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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:
- Why did Sean Waltman’s career take the turn it did after the Monday Night War era
- Why didn’t Vince McMahon go with Owen Hart instead of Bob Backlund to turn heel on Bret back in July 1994
- Was Undertaker right if he held a grudge against WCW?
- What’s the best way to introduce newly arriving wrestlers on national TV?
- Zilla Vanilla music video review starring Lexis King (and ice cream trucks)
- Thoughts on the 35th Anniversary of WCW Halloween Havoc featuring the Chamber of Horrors match
- Who are the standout wrestlers who never wrestled for WWE? Is Kenny Omega the top example from his generation?
- Has the Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame become the Hall of Very Goods?
- How will the Paramout/Skydance financial situation put at risk big sports TV deal renewals such as AEWs?
- Todd’s Top Five TV Shows of 2026
- What if Shawn Michaels was too injured to apply the Sharpshooter at Survivor Series 1997? What if the power went out that night?
- What if power went out before Brock Lesnar ended Undertaker’s streak?
- Evaluating Ted DiBiase and who compares to him today? Was the Million Dollar Man gimmick Vince McMahon playfully featuring a caricature of himself?
- Is Jack Perry under-pushed? Should Wheeler Yuta get pushed more?
- Why don’t pro wrestling companies more robustly recognize what happens in other promotions?
- Which wrestlers could transcend any other era of pro wrestling?
- Why do pro wrestling companies sometimes sabotage their own investments in wrestlers when they have backstage heat?
- How could WrestleMania be affected by Middle East conflicts that likely will be ongoing into 2027?
- Is it feasible for a pro wrestling company to survive running a single one-hour weekly TV show, such as NXT Black & Gold era on WWE Network?
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