{"podcast":{"title":"WRESTLING SOUP","slug":"wrestling-soup-1591224","podcast_index_feed_id":1591224,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/1425249/episodes/feed","website_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/wrestling-soup","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/2a37f79afa3944192ece464f07a8ba45.jpg","author":"Wrestling Soup Network","episode_count":421,"summary":"Wrestling Soup. We're NOT a wrestling show. We're a show that HAPPENS to talk about wrestling. LIVE every Thursday Night 7:30pm EST {Friday 12:30am GMT or 0030 UTC for International Listeners} Chat LIVE during the show @WrestlingSoup.com. Like us on facebook.com/WrestlingSoup @WrestlingSoup Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/wrestling-soup--1425249/support .","last_synced_at":"2026-08-01T02:17:13.157661+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-soup-1591224"},"episode":{"title":"CM PUNK WAS RIGHT. TICKET PRICES ARE TOO HIGH (Wrestling Soup 4.8.26)","slug":"cm-punk-was-right-ticket-prices-are-too-high-wrestling-soup-4-8-26","published_at":"2026-04-09T13:32:14+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-soup-1591224/cm-punk-was-right-ticket-prices-are-too-high-wrestling-soup-4-8-26","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-soup-1591224","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/cm-punk-was-right-ticket-prices-are-too-high-wrestling-soup-4-8-26--71210420","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/api.spreaker.com/download/episode/71210420/040826.mp3","summary":"0:00 — Intro / Io Sky &amp; WWE's censorship problem 1:55 — Tiffany Stratton, Maxine, and chasing the Mandy Rose dragon 4:59 — WWE's Puritan censorship on Netflix &amp; 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 &amp; the Randy Orton/Pat McAfee pairing problem 37:17 — Why Cody needs to turn heel &amp; 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 &amp; more 1:05:52 — AJ Lee's return: is this the right version of her character? 1:09:00 — Kairi Sane &amp; 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 &amp; 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 .","meta_description":"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…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":5834,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/wrestling-soup-1591224/episodes/cm-punk-was-right-ticket-prices-are-too-high-wrestling-soup-4-8-26/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/wrestling-soup-1591224/cm-punk-was-right-ticket-prices-are-too-high-wrestling-soup-4-8-26.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}