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SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 29, 2007 episode of the Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host Wade Keller. They discussed the Benoit Family Tragedy from a wide array of angles and perspectives including a look at the media coverage, whether the tragedy could lead to long-needed positive changes, evaluating how WWE was dealing with the crisis, and a look at media coverage.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of “Greg Parks Outloud!,” PWTorch columnist Greg Parks presents a podcast version of his weekly PWTorch Newsletter column. This week’s show features a look at New Japan’s newest signing, Aaron Wolf, and how he may eventually be able to become the main eventer to replace stars that have left, in a way that other Young Lions haven’t been able to do.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (7-1-2020), we flash back to a “PWT Talks NXT” episode featuring PWTorch’s Tom Stoup, Nate Lindberg, and Todd Dautel covering Great American Bash Part 1, Banks-Shirai, women’s four-way, potential for Tessa Blanchard in WWE, fantasy-booking NXT vs. AEW event, and more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (6-30-2015), PWTorch’s Bruce Mitchel guest hosting for Wade Keller was joined by ProWrestling.net’s head honcho Jason Powell to discuss with live callers the previous night’s WWE Raw, the awful rating, is Seth Rollins too weak of a heel champion, what’s ahead of Brock Lesnar, the state of TNA, Matt Morgan’s return, and many more topics with live callers and emails.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of PWTorch ‘90s Pastcast, Patrick Moynahan and Alex McDonald discuss issue #339 of the PWTorch including WCW’s huge announcement regarding a live two-hour show on TNT, what is known and still unknown about the show, an update on Chris Benoit in WWF, a preview of WCW Great American Bash, booking a WCW King of the Ring, and much more. Contact us with questions, reactions, and more at torchpastcast@gmail.com.

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SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back 18 years to the daily Wade Keller Hotlines for the June 27, 28, and 29, 2007, all combined into one file lasting about 100 minutes. The following are the updates and the theme of each:

WEDNESDAY – JUNE 27 (Benoit Tragedy Developments, pt. 3)

THURSDAY – JUNE 28 (Benoit Tragedy Developments, pt. 4)

FRIDAY – JUNE 29 (Benoit: Unfounded Rumors, Unanswered Questions)

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SHOW SUMMARY: This week, Josh Mustacchio and Rich Fann are back for some great questions in the mailbag. This time around, in addition to Josh’s thoughts on Night of Champions, they talk about:

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show (7-1-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by Jake Barnett from ProWrestling.net. They talked with live callers and answer emails about AEW Dynamite’s “Fyter Fest Night 1” special including whether the show felt special, which matches delivered and which seemed to come up short, whether Jake Hager stepped up for the moment, whether Kenny Omega will ever be the central star fans of his anticipated when AEW launched, tag wrestlers who coul...

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (6-25-2015), PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed Taz who discussed his unlikely career journey, comparisons to Brock Lesnar’s suplex-based style, NXT as a training ground, Tough Enough reaction, commentating for WWE vs. TNA, switching to a podcasting career, and more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the Real Deal with Pat McNeill from June 27, 2007, where PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill talked with Jason Powell about the Benoit murder/suicide and what it means, plus a brief news recap and Listener Mail.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In our post-PLE “Wrestling Night in America” format, PWTorch columnist Greg Parks is joined by PWTorch.com contributor Paul Weigle to discuss in-depth the WWE Night of Champions PLE, including interaction with those VIP members joining by video call and those contributing in the chat. They break down all six matches on the card, including all the gaga in the main event, seeds for the potential babyface turn of John Cena, taking stock of Jade Cargill’s progress, and much more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this VIP Post-Event Audio Roundtable covering WWE’s Night of Champions PLE, PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch’s Rich Fann and Todd Martin. They analyzed John Cena vs. C.M. Punk, Cody Rhodes vs. Randy Orton, Sami Zayn vs. Gunther, Jade Cargill vs. Asuka, and Rhea Ripley vs. Raquel Rodriguez.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of NXT Eight Years Back, Kelly Wells and Tom Stoup cover NXT from June 28, 2017, including major Asuka vs. Cross main event, Mauro Ranallo joining commentary, Itami injury altering match plans on the fly, and more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews the June 27 edition of WWE Smackdown which included C.M. Punk responding to John Cena’s Pipe Bomb with a Thugonomics spoof, Tiffany defending against Nia Jax, Cody Rhodes and Randy Orton talk King aspirations, and more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch’s Eric Corbridge who talk about C.M. Punk’s attempt to fire back with a spoof of the decades-old Thugonomics version of John Cena, but was it too cringey to actually work in his favor? They also discussed the rest of the show including the state of the tag division with another awful WWE TV finish, Tiffany Stratton vs. Nia Jax, the Cody Rhodes-Randy Orton segment with a technical issue resolved creatively by the time it aired on USA...

