In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (4-16-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch's Todd Martin. They discussed these topics:NEWS ANALYSIS:

• Howard Finkel and what he represented as a great ring announcer but also how Vince McMahon treated him and what that says about McMahon.
• Todd's strong view on WWE’s decision to release so many wrestlers yesterday during a pandemic just days before the next investor’s conference call.
• A review of that week's AEW Dynamite (including the Jon Moxley vs. Jake Hager main event)
• A review of NXT on USA
• Thoughts on WWE Smackdown (including Braun Strowman vs. Shinsuke Nakamura)
• Analysis of WWE Raw (including Drew McIntyre’s promo, Drew vs. Andrade, and Nia Jax squashing Kairi Sane).
• The latest on UFC

MAILBAG TOPICS:

• What was the reason Vince McMahon backed Chris Benoit enough to give him the title win at WrestleMania 20, and is he the most surprising WrestleMania main eventer ever?
• Why did Vince McMahon ultimately choose John Cena over Batista?
• Why does WWE have such unbalanced power over their independent contractors compared to how things work in Europe?
• Is A.J. Styles a former WrestleMania headliners now that he closed out the first night of WrestleMania 36, or does that not count?
• What is a list of Bret Hart’s best matches in WCW?
• What was the deal with Hunter Hearst Helmsley and “Mr. Perfect” Curt Hennig in the fall of 1996?

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