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SHOW SUMMARY: Today we jump back five years to an episode of The Deep Dive with Rich Fann from Nov. 14, 2020. Chris Maitland returned to talk with Rich about the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame inductions of Jun Akiyama and Kenny Omega – particularly against the field of other Japanese candidates, his issues with the process, and how transparency could help some of the questions listed.
Additionally, the pair have a chat about the recent AEW Brandi Rhodes promo, which leads to a run-in from Melissa, and her thoughts on two black women code switching on television, the Kenny Omega Jordan tribute and Melissa’s feelings as a Duke alum and former cheerleader, and Melissa’s view on how the book “The Namesake” could tie into professional wrestling, particularly with the realm of language brokering as a tool of linguistics.
Rich returns and Chris finishes talking about wrestlers that he feels should have a higher profile, including Ted Turner, Don Owen, Caristico, Junkyard Dog, and Kerry Von Erich, and finish with newer inductees in 2021 that bear watching.
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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (11-18-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch.com’s Tyler Sage to analyze AEW Dynamite with live callers and emails. They discuss the AEW Title contract signing with Kenny Omega and without Jon Moxley after the backstage attack. Who are top suspects for the Mox attack? Was Kenny in on it? Is Kenny’s character heading in a good direction, and fast enough? Also, the debut of Top Flight against The Young Bucks, with pro and con viewpoints on the match itself, plus Cody forgoing a TNT Title rematch, where is Pac best slotted, an analysis of Miro so far in AEW, Inner Circle in Las Vegas, Jim Ross’s latest controversial comment, and the Will Hobbs angle at the end of the show.
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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s episode of All Elite Conversation Club, PWTorch contributor Gregg Kanner goes solo, talking Blood & Guts likes and dislikes using Joel’s thoughts via text and Zach Barber’s email.
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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (11-12-2015), PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed J.J. Dillon, manager of the Four Horsemen, director of talent relations for the WWF in the 1990s, author of excellent wrestling book “Wrestlers Are Like Seagulls,” and long-time wrestler. He takes a lot of live calls on a wide range of great topics for well over an hour and a half. Topics include the Four Horsemen, Ole Anderson, Ric Flair, Dusty Rhodes, Eddie Graham, Terry Funk, internal logic in storylines and angles, and more.
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SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the new Wade Keller Audio News Bulletin, Wade covers these topics:
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SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of NXT Eight Years Back, Kelly Wells and Tom Stoup cover NXT from November 15, 2017, including Mercedes Martinez vs. Ember Moon, Moss & Sabbatelli vs. Street Profits, Paul Thomas Anderson films, and more.
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SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews the Nov. 14 edition of WWE Smackdown including Cody Rhodes defending his WWE Title against Bronson Reed in an unadvertised match agreed to during the show, the latest Ilja Dragunov defense of his U.S. Title, Zack Ryder showing up as a surprise opponent for L.A. Knight in the John Cena tournament, Charlotte refusing to team with Rhea Ripley in War Games, and Drew McIntyre returning from his suspension due to fine print in the WarGames contract.
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SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch’s Christopher Maitland to review WWE Smackdown including reaction to Zack Ryder as L.A. Knight’s mystery opponent and whether he should have been Matt Cardona, plus War Games developments, Charlotte’s attitude toward Rhea Ripley, Ilja Dragunov, Sami Zayn, and more with live callers and chat interactions throughout.
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SHOW SUMMARY: Today we jump back 15 years to the Nov. 10, 2010 episode of the PWTorch Livecast featuring PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch Nostalgia columnist Brian Hoops discussing with live callers Undertaker’s injury, how it affects WrestleMania 27, whether WWE has a back-up plan for WM27, perhaps a Nostalgia Mania in Atlanta to bridge the gap to WM28?, TNA’s Samoa Joe vs. WWE’s Husky Harris, overall lack of focus on what matters on pro wrestling TV, David Otunga, concussions, Mick Foley and Mr. Anderson’s quotes on concussions, why there is a need more than ever for an off-season in pro wrestling, and more.
In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discussed Mania, Taker, Sean Waltman YouShoot, have a Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame scoop, and discuss the 20 Years Ago Torch Newsletter with some fascinating stories, house show reports, and ol’ Herb Abrams makes an appearance.
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SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of PWTorch Dailycast series “Acknowledging WWE,” Javier Machado and Jorge Machado acknowledge:
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