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s episode of All Elite Conversation Club, PWTorch contributors Joel Dehnel and Gregg Kanner cover these topics:

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SHOW SUMMARY: Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from June 23 and 24, 2010.

On the June 23, 2010 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell discussing the NXT angle, the Raw ratings, the rise of Sheamus, the Ric Flair-Jay Lethal situation, the Mystery G.M. angle, Batista’s MMA aspirations, and more.

In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discuss the latest comments from Jim Ross and Kurt Angle, more on Batista’s MMA aspirations, and more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back 18 years to the June 26, 2007 Wade Keller Hotlines with PWTorch editor Wade Keller’s second and third audio reports on the Benoit Family Tragedy, including impassioned thoughts on how Chris Benoit’s personality and how he wasn’t the type to do wild recreational drugs, but why writing off roid rage as a contributing cause of his actions would be premature and likely wrong, which WWE did in their first press release on the issue. Also, more notes on how muc...

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-show from five years ago (6-26-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch’s Javier Machado from PWTorch.com to discuss WWE Smackdown including the Undertaker tribute, the Baron Corbin promo and main event match against Jeff Hardy, Nikki Cross earns title shot, a look at the women’s divisions in WWE without Charlotte, COVID-19 updates including masks in the audience now allowed, along with live callers and various email topics submitted by listeners.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s The Fix Mailbag with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they answer emails from VIP members on the following topics:

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of PWTorch Dailycast series “Acknowledging WWE,” Javier and Jorge Machado acknowledge:

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SHOW SUMMARY: This week’s current events episode of The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller features analysis of these topics:

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SHOW SUMMARY: This week’s current events episode of The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller features analysis of these topics:

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this week’s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (6-26-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch columnist Greg Parks. They present a special theme episode – Better Off or Worse Off, looking at WWE and NXT wrestlers today versus one year ago. Is Drew McIntyre better off or worse off? How about Braun Strowman? New Day? A.J. Styles? Dolph Ziggler? Bayley? Undisputed Era? Keith Lee? Seth Rollins? Johnny Gargano? And many many more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 26, 2007 episode of the Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host Wade Keller. They discussed the first D.A. press conference that had just concluded with details on the scene Benoit’s house after the apparent murder-murder-suicide, the journey Benoit was on personally after the death of his best friend Eddie Guerrero, how the recent death of Sensational Sherri could have affected him, and how the structure of the wrestler’s schedule and lifestyle contributes to instability and s...

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of PWTorch VIP series “Catching the Culture,” Kurt Cadet and Chris Adams discuss:

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SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back 18 years to the June 25, 2007 Wade Keller Hotline with PWTorch editor Wade Keller’s first report on the apparent suicide of Chris Benoit after murdering his wife Nancy and their son Daniel with his initial reaction, the early details that were known, insight into Chris Benoit’s actual relationship with his colleagues and his general personality at work, how WWE handled it on Raw that night, early mainstream media coverage, and more, plus details on where the Vince McMahon limo...

