VIP AUDIO 12/10 – 10 YRS AGO Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 1 of 2 (11-18-05): Evaluating fallout and lessons from Eddie Guerrero’s death (40 min)

December 10, 2015

SUMMARY: PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell, with host Wade Keller, discusses the Eddie Guerrero situation for well over an hour from a wide variety of perspectives including friends of his who stepped up to try to help Eddie, what lessons the industry needs to learn from his death and what led to it, evaluating the paternalistic tone WWE management takes with the wrestlers on display during the tribute show, and more.
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VIP AUDIO 12/05 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show w/Keller, pt. 3 of 3: Orientation to a half dozen new shows on WWE Network from 70s to 90s (42 min)

December 5, 2015

SUMMARY: In today’s new Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 3 of 3, Bruce talks with PWTorch editor Wade Keller about other vintage pro wrestling shows on WWE Network including several new additions such as the acclaimed Mid-South Wrestling along with the faltering AWA from the 1980s, the 1990s Global Wrestling Federation and Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and a vintage Stampede Wrestling selection from the late 1970s. Where did these wrestling territories fit into the industry landscape at the time of these featured shows, which big name wrestlers to look for early in their careers, some background on who was booking and running each territory and what the politics were of the day regarding which wrestlers were getting pushed, and more. It’s a fascinating, informative orientation to put in better perspective these recent additions to WWE Network. […]

VIP AUDIO 12/05 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show w/Keller, pt. 2 of 3: In-depth orientation to mid-’80s NWA World Championship Wrestling shows just added to WWE Network (59 min)

December 5, 2015

SUMMARY: In today’s new Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 2 of 3, Bruce talks with PWTorch editor Wade Keller about the roughly hundred episodes of NWA World Championship Wrestling from the 1985-1987 era of the top rated pro wrestling cable show of the 1980s, broadcast every Saturday at 6:05 ET on TBS. It’s the show that begat WCW Nitro a decade later. […]

VIP AUDIO 12/04 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show w/Keller, pt. 1 of 2: Charlotte’s turn, Reigns, League of Nations, Owen DVD (59 min)

December 4, 2015

SUMMARY: In today’s new Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 1 of 1, Bruce gives his perspective on the formation of the League of Nations, Roman Reigns’s lack of pop for his hot tag, Charlotte’s heel turn, Ric Flair’s company-man attitude toward WWE, even-steven booking of Dolph Ziggler and Tyler Breeze, and more from Raw, plus his opinion on WWE marketing the Owen Hart DVD considering it might not be made without his tragic death during a WWE event as a selling point. […]

VIP AUDIO 11/28 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show w/Keller, pt. 2 of 2: Turkey of the Year, today’s WrestleCade, Foley (81 min)

November 28, 2015

SUMMARY: In today’s new Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 2 of 2, Bruce runs down his experience at WrestleCade including crossing paths with a lot of known wrestling names from today and yesterday, then a reaction to Mick Foley’s threat to stop watching Raw and where this fits into his history as a public figure commenting on pro wrestling industry, and finally the Turkey of the Year nominations are discussed and a winner is declared. […]

VIP AUDIO 11/27 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with Wade Keller, pt. 1 of 2 (11-27-2015): Constructing top WrestleMania 32 matches, Sheamus, Reigns, new NWA Saturday shows on WWE Network (60 min)

November 27, 2015

SUMMARY: In today’s new Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, pt. 1 of 1, they discuss the Survivor Series follow-up including what was good and bad about the Roman Reigns and Sheamus segments on Raw. Then they look ahead all the way to WrestleMania and the potential top three big matches on the show. Also, Bruce discusses the new NWA World Championship Wrestling mid-1980s shows from TBS added to WWE Network – what to look for, what has and hasn’t aged well, and what the big difference is between wrestlers then and wrestlers now.
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VIP AUDIO 11/21 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with Wade Keller (pt. 2 of 2): Merits of Reigns, TNA’s new Pop, Triple H on NXT and Hogan, Dusty-Nick-Piper-Verne, Windham (78 min)

November 21, 2015

SUMMARY: In today’s new Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, part 2 of 2, they discuss the reports of terrorist threats for Survivor Series on Sunday, TNA’s new TV deal, Roman Reigns’s chances of winning on Sunday and whether it’s the right or wrong call, Triple H’s local interview about Hulk Hogan and NXT, comparing Dusty Rhodes-Roddy Piper-Nick Bockwinkel-Verne Gagne on impact on industry, why Barry Windham was never NWA World Hvt. Champion during JCP era, and more. […]

VIP AUDIO 11/20 – Bruce Mitchell Audio Show with Wade Keller (11-20-2015): The lack of WWE apologizing for Charlotte’s promo on Reid on Monday (42 min)

November 20, 2015

SUMMARY: In today’s new Bruce Mitchell Audio Show, they discuss the WWE reaction to criticism of Charlotte Flair centering her promo around her late brother Reid and WWE’s management not giving Ric Flair the heads up, plus the whole culture within the Vince McMahon-led WWE that led to this being green lighted in the first place.
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