Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Today we jump back 15 years to the Nov. 1, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch Livecast with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell discussed last night's Raw including the Rock's taped promo, The Muppets skits, the champions losing, the surprising finishes, Jim Ross being bumped, and more. Live callers, email questions answered, and a VIP Aftershow tackling a variety of Raw topics, TNA topics, and ROH topics.

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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (11-2-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by guest cohost Jim Valley to talk about the breaking news of WWE’s new “Live 205” cruiserweight show, Survivor Series line-up and hype, Shinsuke Nakamura, NXT, Sasha Banks so far on the main roster, Jim’s hits and misses for the week, and much more with callers and emailers.

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In this week’s Interview Classic from ten years ago (10-27-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller talks live with Colt Cabana. They talk about his new documentary, “The Wrestling Road Diaries 3: Comedy Equals Money,” the making of it and the previous two including the filming process and editing progress, the rise of wrestler-hosted podcasts and his influence as a pioneer in that category, his finding of a balance between comedy and serious wrestling when he works indy shows, looking back at ROH and why his return to ROH has brought back something he missed about pro wrestling, what secrets wrestlers still like to keep, a funny WWE story regarding social media, the end of Vine, and more.

Then we jump back 15 years (11-2-2011) to PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill's interview with Jimmy Rave. They discuss with live callers Rave's wrestling career through TNA and ROH and other promotions, the locker room environment in TNA vs. ROH, various TNA gimmicks he's gone through, his future in wrestling, his current personal life, and more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, McNeill and PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell finish off the Live Events Center, look into the McNeill Mailbag for questions ranging from Lazertron to AWA SuperClash, and review some of the news of the week.

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 25, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch Livecast with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell, they discuss last night's Raw including the fallout from Vengeance, Triple H vs. Kevin Nash feud, C.M. Punk standing up to Laurinaitis, John Cena's potential heel turn and signs of it, Hulk Hogan's babyface turn, James Storm's title win, ratings upticks for all three major shows, and live calls and email questions. Also, in the VIP Aftershow, a discussion on the flaws that could hold ROH back, TNA's announcing situation, and more.

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 20, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch Livecast with host PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks, they discussed with live callers the ESPN documentary on Scott Hall from a variety of angles, that night's big Impact spoilers and where TNA goes from there, why Eric Bischoff & Hulk Hogan had been defensive on Twitter this week, and more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they answered email questions on whether Mark Henry was the cause of Smackdown's ratings increase, how The Rock should be introduced at WM28, whether WWE was looking at a tag team resurgence with B.G. James in the fold, and they try to break down the Vengeance PPV line-up and look-ahead to Survivor Series next month - where does Rock fit in where WWE is right then?!

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast "Flagship" episode (10-26-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by co-host Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net. They dove into the season finale of “Rhodes to the Top” with thoughts on Cody coping with being booed, impressions of Brandi, and Arn Anderson seemingly thinking Aleister Black is some unknown upstart kid getting a big rub from Cody. They also covered the Charlotte-Becky Lynch dust-up with an attempt to understand Charlotte’s perspective and whether she’d be a good signing for AEW. Then a looked at the post-Draft roster alignment and the Roman Reigns-Paul Heyman-Brock Lesnar post-Crown Jewel angle. They answered a variety of listener questions from the Mailbag including Seth Rollins admitting he doesn’t even know what his character is. They discussed Lance Archer’s reaction to landing on his head, WWE scheduling a PPV on Labor Day weekend next year when AEW usually runs All Out, and TNA Impact’s Bound for Glory ending with two World Title changes, 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 Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net. They discuss these topics:

• WWE Crown Jewel and whether WWE will and ought to fly their crew out there.
• A look at the Crown Jewel matches
• An overview of WWE's women's roster with an initial focus on the futures of Bayley and Becky Lynch, followed by talk about the new crop of feature wrestlers and how they can all mesh
• A look at the NXT Women's Division and who is standing out as being on course to make a main roster impact
• A look at this Saturday's NXT Halloween Havoc line-up
• A look ahead to AEW Full Gear and Blood & Guts, a preview of tomorrow night's Dynamite, and reaction to Jay White's premiere promo as the head of The Final Outfit, later rechristened as The Cut

VIP EXCLUSIVE AFTERSHOW

• A look at WrestleMania 2's celebrities, including Susan St. James who just died this week, and why Vince McMahon wanted so many celebrities as part of WrestleManias, especially in those early formative years
• Are the Minnesota Vikings, the last undefeated team in the NFL, for real or is their record a mirage?