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SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Dan Kuester to discuss the June 25 edition of AEW Dynamite including whether it is needlessly and counter-productively excessive for Jon Moxley to choke “Hangman” Page with a chain, will the Young Bucks lose their storyline EVP status, should Mark Briscoe get a Jey Uso-like bigger push, does Adam Cole need a refresh (yes!), should Tony Khan invest even more in Jet Speed, is Kota Ibushi looking better than last time, praise for the Arena Mexico highlight video, and more with live...

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews the June 25 episode of AEW Dynamite including Jon Moxley choking out “Hangman” Page with a chain, a JetSpeed-Hurt Syndicate angle, Swerve Strickland & Will Ospreay want The Young Bucks stripped of EVP status, and more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this Dailycast episode of Wrestling Coast to Coast, Chris Maitland and Justin McClelland take a moment (or several moments) to assess the biggest conversation topics in Indy Wrestling in 2025. We are eight months into the WWE ID program. Has it changed indy wrestling? Ruined it? Made it better? Who are the best prospects to emerge from the program? And will the WWE ID Title Tournament ever have an ending? Plus, indy wrestling continues its game of musical chairs amongst various streaming services, some more stable than...

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SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch contributor and “Raw Hits and Misses” author Jon Mezzera and Frank resume their journey reviewing 1995 WWF by breaking down the much-criticized King of the Ring PPV. They discuss the decision to have Mabel win the tournament and its opportunity cost. They run alternate scenarios not only for the King of the Ring tournament, but for the main event in which Diesel was coming off an injury. Prior to discussing the show, they talk about some happenings between In Your House and this show, which includes Chris Benoi...

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SHOW SUMMARY: In a special Mailbag episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (6-23-2020) PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch senior columnist Rich Fann. They answered mailbag questions dedicated to the Speaking Out movement, including Sammy Guevara’s suspension without pay, promoter response so far, fan disenchantment and how wrestling’s social media accessibility exacerbates that sense of betrayal fans feel, pro wrestling’s shameful past and why it’s different and in some ways worse now, and why there’s hope for th...

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this episode of “Collision Cafe,” Brian Zilem and Amin Ajani discuss the following:

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SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents the Tuesday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net and the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast. They discuss these topics:

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SHOW SUMMARY: Kelly Wells and Nate Lindberg discuss Yoshiki Inamura and Jasper Troy as strange bedfellows for Oba Femi, Jordynne Grace’s inevitable march toward the title, Stacks winning singles gold, and more.

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

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SHOW SUMMARY: In our latest episode of Alan4L’s ProWres Paradise, PWTorch columnist Alan4L is once again joined by Josh/snowboiiii after two hours of great 2005 Japan talk, to move onto the rest of the world during that influential and exciting year. In this part, the lads talk extensively about Ring of Honor and how it feels to watch it now with 2025 eyes. What holds up better than expected and what’s not as good as it was at the time? From there, it’s a look at the...

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SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back 18 years to the daily Wade Keller Hotlines for the June 16-19, 2007 period, all combined into one file lasting about 100 minutes. The following are the updates and the theme of each:

SATURDAY – JUNE 16 (Ask the Torch)

SUNDAY – JUNE 17 (TNA Slammiversary Commentary)

MONDAY – JUNE 18 (Raw Analysis)

TUESDAY – JUNE 19 (News on WWE, TNA)

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SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller reviews the June 23 edition of WWE Raw featuring Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso and Jade Cargill vs. Roxanne Perez in the semi-final tournament matches, Becky Lynch vs. Bayley for the IC Title, talking segments with Seth Rollins, Goldberg, and Gunther, and more.

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SHOW SUMMARY: PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch’s Brandon LeClair discussing WWE Raw on Netflix. They start with a review of Cody Rhodes vs. Jey Uso in King of the Ring semi-final and how it succeeded as a face vs. face novelty main event. Also, concern for Jade Cargill’s wrestling progress, insights and follow-up on the John Cena tear-down of C.M. Punk last Friday, Goldberg’s sit-down and Goldberg’s fired up in-ring promo, Lyra Valkyria screwing up Bayley’s IC Title shot against Becky Lynch...