VIP Podcast Vault

VIP AUDIO 6/20 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Post-PPV Roundtable on TNA Slammiversary: Samoa Joe’s debut, Jeff Jarrett arrested, Raven’s surprising NWA Title win, new Spike TV deal (78 min.)

June 20, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to our post-PPV coverage of the TNA Slammiversary PPV from June 19, 2005. PWTorch editor was joined by PWTorch columnists Pat McNeill and PWTorch contributor […]

VIP AUDIO 6/19 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (6-18-2005) – The Real Deal: Hot Five Stories including ECW wrestlers debuting on WWE TV, TNA-ROH relations, One Night Stand fallout, Raven, more (26 min.)

June 19, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 18, 2005 episode of “The Real Deal with Pat McNeill” featuring these topics: New Question of the Week about a follow-up ECW […]

VIP AUDIO 6/18 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (6-17-2005): ECW One Night Stand follow-up, JBL-Meanie controversy, WWE Draft fallout including Hunter-Batista positioning, how Cena has been mishandled since Raw switch, Samoa Joe’s mishandled TNA debut, more (113 min.)

June 18, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 17, 2005 episode of The Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller covering these topics: Follow-up on the […]

VIP AUDIO 6/17 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – WKH (6-12-2005): Tons of backstage insights from ECW One Night Stand including Vince’s role, plus instant Raw reax with draft sending top talent to Raw and decimating Smackdown (46 min.)

June 17, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 12, 2005 Wade Keller Hotline podcast featuring these topics: Tons of backstage insights from ECW One Night Stand including Vince McMahon’s role. […]

VIP AUDIO 6/16 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – ECW One Night Stand Post-PPV Roundtables with Keller, Powell, Mitchell, Caldwell discussing a successful throwback event (122 min.)

June 16, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to our post-PPV coverage of the ECW One Night Stand PPV from June 12, 2005. First, the Rapid-Fire Post-PPV Analysis with Wade Keller and Jason […]

VIP AUDIO 6/15 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (6-11-2005) – The Real Deal: Hot Five Stories including ROH in NYC, WWE Draft, ECW One Night Stand, TNA TV situation plus Indy Line-up of the Week, Hardcore Homecoming (18 min.)

June 15, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 11, 2005 episode of “The Real Deal with Pat McNeill” featuring these topics: New Question of the Week on TNA television deal. […]

VIP AUDIO 6/14 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – WKH (6-10-2005): Breaking news on breakdown in TNA-WGN negotiations, Heyman’s approach to hyping ECW PPV, more (33 min.)

June 14, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 10, 2005 Wade Keller Hotline podcast featuring these topics: Breaking news with details on the reason for the break down in the […]

VIP AUDIO 6/13 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (6-10-2005): Terry Funk autobiography review, off-beat questions, ECW PPV hype and first week of WWE Draft Lottery (112 min.)

June 13, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 10, 2005 episode of The Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller features three main sections. The first […]

VIP AUDIO 6/12 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – WKH (6-12-2005): Insider details on Punk, Joe, and Danielson’s WWE possibilities, analysis of first major WWE Draft switch and Cena’s course, how the final ECW hype went (26 min.)

June 12, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 12, 2005 Wade Keller Hotline podcast featuring these topics: The first major WWE Draft Lottery brand switch with two theories on what’s […]

VIP AUDIO 6/11 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (6-4-2005) – The Real Deal: Hot Five Stories of the Week including Mick Foley, TNA’s Slammiversary, Draft Lottery, ECW One Night Stand, autobiographies, Ring of Honor (29 min.)

June 12, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 4, 2005 episode of “The Real Deal with Pat McNeill” featuring these topics: The Hot Five Stories of the Weekend including Mick […]

VIP AUDIO 6/8 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – WKH (6-3-2005): Predictions on WWE future for Punk and Samoa Joe, TNA’s scrambling to get a new TV, more problems with ECW’s revival by WWE, how WWE Draft was kept secret (33 min.)

June 8, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the June 3, 2005 Wade Keller Hotline podcast featuring these topics: Predictions on WWE future for Punk and Samoa Joe including why they may […]

VIP AUDIO 6/7 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (5-28-2005) – The Real Deal: Hot Five Stories including WWE Draft, Raw Summit with McMahon-Heyman-Bischoff, ECW PPV line-up, Viscera, how to fix TNA, more (29 min.)

June 7, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 28, 2005 episode of “The Real Deal with Pat McNeill” featuring these topics: The Hot Five Stories of the Week including the […]

VIP AUDIO 6/6 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (5-27-2005): TNA Impact loses TV slot, Shelton’s lack of elevation and is part of historical pattern, is Vince to blame for lack of high-end advertisers, ECW One Night Stand preview, Bischoff-Vince-Heyman (115 min.)