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 19, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Sean Radican. They discussed with live callers the Bret Hart-Shawn Michaels "Rivalries" DVD with an in-depth review from Sean touching on all aspects of the DVD produced by WWE, plus an in-depth discussion of that week's big Impact SPOILER airing on Thursday's show and how it could play out for TNA, a review of ROH TV through one month including the strengths and weaknesses and what needs improvement. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they finished the ROH discussion and preview the Scott Hall ESPN documentary and where it fits into mainstream's view of pro wrestling today.

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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (10-26-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined first by guest Jeremy Botter of FloSports to talk about the new pro wrestling streaming service for 40 minutes. Then Sam Roberts came on as the guest cohost to talk Raw, Smackdown, Goldberg-Lesnar, Cruiserweights, James Ellsworth, Hell in a Cell hype, and the prospects of FloSlam’s streaming service.

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In this week’s Interview Classic from ten years ago (10-20-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller talks live with Diamond Dallas Page, including his thoughts on Goldberg’s appearance on Raw on Monday, early Goldberg memories, the making of his new DDP DVD, Jake Roberts, his favorite two matches of his career, and more including live callers and email questions.

Then, Jim Valley and Pat McNeill interview Randy Mulkey just as he leaving the hospital after knee replacement surgery (10-22-2016). Before James Ellsworth stunned the wrestling world with victories over AJ Styles, there was The Mulkey Brothers. With their unique look, they became cult favorites as enhancement talent for Jim Crockett Promotions in the 1980s. Jim and Pat talked about James Ellsworth, MulkeyMania, their upset victories, and his stiffest opponent.

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Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Oct. 17 and Oct. 19, 2011.

On the Oct. 17, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell tackled TNA Bound for Glory fallout analysis, Hulk Hogan's potential political games, locker room tension, plus Raw preview, live calls and emails answered.

Then on the Oct. 19, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Sean Radican discussed with live callers the Bret-Shawn "Rivalries" DVD with an in-depth review from Sean touching on all aspects of the DVD produced by WWE, plus an in-depth discussion of this week's big Impact SPOILER airing on Thursday's show and how it could play out for TNA, a review of ROH TV through one month including the strengths and weaknesses and what needs improvement. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they finished the ROH discussion and preview the Scott Hall ESPN documentary and where it fits into mainstream's view of pro wrestling today.

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 18, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch editor Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell, they discussed last night's Raw including the final hype for Vengeance and the Mexico City setting with Jim Ross and Michael Cole in the main event. Also a lot of talk of the politics going into and coming out of TNA Bound for Glory including Robert Roode, A.J. Styles, and Hulk Hogan. Plus live calls, email topics, and more. In the VIP Aftershow more on Hogan's political games historically and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast "Flagship" episode (10-20-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by co-host PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin. They discuss these topics:

• A full review of WWE Crown Jewel including the gaping logic gap stemming from the finish of Roman Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar that lingers heading into Smackdown.
• A look at the last week of New Japan’s G1 tournament including the unfortunate ending of the final match.
• A review of last week’s AEW Buy In, Rampage, and Dynamite, plus a discussion on the Tony Khan war of words with Eric Bischoff, Roman Reigns, and Booker T including whether Tony came out looking strong or made some p.r. missteps.
• A review of NXT 2.0 from last week building up next week’s Halloween Havoc.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Tuesday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host PWTorch columnist and PWTorch podcast host Greg Parks. They discuss these topics:

