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VIP SIGN-UP OPTIONS / PLATFORMS / PRICES…
We have three main platform options with different benefits and price points…
(A) FULL VIP MEMBERSHIP (Credit Card & Debit Card or Pay Pal)
This gives you the most benefits:
- Full archive access going back nearly 40 years
- Customizable VIP Podcast Feeds by show, theme, or clusters of shows
- Access to VIP podcasts on the native Apple Podcast App including Apple Carplay and almost all other third-party iOS and Android podcast apps
- Ability to directly stream our VIP podcasts (new and archives) directly from the ad-free mobile or desktop VIP site
- Access to the ad-free version of the PWTorch website (mobile and desktop versions)
- Access to the new PWTorch Newsletter each week in PDF or All-Text formats
Price: $12.99 a month, $32.99 quarterly, $119 for a full year – CLICK HERE
(B) PATREON (Three price points based on the podcasts you want to unlock)
- This gives you access to all VIP podasts on the Patreon platform which also syncs up with Spotify if you’re part of that ecosystem
- Access to the new PWTorch Newsletter each week
- Access to a new PWTorch Newsletter back issue each week from 20 years ago
Price: $4.99 and $6.99 for select podcasts; $9.99 a month for all VIP Podcasts (7 day free trial available) – CLICK HERE
(C) APPLE PODCAST APP (Pay directly with your Apple account on your iPhone)
- Access to the VIP Podcast line-up directly on your iPhone native Apple Podcast app and Apple Carplay
Price: $9.99 a month, $99.99 a year for all VIP Podcasts (3 day free trial available) – CLICK HERE
- Access Directly via Search: You can also access the PWTorch VIP feed on Apple Podcasts by searching “pwtorch” in the Apple Podcast App and click on the charcoal gray PWTorch VIP logo. There are free samples in there of PWTorch VIP podasts; unlock all of them using your Apple account as you would authorize any Apple app purchase.
MAIN VIP BENEFITS…
CURRENT VIP PODCAST LINE-UP
•Wade Keller TV Review Hotlines: Full chronological detailed rundowns of Raw, Dynamite, and Smackdown each week with analysis the night of each show, helping you keep up on the shows in case you don’t watch or want Wade’s view on the show you watched. This is usually roughly 15-25 minutes.
•Wade Keller News Hotlines: A look at the latest news in pro wrestling, published periodically. These are usually around 10-25 minutes.
•Post-PPV & PLE Roundtables: Wade hosts post-show roundtable discussions, most often with Todd Martin and Rich Fann, but sometimes with a mix of other contributors, after all major AEW PPVs and WWE PLEs. This has been our most popular benefit for more than 20 years. These are usually around 60-75 minutes.
•Everything with Rich & Wade: Wade Keller leads a discussion with PWTorch columnist Rich Fann, discussing the current events of the week including top headlines, social media hot-topics and controversies, and random other oddball topics and sidebars. This is most often recorded and published on Tuesday afternoons. These are usually roughly 60-120 minutes.
•The Fix with Todd & Wade: Wade Keller leads a discussion where Todd reacts to some of the top stories of the week, including legal matters (since he is an attorney), and then reviews every week’s episodes of Smackdown, Dynamite, Raw, NXT, Collision, New Japan shows, and UFC events. These are usually roughly 60-120 minutes.
•The Fix Mailbag with Todd & Wade: Wade Keller reads emails from PWTorch VIP members each week that include current events, history, legal matters, off-beat topics (“Which wrestling parent/child combos would you most like to sit next to on an airplane ride?”), and whatever else VIP members throw at them. These are usually roughly 60-120 minutes.
•Greg Parks Outloud!: 20+ year veteran pro wrestling columnist and analyst presents a long-form single-topic commentary each week. His themes include reviews of books, WWE specials, evaluating roster cuts, PPV line-up predictions, his annual WrestleMania fashion report, and in-depth analysis of top current events stories.
