Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Apr. 7 and 8, 2011.

On the Apr. 7, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell takes live phone calls for 60+ minutes covering WWE's announced business changes today, Triple H heading up talent recruitment, what kind of talent WWE might recruit under Hunter, the next WWE main-eventer and if he's currently on the roster, Superstars's finale and how it could affect the roster, the next 12 months with John Cena and The Rock, The Corre's unexplainable booking, why tag team & women's wrestling aren't featured in WWE, the chairshot controversy with Triple H and The Undertaker, and more.

Then on the Apr. 8, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks, they discuss with live callers Smackdown, Impact ratings breaking news analysis, John Morrison and Trish Stratus story, way-too-early Money in the Bank predictions for June PPV, possible Sin Cara-Rey Mysterio match at WM28, outside-the-box storyline build for John Cena vs. Rock at WM28 e.g. 50-Week Challenge, Triple H's TV future, Corre's standing on Smackdown and why they'll probably stick around for a while, and more.

In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discuss Nexus's future and potential ways to re-start the group, the upcoming three-hour Raws and potential themes and analysis of why WWE and USA continue to use three-hour Raws, and potential conclusions to the Raw GM storyline.

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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (4-12-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by “Saturday Morning Wrestling’s” Jim Valley, also of the VIP Wayback Playback weekly audio show and the “Total Chaos” Attitude Era radio show available to VIP members. Valley is live on site at Cauliflower Alley Club for their annual banquet discussing who he had rubbed elbows with, and then we hand over topics to callers who discuss primarily all of the happenings on Raw the night before.

Then in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, Wade was joined by Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net. They answered emails from listeners with topics coming out of Raw last night on A.J. Styles, Bullet Club, Roman Reigns, Shane McMahon, and much more, plus TNA’s future, ROH-EVOLVE-WWE and Jeff Jarrett’s Global Force Gold.

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In this week’s Interview Classic podcasts, we jump back to ten years ago this week (4-7-2016) when PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed former WWE and TNA pro wrestler Matt Morgan who returns to talk about WrestleMania 32 and the Roman Reigns push, A.J. Styles’s hair and music, who he’d push as a lead babyface, challenges of being a big man in the industry that is leaning more toward smaller wrestlers, and more including live callers and email questions.

That is followed by PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill that same week (4-6-2016) welcoming special guests PWTorch specialist Shawn Valentino and former Prowrestling.net contributor Rich Twilling discussing their WrestleMania 32 weekend live experience. Plus, live calls, emails, and more fun on the Livecast!

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Apr. 6, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill. They discussed with live callers WrestleMania, Monday's Raw, Rock-Cena hype for WrestleMania 28, whether Rock is being sabotaged, the overlooked aspect of the 2011 Royal Rumble winner Alberto Del Rio opening WrestleMania, concerns with current WWE product, fate of Superstars after Thursday, Sin Cara's debut reflective of WWE's lack of direction & planning, Lockdown line-up, the Lockdown Line-Up Guessing Game, Miz vs. Cena continuing, Jon Moxley in WWE, McNeill's Live Events Center, and a new weekly feature - Criteria To Determine Whether You Should You Have An Internet PPV. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they take McNeill Zone Thread questions on Miss USA on Tough Enough, a potential WM28 Stars vs. Legends theme, and the Austin-Miz confrontation on Raw.

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Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Apr. 4 and 5, 2011.

On the Apr. 4, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell, they discussed WrestleMania 27 and look at the strengths and weaknesses, plus talked with callers for an hour focused primarily on WrestleMania and its fallout.

Then on the Apr. 5, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell, they discussed the previous night's Raw including whether Rock has lost steam, whether John Cena undercut Rock, how Cena definitely diminished the value of the WWE Title and heel beatdowns, plus did the Dome take away from WrestleMania more than it helped, what comes next for WWE without the WM buzz, and more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow they talk about the great debut episode of Tough Enough and more WrestleMania-related topics.

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In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (4-8-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin. They begin with a review of Smackdown including Edge’s follow-up promo to his turn, the Daniel Bryan vs. Jey Uso main event, and Logan Paul with Sami Zayn. Then a full review of the final Raw before WrestleMania including Drew McIntyre’s promo, Miz and Morrison spray-painting Bad Bunny’s car, Drew vs. King Corbin, and Braun Strowman and Shane McMahon in a verbal battle. And then a preview of all announced matches at both nights of WrestleMania. From there, they analyze the Wednesday ratings and how viewership patterns could change starting next week. Then they discuss NXT Takeover “Stand & Deliver: Night 1” headlined by Raquel Gonzalez beating Io Shirai for the NXT Title and a standout Tommaso Ciampa vs. Walter match. Then they review AEW Dynamite including the apparent heel turn of The Young Bucks on Jon Moxley, Chris Jericho’s featured promo about The Pinnacle, Christian’s latest promo with the Taz overture, and more. Also, is Lulu Lemon a store for yoga wear or a flavor of Girl Scout Cookie?

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Tuesday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with PWTorch's Chris Lansdell, making his long-awaited Flagship debut. They discuss these topics:

• Reaction to the WrestleMania's night 1 and night 2 line-ups release: Did WWE load WrestleMania night 2 at expense of night 1? Did they make good choices for the ESPN
  simulcast first hours?
• What key element is WrestleMania 42 missing and was it avoidable?
• AEW Dynasty line-up so far a good counter to WrestleMania's weakness
• Thoughts on the Pat McAfee debacle
• Chris Jericho's return to AEW and how can he be useful for AEW this time?
• Mailbag topic: Is AEW building for the future and what does the state of their original Four Pillars say?
• A preview of AEW Dynamite
• New Japan's resurgence
• A Foodie discussion closes out the free portion of the show

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Today we jump back 15 years to the Apr. 3, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks. They discussed with live callers the entire WrestleMania 27 PPV immediately after its conclusion looking at the PPV from a variety of perspectives and covering each of the matches that filled out the nearly five hour event with a brutal main event. Every possible angle macro & micro about Mania, WWE's product, where they go from here, etc. is broken down throughout the fast-moving Livecast.

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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (4-5-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net for their weekly live discussion with caller, email, and Twitter contributions with an in-depth analysis of first Raw after WrestleMania 32 with callers including what WWE is up to with Roman Reigns, the loss and win for A.J. Styles on back-to-back nights, the influx of NXT wrestlers, and much more.

Then in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, Wade and Jason react to a series of email questions and topics regarding the fallout from WrestleMania 32 on both WWE’s main roster and NXT.

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In this week’s Interview Classic podcasts, we jump back to ten years ago this week (3-31-2016) when PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed Pro Wrestling Spotlight radio show host (circa late 1980s to mid-’90s), former wrestling convention and promoter and wrestler, and now country music act manager John Arezzi discussing WM32 and a remarkable story regarding dealing with Ultimate Warrior in the 1990s. Live callers and email questions are sprinkled in.

That is followed by PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill that same week (3-30-2016) welcoming special guests Lance Hoyt, Ian Ricaboni from ROH, David Fuller from the ROH, and Joel Gertner from the ECW Alumni Page to the pre-WrestleMania Wednesday Livecast Extravaganza with live callers and emails.

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