{"id":102136,"date":"2020-08-07T00:34:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-07T05:34:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=102136"},"modified":"2020-08-07T00:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-08-07T05:34:39","slug":"vip-audio-8-6-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-savage-vs-george-steele-codys-tnt-title-why-did-vince-put-up-with-shawn-michaels-arn-sid-hamilton-more-111-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-8-6-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-savage-vs-george-steele-codys-tnt-title-why-did-vince-put-up-with-shawn-michaels-arn-sid-hamilton-more-111-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 8\/6 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd Martin &#038; Wade Keller (pt. 2): Savage vs. George Steele, Cody&#8217;s TNT Title, why did Vince put up with Shawn Michaels, Arn-Sid, Hamilton, more (111 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2037274031\" 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>NOTE:<\/strong> Some of the language on The Fix may be NSFW.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY: <\/strong>In part two of this week&#8217;s The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they answer Mailbag questions on these topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Another theory on the Bellas book being called &#8220;Incomparable.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Is it time to cut way back on dives and just let a few wrestlers on each roster do them?<\/li>\n<li>Is Cody&#8217;s approach to defending the TNT Title actually hurting Cody because he&#8217;s going so long with wrestler people don&#8217;t really know and he&#8217;s missing out on feuds with well-known established stars?<\/li>\n<li>From a Star Power Mount Rushmore standpoint, who belongs alongside The Rock, Hulk Hogan, and Steve Austin?<\/li>\n<li>Why did some mid-carders have such good win-loss records and which mid-carder from the 1990s have a better chance today?<\/li>\n<li>An idea for a trade of Samoa Joe to another era and who he&#8217;d be traded for.<\/li>\n<li>Is WWE a wrestling company or something else entirely and thus shouldn&#8217;t be compared to wrestling companies?<\/li>\n<li>Were there wrestlers whose careers you missed out on watching in real time?<\/li>\n<li>Is AEW undermining women wrestlers with its style of commentary?<\/li>\n<li>What other video libraries are left for WWE to get?<\/li>\n<li>Why can&#8217;t Vince McMahon figure out how to stick to the basics and do that well like AEW strives to do?<\/li>\n<li>What mainstream writers covered pro wrestling in mainstream publications in the pre-Attitude Era?<\/li>\n<li>What are the best and worst faction names over the decades?<\/li>\n<li>Why does Wade keep calling Chad Gable by his awful new name?<\/li>\n<li>How does Cody&#8217;s Open Challenge rank against some other open challenge gimmicks in the past?<\/li>\n<li>Could Randy Savage have been better utilized than his feud with George &#8220;The Animal&#8221; Steele in the mid-1980s?<\/li>\n<li>Does the pressure to make WWE more of a &#8220;sports-like presentation&#8221; do more harm than good at expanding the audience?<\/li>\n<li>How does Shane McMahon&#8217;s Raw Underground dancers fit into the PG13 rating?<\/li>\n<li>Is anything on Raw and Smackdown as bad as Raw and Smackdown these days?<\/li>\n<li>Have you seen Hamilton yet and, if so, what is your favorite song?<\/li>\n<li>What is the story with the Arn Anderson-Sid stabbing?<\/li>\n<li>What would Umaga&#8217;s career have been if he didn&#8217;t die at age 36?<\/li>\n<li>Any early thoughts on the New Japan G1?<\/li>\n<li>Why did Vince McMahon put up Shawn Michaels?<\/li>\n<li>Plus some talk about vacuum cleaner shopping and brands.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2020\/08\/20200806TM2.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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