Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-shows

PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Javier Machado to discuss Raw with live chat and live caller interaction throughout starting with thoughts on the reveal of Cruz Montana (Santana) as the latest member of The 946 after the sluggish Solo Sikoa vs. Royce Keys main event. Also, Wade rants about John Cena in general and specifically regarding his John Cena Classic announcement and his patronizing tone toward Cody Rhodes once again, plus Sami Zayn confronts Roman Reigns, Randy Orton addresses Cody Rhodes, The Vision in action, Chad Gable vs. Ethan Page for the IC Title, and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (11-3-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Joel Dehnel to discuss the 2nd anniversary episode of AEW Dynamite with live callers, emails, and an on-site correspondent. They talk Miro replacing Jon Moxley, Kenny Omega vs. Alan Angels, Cody Rhodes vs. Andrade, MJF-Darby, Allin, American Top Team-Inner Circle, C.M. Punk’s prickly promo, and more. Discussions include whether Miro or Kenny Omega are more valuable to AEW, the strengths of MJF’s promo, whether Punk still has to find his 2021 voice and purpose in AEW, Cody’s ring entrance comparison to “Spinal Tap,” and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (11-2-2021), Nate Lindberg was joined by guest host Jack Berkenstock, a more casual NXT viewer, to give his perspective on NXT 2.0 through the eyes of someone who had yet to see the rebrand. Nate and Jack breaks down the show including Quinn vs. Stone, KOR & Von Wagner vs. Legado del Fantasma, Boa vs. Greyson Waller, Lumis & Gargano vs. Hayes & Williams, Lash Legend’s segment with Tony DeAngelo, Ciampa & Bron Breakker’s continuing feud, and more.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch's Eric Corbridge to review WWE Smackdown with live chat and caller interactions throughout reacting to Sami Zayn retaining his WWE Title against Trick Williams, Chelsea Green retaining her WWE Title against Nikki Bella, Cody Rhodes speaks about Randy Orton match, Kevin Owens-CM Punk video package, Danhausen-Gunther-Demon, and more.

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In this week's episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show from five years ago (10-29-2021), PWTorch assistant editor Zack Heydorn guest hosts for Wade Keller and is joined by PWTorch.com contributor Nick Barbati to break down WWE Smackdown with listener calls and emails. Discussion points include the Charlotte Flair promo to start the show, the Becky Lynch and Charlotte Flair dynamic, the elevation of Shotzi, Shotzi’s potential as a heel and her potential as a top star on Smackdown, the pluses and minus of Xavier Woods as King, Trick or Treat Street Fight silliness, Heyman’s ability to hold down and further Reigns vs. Lesnar on his own, Smackdown vs. Rampage ratings banter, and more. Enjoy!

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Jerud "JB" Buhagiar to discuss AEW Dynamite including Queen Aminata's main event TBS Title win over Persephone, Kyle Fletcher issuing the AEW Title match challenge to Will Ospreay, The Death Riders vs. The Cut, Wheeler Yuta being cheered, Marina Shafir stepping up, Darby Allin taking more crazy bumps, Steven Borden's promo, and more including an on-site correspondent.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (10-25-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Tom Stoup from the PWTorch Dailycast’s “PWT Talks NXT” podcast to review the season premiere of WWE Monday Night Raw with live calls and emails. They discuss what can be learned from how Raw presented its new roster, thoughts on the Fatal Four-way match and participants, how Big E is presenting himself including that sideview of the monitor backstage, the Bianca Belair-Becky Lynch segment, “Bearcat” Lee’s new gimmick, Damien Priest’s refresh, Liv Morgan, RKBro’s future, and more with live callers and emails. They close with Tom’s quick preview of Tuesday night’s NXT Halloween Havoc special.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Chris Griffin to discuss Raw with live chat and live caller interaction throughout starting with the Liv Morgan vs. Becky Lynch make-shift main event. They also discussed Sami Zayn vs. Je'Von Evans, the minimal Bloodline and 946 content, what's next for Bayley, where was Austin Theory, MITB cash-in teases, the John Cena announcement, and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (10-27-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by ProWrestling.net’s Jake Barnett to discuss AEW Dynamite with live callers and respond to mailbag questions. They also talk with a correspondent who was on-site in the arena for Dynamite and the post-Dynamite taping of Rampage, sharing details on Tony Khan’s appearances and crowd responses throughout. Key topics include whether Cody’s plea for fans to cheer him backfired, whether the Halloween costumes in the main event was counterproductive for the AEW World Title program, praise for Serena Deeb vs. Hikaru Shida, MJF’s promo, Jon Moxley’s trajectory, and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (10-26-2021), Kelly Wells, Nate Lindberg, and Tom Stoup cover a trio of title changes, Dakota Kai’s return, potentially excessive risk-taking, and more.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch's Derrick Hubbard to review WWE Smackdown with live chat and caller interactions throughout reacting to the Cody Rhodes-Randg Orton segment and how Cody won the crowd over by the end, the Kevin Owens-CM Punk segment and whether it's good for either wrestler, the elevation of Trick Williams to a WWE Title match against Sami Zayn and why Trick isn't really ready for more than a one-off match like this when it comes to his in-ring work, an evaluation of the three women's matches and what stood out good and bad, and much more with live caller and chat interactions throughout.

