{"id":41,"date":"2015-10-12T21:07:39","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T21:07:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/desktop\/?page_id=41"},"modified":"2016-12-28T21:57:47","modified_gmt":"2016-12-29T03:57:47","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-943745664\" class=\"pwtor-before-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><hr \/><b>SPOTLIGHTED PODCAST ALERT (YOUR ARTICLE BEGINS A FEW INCHES DOWN)... <\/b>\r\n\r\n<iframe src=\"https:\/\/widget.spreaker.com\/player?show_id=3076978&theme=light&playlist=false&playlist-continuous=false&autoplay=false&live-autoplay=false&chapters-image=true&episode_image_position=right&hide-logo=false&hide-likes=false&hide-comments=false&hide-sharing=false&hide-download=true\" width=\"100%\" height=\"140px\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\r\n<hr \/><\/div><p><strong>MANAGING EDITOR:<\/strong>\u00a0Wade Keller &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thewadekeller\" target=\"_blank\">@thewadekeller<\/a>\u00a0| <a href=\"mailto:kellerwade@gmail.com\">kellerwade@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-346 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pwtorch.com\/vip\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/StaffKeller08_120.jpg\" alt=\"StaffKeller08_120\" width=\"120\" height=\"138\" \/>PWTorch editor Wade Keller launched Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter in 1987 at the infancy of legitimate full time journalistic coverage of pro wrestling. His series of \u201cTorch Talk\u201d interviews, published in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorch.com\/papercopy\/\">PWTorch Newsletter<\/a>,\u00a0started\u00a0in the late 1980s, were a ground-breaking in that it was the first time wrestlers talked in long-form Q&amp;A formats on an ongoing basis about the inner-workings of professional wrestling.\u00a0He launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\">PWTorch.com<\/a> in 1999 and split off MMA coverage in 2005 with the launch of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmatorch.com\">MMATorch.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He was inducted into the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/nwhof.org\/blog\/pro-class\/2015\/\">National Wrestling Hall of Fame<\/a>, received the \u201cJim Melby Award for Excellence in Writing on Pro Wrestling\u201d Award in 2015, and is featured in the Dan Gable Museum in Waterloo, Iowa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He hosted the KFAN Pro Wrestling Focus radio show from 1991 to 1993, which are\u00a0available to listen to in MP3 format from the PWTorch VIP website (www.pwtorchvip.com, subscription required). He hosted the Ultimate Insiders DVD series in the mid-2000s.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>He has been a regular contributor as a guest analyst on the Steve Austin Show podcast among others including The Ross Report and the Sam Roberts Show. He has been interviewed and quoted as a wrestling expert by dozens of media entities over the last three decades including major newspapers and national radio shows, such as\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.minnesota.publicradio.org\/features\/199907\/14_jansene_wrestle\/\">NPR<\/a>\u00a0and WFAN. You can hear him as host of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pwtorch\/\">PWTorch Livecast<\/a>\u00a0every Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, and also as a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/pwtorch-vip-membership-information\/\">VIP member<\/a>\u00a0you can hear his daily Wade Keller Hotline and his cohosting of various VIP-exclusive audio shows. He continues to publish the 12 page mail-order\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorch.com\/papercopy\/\">PWTorch Newsletter<\/a>\u00a0every week, approaching issue no. 1,500 in 2017. He is also editor of\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/\">www.MMATorch.com<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>STAFF COLUMNISTS:<\/strong><br \/>\nBruce Mitchell (since 1990) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mitchellpwtorch\">@MitchellPWTorch<\/a><br \/>\nPat McNeill (since 2001) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealPatMcNeill\" target=\"_blank\">@RealPatMcNeill<\/a><br \/>\nSean Radican (since 2004) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SeanRadican\" target=\"_blank\">@SeanRadican<\/a><br \/>\nGreg Parks (since 2007) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gregmparks\" target=\"_blank\">@GregMParks<\/a><br \/>\nTodd Martin (since 2015) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ToddMartinMMA\" target=\"_blank\">@ToddMartinMMA<br \/>\n<\/a>Travis Bryant (since 2016) &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/travlord\">@Travlord<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-4059203178\"><div id=\"pwtor-568822034\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>MANAGING EDITOR:\u00a0Wade Keller &#8211;\u00a0@thewadekeller\u00a0| kellerwade@gmail.com PWTorch editor Wade Keller launched Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter in 1987 at the infancy of legitimate full time journalistic coverage of pro wrestling. 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