{"id":124822,"date":"2021-08-13T19:54:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=124822"},"modified":"2021-08-13T19:54:33","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T00:54:33","slug":"vip-audio-8-13-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-of-2-what-if-punk-aew-story-didnt-leak-top-couples-in-wrestling-should-omega-be-long-term-champ-horse-race-names-gable-steve","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-8-13-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-of-2-what-if-punk-aew-story-didnt-leak-top-couples-in-wrestling-should-omega-be-long-term-champ-horse-race-names-gable-steve\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 8\/13 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd Martin &#038; Wade Keller (pt. 2 of 2): What if Punk-AEW story didn&#8217;t leak, top couples in wrestling, should Omega be long-term champ, Horse Race names, Gable Stevenson, why Rampage on Fridays, more (130 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-288794133\" 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>SHOW SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/strong>In this episode of The Fix, PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller address the following questions and topics submitted by listeners:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What if it hadn&#8217;t leaked that C.M. 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