VIP AUDIO 1/7 – Taz and Dixie Carter Interviews – PWTorch Livecast Thursday: Taz on SD announcing changes, Dixie on TNA’s future on Pop (89 min)

January 7, 2016

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of “Interview Thursday” on the PWTorch Livecast, PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviews Taz in the first half hour and TNA President in the second half hour, then takes calls on breaking news in the final 30 minutes. Taz talks about being an announcer on Smackdown and what Maura Ranallo is in for plus the wrestler mentality of facing a serious shoulder injury like John Cena. Dixie talks about TNA’s debut on Pop TV this week, the future of TNA, how she hopes Pop will be their best TV partner yet, what TNA’s focus will be this year, and more. […]

Review of Cena’s WrestleMania Streak ending

January 6, 2016

It appears that John Cena’s own WrestleMania Streak will be coming to an end at this year’s event. Cena will reportedly miss about six months with a shoulder injury, removing him from the Road to […]

VIP AUDIO 1/1 – 10 YRS AGO James Caldwell Audio Update (12-1-05): Michaels, Cena, TNA departure, WWE Financials (42 min)

January 1, 2016

SUMMARY: This week, PWTorch columnist James Caldwell’s view from the front row includes a look at WWE’s financial report, where WWE is making up for lost TV advertising revenue, the reality of WWE generating enough web advertising to replace TV ads, how WWE inflated ratings figures, the millions of dollars being invested in WWE’s website, how Wall Street reacted to WWE’s earnings report, the potential for WWE to continue a positive trend the rest of the year, the use of Eddie on Smackdown, where the big picture problem overrides the small picture, the Smackdown title picture, why Shawn Michaels should be protected, Triple H and WWE paying attention to detail, John Cena’s marketing, brand ambiguity related to Big Show on Raw and Smackdown, TNA’s CEO leaving the company and what means for the company, why Jeff Jarrett’s face will be all over TNA programming now, why Dickerson’s departure could be devastating to TNA, the marketing of Jeff Jarrett, and more. […]

12/28 Raw TV Ratings are in for 2015 finale

December 31, 2015

Update: Monday’s Raw TV ratings are in for the final episode of 2015 featuring the return of John Cena and re-involvement of Mr. McMahon… WWE Raw TV Ratings Tracking – December 28: Raw scored a 2.47 […]

VIP AUDIO 12/30 – WKH – Ask the Editor: Cena-Reigns, Rehearsing, Vince, Sasha (20 min)

December 30, 2015

SHOW SUMMARY: In this edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller answers VIP member questions with the Ask the Editor format including pros and cons of John Cena vs. Roman Reigns feud, reexamining Vince McMahon’s performance on Raw, when wrestlers rehearse or don’t rehearse a match, why two shows per night this week on Monday and Tuesday splitting the crews, and is there a good reason announcers ignored the tights pull by Sasha. […]

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