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In this week's episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show from five years ago (10-22-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Mike Meyers to discuss WWE Friday Night Smackdown with live callers and emails. They began with whether Smackdown felt fresh post-Draft and post-Crown Jewel. Then main topics included the final segment with the “belt swap” with Becky Lynch and Charlotte, how Sasha Banks fits in now as a defacto babyface and whether her character is booked at the level her talents deserve, whether the glaring logic hole from last night with Roman Reigns and Paul Heyman was addressed adequately on the show, the new wrestlers including what looks good so far with Hit Row, future Reigns challengers, Drew McIntyre’s role on Smackdown, and quite a bit about what’s right and what’s also gone wrong with Pat McAfee lately. Plus, what exactly did Aliyah say in her soundbite?

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Taylor Halley to discuss AEW Dynamite including the debut of Ilja Dragunov's debut. What did AEW get right, but what did they also get wrong? Should AEW be focusing more on Will Ospreay than Dragunov on a week like this? Plus, Davis & Doyle decimate The Young Bucks, The Death Riders seems to finally decisively turn babyface (although will fans still chant "F--- you, Yuta!"?) Plus the big Blood & Guts set-up, Marina Shafir steps up to Mercedes Mode, Nick Wayne-Chris Jericho exchange, and more with live chat and email interactions throughout.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (10-18-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Cameron Hawkins to review WWE Monday Night Raw with live calls and emails. They discussed the majority of matches ending with clean finishes except the two biggest matches, including the DQ ending for the main event Raw Women’s Title match between Charlotte and Bianca Belair. They also discussed the finals being set up for the King and Queen tournaments, final hype for Crown Jewel including the latest tension between Drew McIntyre and Big E, and more with live callers and emails.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Paul Weigle to discuss Raw with live chat and live caller interaction throughout starting with The 946 retreating from a Roman Reigns-led Bloodline to close the show. Also, the Roman-Sami Zayn summit of champions, what's not working and working with Chad Gable, Joe Tessitore's bad week, Bron Breakker's status, and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (10-23-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by former PWTorch Newsletter columnist Eric Krol to discuss AEW Dynamite, which included trying to figure out why Cody Rhodes was heavily and relentlessly booed by the Orlando crowd in his main event match against Malikai Black.

Also, Kenny Omega’s low-rent one-liners, "Hangman" Page’s weak follow-up to last week’s stellar promo, speculation on where the two tournaments are headed, MJF’s promo, Lance Archer landing on his head and whether the match should have continued, and more with live callers.

Also, an in-depth conversation with two on-site correspondents with details on what happened with C.M. Punk, Tony Khan, and others after Dynamite ended, Archer’s trip to the back after his injury, crowd size, vitriol toward Cody, pre-show taping, and more.

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In this week's 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (10-19-2021), PWTorch's Kelly Wells and Tom Stoup cover final hype for Halloween Havoc, Jacy Jayne’s scary accident, lots of segments outside the venue, and more.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by ProWrestling.net's Jake Barnett to review WWE Smackdown with live chat and caller interactions throughout reacting to Cody Rhodes finally unleashing a Punt Kick, did WWE pull a "bait and switch" with Cody-Randy Orton segment, did Sami Zayn bring up a serious side of Trick Williams that showed he can be more than a charismatic second-tier star, plus Chelsea Green, Kevin Owens-CM Punk, Johnny Gargano, Ricky Saints-referee interaction, and more. Also, a sidebar on AI's potential usage in pro wrestling and why it would face a backlash and could Roman Reigns actually be the leader of the 946?

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In this week's episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show from five years ago (10-15-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by Nate Lindberg from PWTorch.com to discuss WWE Friday Night Smackdown with live callers and on-site correspondents. They discussed the Brock Lesnar-Roman Reigns contract signing and whether Lesnar is just messing with Heyman or if there’s possibly a secret Lesnar-Heyman alliance, Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch, Queen and King tournament semi-finals, Edge-Seth hype, and more. They also talked with on-site correspondents from both Smackdown and Rampage, including Tribute to the Troops taping notes.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Dennis Kline to discuss the three-and-a-half hour Dynamite/Collision episode including Adam Copeland announcing his plan to retire by the end of 2027 and also Christian Cage's injury. Then they discussed the Motor City Machine Guns showing up on Dynamite to little reaction and having a Best of Five match series with FTR. Then they discuss the build to Clockwork Carnage, the Jon Mobley breakdown backstage, the return of Wardlow, the MJF video on him ranking no. 1 in the PWI 500, The New Level's promo, whether Will Ospreay and Andrade are leaning into the corny goofball schtick too much, and more with live caller, chat, and email interactions throughout.

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