Stay Connected30+ year veteran Hall of Fame pro wrestling journalist Wade Keller from Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter and PWTorch.com discusses the top stories of the week in pro wrestling with top-level guest cohosts and interviews pro wrestling’s newsmakers each week. 640160
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Today we jump back 15 years to the May 20, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch Livecast with host Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell took live calls for most of the live hour including discussion on the previous night's Raw, the post-draft WWE fallout, Kharma's newsworthy promo, Tough Enough, and more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow they discussed Brock Lesnar's surgery, an anonymous G.M. theory, Zach Ryder's cameos, the state of the Diva Division, WrestleMania's buyrate, and more.
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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (6-7-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by John Arezzi, host of New York’s Pro Wrestling Spotlight radio show from the late 1980s through the mid-1990s, to discuss last night’s Raw, Money in the Bank, Brock Lesnar’s UFC and WWE future, Goldberg’s WWE potential match-ups, Summerslam, NXT, the forthcoming WWE roster split, and more including an in-person ringside and backstage perspective from Arezzi regarding the Muhammad Ali-Gorilla Monsoon angle that aired on Raw. Live callers and email topics are mixed into the program.
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Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from May 27 and 30, 2011.
On the May 27, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch Nostalgia columnist Brian Hoops, discussed with live callers Randy Savage's career from an historical perspective, TNA Impact ratings & last night's TNA Nitro/Thunder Impact edition, whether Goldberg would make a difference in TNA, how to book a Streak to make money and how TNA has the template but isn't using it with Crimson, Randy Orton's newish character in 2011, TNA's X Division PPV and whether Lethal will factor in, the UWF promotion, and more.
In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, Caldwell & Hoops break down a packed 20 years ago back-issue of the PWTorch Newsletter covering WCW Superbrawl, the imminent end of WWE's SNME on NBC and parallels to 2011 wrestling, plus tons more from the Newsletter.
Then on the May 30, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell, they discuss with live callers Monday's Raw episode in full preview mode including expectations for Kharma's announcement & whether she should talk, follow-up on Alex Riley, the WWE Title situation, and other Raw topics. Also, an evaluation of Tough Enough thus far, how to create brand separation between Raw and Smackdown, WWE's love/hate with Sin Cara, streaks & squash matches, Eric Bischoff's recent comments and TNA's constant power struggle storylines, Bruno Sammartino's historical drawing power, and much more.
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Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from May 25 and 26, 2011.
On the May 25, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill, they discuss with live callers Randy Savage more in-depth and WWE's video tribute, Monday's Raw episode and what worked & didn't work, Kharma's storyline write-off and questions about why exactly she's being written off, the usual Randy Savage-Vince McMahon rumors and what's valid & what's not, Undertaker's likely new role in developmental scouting, WWE's next PPV not having anything announced officially yet & potential D.C.-tie-ins, Ring of Honor's sale & future, plus Live Events Center, McNeill Makes Fun Of Your iPPV, and more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they dove into a packed McNeill Mailbag for a variety of fun, interesting, and insightful questions.
Then on the May 26, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and cohost Greg Parks, they discussed the JWC iPPV that Greg watched, then covered the day's headlines and took live calls for an hour including WWE, TNA, and ROH topics, plus whatever happened to The Patriot. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discussed the pros and cons of squash matches returning to national cable shows.
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Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from May 23 and 24, 2011.
On the May 23, 2011 episode, PWTorch Livecast with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell, they discuss with live callers Randy Savage's legacy, Savage's cross-over appeal, Savage vs. John Cena, how WWE will tribute Savage on Raw, the Over the Limit PPV, John Cena repeating his offensive attack, why TNA is behind Sting as their top star, the ROH sale announced over the weekend and what the signs will be of growth, and more.
Then on the May 24, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and cohost Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net, they take calls for an hour discussing Randy Savage, the Hall of Fame, and last night's Raw, and in the VIP Aftershow, they discuss the TNA "Wrestling Matters" campaign, last week's Impact, Christian's character developments, and more.
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In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (6-3-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by co-host Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net and the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast. They discuss the WWE cutbacks, the prospects of Vince McMahon selling WWE, TV ratings and whether WWE is in a holding pattern creatively until mid-July, the lack of rule enforcement in Young Bucks tag matches, the five-way main event at the next Takeover, the Adam Cole-Karrion Kross segment this week, should Lana be reunited with Miro in AEW, will AEW’s TV expansion backfire, what’s the trajectory for Cody Rhodes, is Hangman Page on course to be AEW’s centerpiece star, Jimmy Smith’s debut on Raw and the departure of Tom Phillips, the return of fans to arenas, and more.
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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Tuesday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host Zack Heydorn from Brass Ring Media and Sports Illustrated. They cover these topics:
Today we jump back 15 years to the May 20, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Sean Radican, they discuss with live callers for 90 minutes Randy Savage's death, impact on wrestling, mainstream reception, how WWE will handle it, Hall of Fame, how he'll be remembered, steroids potentially a factor, the bill coming due on '80s and '90s wrestlers, and much more.
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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (5-31-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch podcaster Jim Valley to talk about the previous night’s episode of Monday Night Raw including the major A.J. Styles-John Cena angle, the Seth Rollins-Roman Reigns hype, New Day-Steph & Shane segment, and more with live callers and email questions including the buzz on Goldberg.
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In this week’s Interview Classic podcasts, we jump back to ten years ago this week (5-26-2016) when PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed Jim Ross with a predominant focus on WWE’s announcement that Smackdown goes live on Tuesdays in July and would include a distinct roster from Raw. Ross dissected the possible benefits and pitfalls of such a major change in WWE’s structure, looks back at the prior brand split and what is different today, his preference for how the separate rosters would be structured and how champions should be ideally featured. Also, live calls and emails delved into more aspects of the brand split and other topics. Plus some Cody Rhodes, Roman Reigns, Seth Rollins, and NBA OKC Thunder-Golden State Warriors talk at the end.
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