In this week's Interview Classic episode from five years ago (7-6-2017), Wade Keller interviews ex-WWE Creative Team member Matt McCarthy, who discusses top WWE storylines such as Brock Lesnar vs. Samoa Joe, the Hype Bros., Randy Orton-Aiden English, and Big Cass and Enzo. He also rants about some of the fans at New Japan’s Long Beach, Calif. events this weekend, which he attended. Plus, what match or moment stood out the most from the NJ shows? Also, he discusses moments from his time in WWE that Vince McMahon totally saw a wrestler in a new light based on a performance and that changed the trajectory of their push. And he talks about the writing process.

Then in a bonus Interview Classic from ten years ago (6-27-2012), PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill and PWTorch columnist Sean Radican interview with live callers ROH wrestler Kyle O'Reilly on ROH latest, his candid assessment of ROH, the Best in the World iPPV over the weekend, his rise up the ranks, his wrestling background, and much more!

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host Todd Martin, a PWTorch VIP analyst. They discuss these topics:

- The impact of the latest reporting by the Wall Street Journal regarding Vince McMahon's payments to women not previously reported, plus the new details on the paralegal who was part of the original WSJ reporting. Will Vince McMahon pay a big price for this? How has WWE handled this so far from a public relations standpoint? Will Fox of NBCU care? How creepy and sleazy was the whole Diva Search Era? Should Vince McMahon still be in charge of Creative considering that includes being in charge of the fortunes of women on the roster? And more angles on this developing story.
- Big E's update on his broken neck and the distinct possibility he won't be cleared to wrestle ever again.
- Reviews of WWE Smackdown, WWE Raw, and NXT 2.0 including the Brock Lesnar-Roman Reigns hype, Dolph Ziggler-Theory, Miz and Logan Paul, and more.
- Reviews of AEW Rampage and AEW Dynamite including how the AEW Tag Team Titles changed hands, Chris Jericho's promo, the continue strong performances of Eddie Kingston, and more.
- A review of UFC Fight Night and a preview of this weekend's event including Todd's overview of the current top stars in UFC and how their depth chart of draws compares to past eras, plus are ardent UFC fans currently happy with the state of UFC compared to past eras.

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In this Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (7-12-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net’s Jason Powell answer calls about Lesnar, Samoa Joe, Enzo-Cass, Alberto, SMW, Cena, Styles, Battleground, Jinder, and more with callers. Then, in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they ponder possible changes to the Roster Split set-up, social media prudence for wrestlers, the GFW Alberto suspension, and reflecting on the top stories of the Livecast years (2010-2017).

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In this week's Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (7-6-2012), Wade Keller interviewed former WWE and TNA headliner and MMA fighter Bobby Lashley. They covered a wide, wide array of topics including: What was Donald Trump like behind the scenes? Does he believe steroids are dangerous? Did Ivanka Trump think pro wrestling was real? Who does he think will win between Anderson Silva and Chael Sonnen? Can anyone solve the Jon Jones riddle? Who was his favorite WWE opponent? Which wrestlers does he most want to wrestle whom he hasn't yet? How does he feel about criticism of his promos in WWE? Does he believe steroids are stigmatized more than they should be? And much much more.

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In this Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (7-5-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks preview Great Balls of Fire and also discuss WSJ’s new article on WWE’s demographic targeting, GLOW, and more with callers and emails.

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PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host Zack Heydorn from PWTorch.com. They discuss these topics:

- The decision, execution, and fallout from Liv Morgan and Theory winning the Money in the Bank matches.
- Should WWE split the men's world titles or unify the women's world titles?
- Would it make sense for WWE to swap Theory for Wardlow? How about for AEW to swap Wardlow for Theory?
- What is the actual fan interest in a Brock Lesnar rematch against Roman Reigns?
- A look at the state of the top tier women in both WWE and AEW including
- Is AEW's men's roster depth really as great as people say?
- Is ROH's integration into AEW TV doing harm, plus a specific idea on how to frame ROH within AEW.
- Logan Paul's potential in WWE.

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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (7-3-2012), host Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell take live phone calls and answer email questions on a wide variety of topics including lots of thoughts on the previous night's Raw, Money in the Bank speculation, TNA, Doink, C.M. Punk-John Cena, Vince McMahon's digs at Hulk Hogan, protecting wrestlers' heel characters, and more.

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In this week's Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (6-29-2012), Wade Keller interviews former WWE Creative Team member John Piermarini (2009-2010), who returned to the show for the first time this year. He reacted to major stories this week and biggest stories so far this year including the John Cena-Rock dynamic, the push of Brock Lesnar, the Cena divorce, Cena's nine year old fan's comment this week, his reaction to last night's Impact, and much more all from the perspective of someone who worked closely behind the scenes with Vince McMahon and current top stars.

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In this Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (6-28-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net’s Jason Powell discuss GLOW, Impact-GFW merger, Slammiversary, Jinder Mahal, Post-Shake-up Smackdown blues, the Great Balls of Fire name, Jinder Mahal’s progress, and more with callers and emails in the mix. Then, in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, Wade and Jason discuss the Women’s Money in the Bank redo, Miz TV with Ball Family, Lana’s loss, John Cena’s announcement, Summerslam speculation, ROH’s future, Cody’s chances against Okada, and more.

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In this week's Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (6-26-2012), host Wade Keller and ProWrestling.net's Jason Powell take live phone calls and answer email questions on a wide variety of topics including lots of thoughts on a newsworthy Raw including unnecessary digs at Roddy Piper and Mick Foley, John Cena's asinine nine year old comment, Chris Jericho's return, Money in the Bank developments, and much more on Raw. Plus reaction to the A.J. Styles-Dixie Carter reveal on Impact and other random topics.

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