• Did Clockwork Carnage earn its place as an annual special attraction match? What could be specifically tweaked to improve it?
• Adam Copeland's retirement announcement and what the post-match interaction with Will Ospreay indicates and what should his last match be?
• Is Copeland a bigger star than Chris Jericho overall? What is the best case for each of them?
• How an excerpt of Steve Keirn's second book about his run as The Skinner in a weird way applies to how WWE's younger wrestlers today function when brought to the main roster
• Reaction to the Roman Reigns-Sami Zayn summit
• The introduction of Carmelo Hayes to The 946
• Mailbag Topics include The Usos dragging won The Bloodline, did Roman needlessly demean Sami Zayn's WWE Title, and could Jayda Parker and Naomi be added to War Games
• Tommaso Ciampa vs. Andrade comedy
• Additional thoughts on AEW WrestleDream

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 16, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks. They discussed with live callers the just-completed TNA Bound for Glory PPV with a full rundown of the event and calls on each match, focus on TNA not going all the way with Robert Roode, how the Hogan-Sting match came across and the post-match angle affecting Kurt Angle vs. Roode in the main event, plus three callers who attended the event share their in-person live perspective on various aspects of the event.

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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (10-19-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by ProWrestling.net’s Jason Powell to discuss the latest happenings on Raw and Smackdown including Goldberg, Roman Reigns-Rusev, HIAC, Ellsworth-Styles, WrestleMania, Chris Jericho-Kevin Owens, Baron Corbin, and more.

In the (previously VIP-exclusive) Aftershow, Wade and Jason talk about the messy ownership and financial standing of TNA and try to figure out what they’re all fighting so hard to try to own or control. Also, more email topics, Mickie James vs. Asuka, the state of NXT, Ryback’s booking idea for Goldberg, and analysis of other Raw and Smackdown segments that didn’t get covered in the Livecast including the state of the Cruiserweight Division.

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In this week’s Interview Classic podcasts, we jump back to 15 years ago this week (10-7-2011) for PWTorch editor Wade Keller's interview with "Superstar" Bill Dundee, who spent the majority of his years in pro wrestling in the Memphis territory. He talks about the new Memphis Heat documentary, a new book he has written on his career in pro wrestling, thoughts on the evolution of the industry, and some terrific stories including the legit fight with Randy Savage and thoughts on what made him so crazy, proposing to his wife that she lose her hair in a wrestling angle, comparing Jerry Lawler and Jerry Jarrett as bookers, stories from his WCW days, thoughts on the handshake tradition in locker rooms, and much much more. Live calls, emails, and 30 minutes of a VIP-Exclusive Aftershow with questions supplied by Bruce Mitchell.

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 12, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill and special guest co-host Disco Inferno. They discussed with live calls Disco's WCW days including WCW and NWO stories, plus Gabe Sapolsky joins the show mid-way through to promote the WWNLive.com shoot interview with Gail Kim tonight. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell joined McNeill for the Live Events Center, McNeill Mailbag, and thoughts on Monday's Rawful show.

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Oct. 11, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell tackle the previous night's odd WWE Raw episode and field upset callers and emails reacting to the show. Many other subjects include Bound for Glory, Brock Lesnar, the IC Title, Jim Ross's treatment, and much more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they break down the Raw quarter hour ratings, preview Bound for Glory, analyze ROH TV so far, and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast "Flagship" episode (10-12-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch columnist Rich Fann. They opened with a conversation about whether Tony Khan was setting himself and AEW fans up for disappointment by building up Friday’s battle between Rampage and Smackdown, and also what’s going on with Rampage viewership continuing to drop despite C.M. Punk wrestling last Friday. They assessed the progress and predict the futures of WWE’s King of the Ring and Queen’s Crown Tournament matches, discuss Jon Moxley vs. Nick Gage and how Renee is dealing with Jon’s violent matches, MLW’s efforts to fit into the crowded U.S. pro wrestling landscape including reaction to the Fightland special, and more. They also answer Mailbag questions on an alternate scenario with Aleister Black in WWE, the women’s tag match on Raw last night, and Rich’s Justice League of Japanese wrestlers. Some non-wrestling topics include thoughts on "Squid Game" and how to cut a peanut butter & jelly sandwich creatively.

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