June 6, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 27, 2005 episode of The Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, Bruce covers these topics: TNA Impact […]

VIP AUDIO 6/5 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – WKH (5-29-2005): Smackdown moving from Thursdays to Fridays, backstage insight on Hunter-Cena dynamic, TNA’s TV future and prospective buyer, HBK and Taker, more (43 min.)

June 5, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 29, 2005 Wade Keller Hotline podcast featuring these topics: The Raw Ratings Roller coaster the past two weeks and what it does […]

VIP AUDIO 6/4 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – WKH (5-27-2005): Smackdown moving from Thursdays to Fridays, backstage insight on Hunter-Cena dynamic, TNA’s TV future and prospective buyer, HBK and Taker, more (29 min.)

June 5, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 27, 2005 Wade Keller Hotline podcast featuring these topics: The Raw Ratings Roller coaster the past two weeks and what it does […]

VIP AUDIO 5/23 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Post-PPV Roundtable on WWE Judgment Day: Cena vs. JBL I-Quit match, Rey vs. Eddie, Booker vs. Angle, Carlito vs. Big Show, more (51 min.)

May 23, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to our post-PPV coverage of the WWE Judgment Day PPV from May 22, 2005. First, the Rapid-Fire Post-PPV Analysis with Wade Keller and Jason Powell […]

VIP AUDIO 5/22 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (5-21-2005) – The Real Deal: Kevin Steen/Owens and El Generico/Sami Zayn in Indy Line-up of Week, Bryan’s departure from ROH, TV timeslot shuffling, Hot Five Stories (28 min.)

May 22, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 21, 2005 episode of “The Real Deal with Pat McNeill” featuring these topics: New Question of the Week on promotions who deserve […]

VIP AUDIO 5/21 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (5-20-2005): WWE Draft Lottery, Lita’s turn, Matt Hardy’s potential in TNA, Styles re-signing with TNA, McMahon’s speech to Orton and the real message it was sending, ECW brand exploitation (91 min.)

May 21, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 20, 2005 episode of The Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, Bruce covers these topics: The WWE […]

VIP AUDIO 5/20 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Post-PPV Roundtable on TNA Hard Justice: A.J. Styles win the NWA Title, Zach Gowen returns, Tito Ortiz, Waltman-Hardy switch, more (65 min.)

May 20, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to our post-PPV coverage of the TNA Hard Justice PPV on May 15, 2005. First, the Rapid-Fire Post-PPV Analysis with Wade Keller and Jason Powell […]

VIP AUDIO 5/19 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (5-14-2005) – The Real Deal: Hot Five Stories of the Week including Kate-Lita-Edge, Dusty, Cornette, Hardcore Justice, Indy Line-up of the Week with Samoa Joe, more (26 min.)

May 19, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 14, 2005 episode of “The Real Deal with Pat McNeill” featuring these topics: New Question of the Week on WWE Judgment Day […]

VIP AUDIO 5/13 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (5-13-2005): How would TNA do head-to-head with Raw, WWE boots wrestlers off of first class on long flights, politics of Cornette’s vacation in OVW, Hardy-Lita-Edge a work? (103 min.)

May 13, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 13, 2005 episode of The Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, Bruce covers these topics: The politics […]

VIP AUDIO 5/12 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – Torch Talk with Luther Reigns: Crazy much-talked about interview conducted within hours of his release with blunt behind the scenes stories (82 min.)

May 13, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to one of our more talked-about Torch Talks we’ve ever done in terms of dropped-jaws among VIP members who listened to it. This was […]

VIP AUDIO 5/11 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago – WKH (5-11-2005): Details on the end of Dusty Rhodes’s run as TNA booker, Hardy-Lita-Edge situation, Cornette-OVW controversy, ROH’s NYC debut, more (27 min.)

May 12, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 11, 2005 Wade Keller Hotline podcast featuring these topics: The circumstances and ramifications of the end of Dusty Rhodes’s term as TNA […]

VIP AUDIO 5/7 – VIP Podcast Vault – 18 Yrs Ago (5-7-2005) – The Real Deal: Hot Five Stories of the Week including Hardcore Homecoming, WWE releases, Homicide-Punk, Matt Hardy, Hogan (26 min.)

May 7, 2023

SHOW SUMMARY: This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back to the May 7, 2005 episode of “The Real Deal with Pat McNeill” featuring these topics: Another match announced for Shane Douglas’ Hardcore Homecoming show… […]