•The Nicky’s Club: Longtime PWTorch contributor and podcast presents a weekly WWE-focused solo podcast (and occasional shows with a guest interview subject or cohost) giving his views on the latest happenings
•Sean Radican Worldwide: 20+ year veteran pro wrestling columnist and analyst presents a look at 3-5 top stories that caught his eye that week with signature analysis, plus a special guest (wrestlers, promoters, analysts). The format sometimes deviates to a roundtable review of the latest big New Japan event, as his area of specialty is New Japan coverage (although he has also been a primary reporter on the early eras of ROH and the indy scene). These are usually roughly 60-75 minutes.
•Alan 4L’s ProWres Paradise: Alan “4L” Counihan brings his European perspective to his weekly podcasts with an array of special guest cohosts with bespoke wrestling knowledge. His passion is international pro wrestling history and Japanese wrestling. Examples of the diverse themes of recent shows include a Greatest Wrestler Ever discussion, Ideal AEW Forbidden Door Presentation, a Nitro 2000 Look-back, 1985 Memphis, the Year 1987 in Pro Wrestling, and New Japan New Beginning Review.
•VIP Aftershows: Some Wade Keller Podcasts and PWTorch Dailycasts features VIP-exclusive Aftershows running 10-30 minutes with exclusive bonus content.
COMMERCIAL-FREE VERSIONS OF FREE PUBLIC PODCASTS
•Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcasts: VIP members get access to versions of the weekly Flagship, PPV Previews, Media Q&As, and Interviews with the commercial breaks removed, for a streamlined listening experience. The weekly Flagship, hosted by Wade, features a rotation of renowned cohosts including ProWrestling.net’s Jason Powell, PWTorch columnists Sean Radican and Greg Parks, Sports Illustrated’s Zack Heydorn, pro wrestling journalist Stephanie Chase, and a mix of others.
•Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-shows: VIP members get access to versions of the post-shows Wade hosts after each week’s Raw, Dynamite, and Smackdown with a mix of cohosts and live chat interactions and live calls from the PWTorch YouTube live stream audience.
•PWTorch Dailycasts: VIP members get access to versions of the six daily original podcast series with different hosting duos with different specific themes (TNA, NXT, AEW, Indy Scene, The ’90s Pastcast, Better or Worse) plus the post-PPV/PLE “Wrestling Night in America” post-shows often hosted by Greg Parks, Brian Zilem, and Brandon LeClair with a mix of cohosts.
PWTORCH WEEKLY NEWSLETTER & VIP-EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES
•New PWTorch Weekly Newsletters: Access to the PDF version and All-Text version of the latest newsletter featuring Wade Keller’s exclusive Cover Stories, PPV Roundtable Staff Reviews & Scores, exclusive columns from Greg Parks (every week) and Alan 4L, Sean Radican, and Rich Fann periodically, and other features.
•20 Years Ago Back Issues: Every week a new PWTorch Newsletter back issue is added to the archives from 20 years earlier in PDF format and sometimes all-text format.
•VIP Articles: VIP-exclusive articles from the PWTorch Newsletter are also posted separate on the VIP website main listing for easy access and often early-access before the newsletter itself is published.
NEARLY 40 YEARS OF ARCHIVES
•VIP Podcast Archives: On-demand access to VIP podcasts starting in 2003 through today including PPV Roundtable Reviews dating back to 2003.
•VIP Newsletter Archives: The vast majority of nearly 2,000 back issues of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter are available on-demand dating back to the late 1980s in PDF and Text formats.
•Wrestling Forum Newsletter Back Issues: Jon Gallagher gave Wade permission to republish his collection of twice-monthly newsletters from the mid-to-late 1980s during the pre-Internet era of pro wrestling journalism. Many copies are available now and more will be added, some pre-dating the launch of PWTorch in 1987.
•Special Sections & Collections: Over the decades, we’re put together collections of articles and podcasts with various themes such as our special WrestleMania Collection, Ex-WWE Creative Team Member Interviews, and much more. Travel down various rabbit holes of various incarnations of our VIP website and various collections over the years!
