairing problem 37:17 — Why Cody needs to turn heel & the Stephanie McMahon missed opportunity 44:29 — Gunther being criminally misused — the Larry Bird analogy 51:28 — TKO inserting themselves into creative? Celebrity overload in WWE 55:41 — The celebrity problem: Logan Paul, IShowSpeed, Tom Brady & more 1:05:52 — AJ Lee's return: is this the right version of her character? 1:09:00 — Kairi Sane & Asuka/Damage CTRL situation 1:15:24 — Oba Femi vs. Brock Lesnar: WrestleMania's real main event? 1:18:20 — The Goldberg/Brock problem — will they screw up Oba's moment? 1:25:47 — Gunther interference theory: Brock puts over two guys on the way out? 1:28:35 — How does Seth Rollins ruin the Brock/Oba match? 1:32:20 — Pat McAfee's SmackDown ratings bomb & the Ari Emanuel/Stallone comparison 1:35:47 — Wrap-up / Alberto Del Rio arrested again Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wrestling-soup--1425249/support .

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