SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller continues the Hulk Hogan-themed episodes with a three-part, nearly three hour series on Hulk Hogan’s WCW Nitro era from start to finish.

Wade discusses those years with the author of the definitive book on the WCW Nitro years, aptly called “Nitro.” (Order a copy HERE.)

The series begins with a look at Hogan’s arrival in WCW and how he was received and the difference he made. Then topics include his importance to the launch of Nitro and the early success of Nitro, the build-up to the heel turn that almost wasn’t with behind the scenes insights on how it almost didn’t happen, his relationship with Scott Hall & Kevin Nash, his relationship with Eric Bischoff, the seeming sabotage of Bret Hart once he arrived, dealing with the arrival of Vince Russo, and much more throughout.

Find information on all of the books authored by Guy Evans on pro wrestling HERE.

You can send a question about Hulk Hogan to [email protected].

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller continues his series on Hulk Hogan with various topics and cohosts. This is the first of a two-part conversation with pro wrestling historian George Schire, a former cohost of the “Pro Wrestling Focus” radio show from KFAN in the early 1990s.

This theme focuses on Hulk Hogan’s breakout years from 1981 to 1983 in the AWA when he was brought in as a heel, but was turned babyface by the fans who cheered him and ushered in a new era of what defined a modern babyface main event act. This includes insights from that era, including George’s many conversations with many wrestlers from that time period who worked with Hogan. They chronicle Hogan’s rise in the AWA, disputes with promoter Verne Gagne, Japan commitments complicating things, who helped hone Hogan’s overall promo skills and babyface act, theories on what would have happened had Hogan stayed in the AWA and not signed with the WWF in 1983, and much more.

This is part one and part two will be published tomorrow.

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back 18 years to the daily Wade Keller Hotlines for the June 1-6, 2007 period, all combined into one file lasting nearly two hours. The following are the updates and the theme of each:

WEDNESDAY – JUNE 6 (News)
TUESDAY – JUNE 5 (News)
MONDAY – JUNE 4 (Raw Analysis)
SUNDAY – JUNE 3 (One Night Stand Analysis w/Caldwell)
SATURDAY – JUNE 2 (Lesnar’s MMA debut, Goldberg on color)
FRIDAY – JUNE 1 (Random News Items)

This is another episode in our VIP Podcast Vault series going back to our earliest podcasts. We will continue to present VIP Podcasts from 18 years ago exclusively for PWTorch VIP members on our VIP Podcast Feed.

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the Apr. 20, 2007 episode of the Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host Wade Keller. This was part one of a four part series discussing the “Ric Flair & the Four Horsemen” DVD released by WWE that month, covering it chapter by chapter with the inside story that the WWE didn’t tell, analysis of their perspective, and first-hand accounts from Bruce who was front row and center for that era of WCW.

SHOW SUMMARY: In this installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnists Pat McNeill and Bruce Mitchell discuss the TNA Lockdown pay-per-view event. This was loaded with big names including a Team Angle (Kurt Angle & Samoa Joe & Jeff Jarrett & Rhino & Sting) vs. Team Cage (Christian Cager & Scott Steiner & Tomko& Abyss & A.J. Styles) main event, plus Alex Shelley, Chris Sabin, Jerry Lynn, Team 3D, Gail Kim, Jay Lethal, and more.

This is another episode in our VIP Podcast Vault series going back to our earliest podcasts. We will continue to present VIP Podcasts from 18 years ago exclusively for PWTorch VIP members on our VIP Podcast Feed.

SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of “Everything with Rich Fann hosted by Wade Keller,” Wade and Rich discuss these topics:

• Jimmy Uso bloodbath angle with Gunther
• AEW Collision’s possible move to Thursdays
• Parsing Cody Rhodes and John Cena exchanges from Raw
• AEW Dynasty preview
• Athena arriving in AEW, but on Collision instead of Dynamite
• Saraya’s interview in The Guardian
• Furor of Mickie James’s comments about women’s attire on LFG
• Tetsuya Naito’s New Japan status and future
• Rey Fenix’s imminent arrival and how WWE should feature him
• The “That’s not the favor?” moment with C.M. Punk and is this WM main event really what Punk and his fans dreamed of
• Rich reflecting on his interview with Kate Kroll, the director of the Luna Vachon documentary, “Lunatic: The Luna Vachon Story.”

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back 18 years to the daily Wade Keller Hotlines for the Feb. 1-7, 2007 period, all combined into one file lasting nearly two-and-a-half hours. The following are the updates and the theme of each:

WEDNESDAY – FEBRUARY 7 (News Items on Hogan, WM, Ratings, TNA)

TUESDAY – FEBRUARY 6 (Insider news on WM & Raw, Raw analysis)

MONDAY – FEBRUARY 5 (WSX episode 2, WSX/TNA/SD ratings, more)

SUNDAY – FEBRUARY 4 (Jericho interview analysis, Smackdown thoughts)

SATURDAY – FEBRUARY 3 (Impact Analysis and Ratings)

FRIDAY – FEBRUARY 2 (Guest: Sean Radican on Joe leaving ROH)

THURSDAY – FEBRUARY 1 (Audio Ask the Torch)

This is another episode in our VIP Podcast Vault series going back to our earliest podcasts. We will continue to present VIP Podcasts from 18 years ago exclusively for PWTorch VIP members on our VIP Podcast Feed.

SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of “Everything with Rich Fann hosted by Wade Keller,” Wade talks with Rich about these topics:

• The follow-up to the heel turn of New Day
• Paul Heyman on how to deal with the plethora of titles
• AEW Continental Classic overview and ideas for how to improve it
• The Rey Fenix saga and related issues
• Athena being hidden in ROH
• The WWE “transfer window” concept
• Thoughts on NXT Deadline
• The Wyatt Sicks and whether they’ve been creative abandoned and how to get them back on track
• Reaction to AEW Dynamite ratings

SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of “Everything with Rich Fann hosted by Wade Keller,” Wade talks with Rich about his thoughts on the AEW All Out PPV, the discussions the last few days about the level of violence, the strengths of the show, PWTorch poll results including what the Best Match winner might indicate, whether Tony Khan is super-serving too small of an audience when violence goes that far, and much more.

SHOW SUMMARY: In the latest Flashback episode of The Fix with Todd Martin & Wade Keller, we jump back seven years to part two of the August 16, 2017 episode of The Fix. CURRENT EVENTS

• G1 Finals and more stories from his trip including whether these are the best wrestling shows he’s ever seen and how crowds are different than WWE and UFC big event crowds
• Analysis of big segments on Raw and Smackdown including the Baron Corbin MITB cash-in
• Fatal Four-way hype
• Seth Rollins and Dean Ambrose
• Shane McMahon
• And more

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• Bill Watts’s potential had he been given more time to run WCW
• Eric Bischoff’s chances at success with the WCW buyout with Fusient Media
• Paul Heyman’s chances of succeeding if Dixie Carter hired him to run TNA
• Whether Brock Lesnar vs. Randy Orton last year had unplanned aspects
• Baron Corbin’s MITB cash-in
• A potential WWE point system tournament like G1
• Stereotypes in wrestling and the responsibly of fans and reporters to speak out
• And more