PAPER COPY NEWSLETTER
We still offer home delivery of the paper copy of the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter. Disconnect from your screen and settle in every week with a 12-page newsletter delivered to your mailbox.
Price Online: $14 a month for (on average) 4 weekly newsletters; $36 quarterly; $130 annually for (on average) 50 newsletters each year – SIGN-UP FORM
Price via Check or Money Order: Current Rates when paying by check or money order are $20 for 6 weekly issues or $99 for 40 weekly issues.
PRO WRESTLING TORCH
PO BOX 211654
ST. PAUL, MN 55121
Make checks and money orders payable to “Pro Wrestling Torch.”
The weekly newsletters include:
- Wade Keller’s Cover Stories
- Newsletter-exclusive Staff Roundtable Reviews & Scores on the latest AEW PPVs and WWE PLEs
- Exclusive columns from Greg Parks, Sean Radican, Alan “Alan 4L” Counihan, and Rich Fann
- Keller’s TV & PPV Reports
- Torch Newswire
- Other Special Articles
- 20 Years Ago Flashback Snippets
(Due to postage rates and mailing logistics, we have stopped offering subscriptions to the paper copy outside of the United States, so Canada and other overseas subscribers should opt for an online subscription instead to access the newsletter.)
ABOUT PWTORCH & WADE KELLER
PWTorch’s founder and editor, Wade Keller, launched the Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter for the first time as teenager in high school. He grew the newsletter and his sources for news and interviews in the subsequent years, eventually turning it into his full time job after completing journalism school (Macalester College and University of St. Thomas) and interning at a major metropolitan TV news station (KMSP-TV). He also hosted a weekend pro wrestling radio show on KFAN for years in the early 1990s.
He has interviewed well over 100 of pro wrestling’s biggest names on camera and off, from Hulk Hogan to Bruno Sammartino to Vince McMahon to Lou Thesz to Kevin Nash to Eric Bischoff to The Rock to Paul Heyman, and so many more. Many of the “Torch Talk” interviews are the longest insider interviews those wrestlers, announcers, and promoters ever took part in.
He has also appeared as a guest analyst on Steve Austin’s podcast over 40 times, the most frequent guest of anyone to ever appear on his podcast. He has also appeared as a guest analyst on podcasts hosted by Chris Jericho, Sean Mooney, Eric Bischoff, Conrad Thompson, Dave Meltzer, Jim Ross, and many others.
He has been in numerous pro wrestling documentaries including ESPN, Dark Side of the Ring, The Ultimate Insiders, and several independent documentaries including 2022’s “Out in the Ring” on LGBTQ pro wrestling history.
PWTorch is proud to feature the most diverse staff in major pro wrestling journalism, providing a true mix of perspectives.
PWTorch is pro wrestling journalism, not a fan club or a booster site. We are proud of our origins as a hard-hitting, fiercely independent voice in the pro wrestling coverage landscape, but doing so in a way that has earned us access to pro wrestling biggest names for interviews and insider information.
Wade uses his decades of sourcing within the industry to cut through the clickbait nonsense that is seeking pageviews at any cost. He often dispels false information and what he calls Guess-News-Scoops where a widespread report is often simply a “best guess” that is created to earn revenue and gain traction on social media and SEO, but is often wrong. He provides insights on not just what’s happening, but why – including details on why some wrestlers get pushes and others don’t, why some storylines are abandoned and others are seen through to the end.
Wade was inducted into the National Pro Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015 for “Excellence in Writing on Pro Wrestling,” with Jim Ross inducting him in person at that year’s ceremony at the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa.
His decades-loong tenure, his award-winning newsletter, his many appearances on national TV (including ESPN), radio (including NPR), and documentaries (including “Dark Side of the Ring”), and his dozens of quotes in major national newspapers (including the Washington Post) and magazines as a trusted independent pro wrestling analyst make him widely recognized as one of the top few names of all-time in pro wrestling journalism.
If you have any questions, send to kellerwade@gmail.com.
This page was last updated on June 23, 2026.