# MELTZER-CORE or MIDDLE EAST MANIA! (Wrestling Soup 3.19.26)

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Podcast: [WRESTLING SOUP](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-soup-1591224)
Published: 2026-03-20T13:03:59+00:00
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Duration seconds: 5479

## Resource

0:00 – Cold open / Anthony & Joe react to Dave Core; Johnny Ace autograph talk 13:57 – Official show intro: "Wrestling Soup, I'm Anthony Thomas, he's Joe Numbers" 14:10 – WrestleMania season talk 16:12 – AEW's latest PPV: "best PPV ever" discourse & death match wrestling debate 21:25 – WWE Night of Champions in Saudi Arabia — should it happen amid Middle East conflict? 36:59 – **Main Topic: Ricochet's Twitter controversy** — mocking a fan's MS diagnosis 40:30 – What prompted Ricochet's tweets? Full breakdown of the situation 56:29 – AEW's silence on Ricochet; 57:20 – Sean Ross Sapp defends Ricochet; 1:17:28 – **Ted DiBiase Jr. fraud case** — judge denies motion to dismiss; $3M stolen from Mississippi charities 1:25:13 – Wrap-up / outro; Gunther has no WrestleMania plans; tomorrow's Frank & Gus episode preview Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wrestling-soup--1425249/support .

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