{"id":140228,"date":"2022-05-27T00:47:03","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T05:47:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=140228"},"modified":"2022-05-27T00:47:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T05:47:03","slug":"vip-audio-5-26-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-several-questions-about-aew-quality-declining-mjf-wwe-texas-death-match-rules-wwes-most-successful-year-creatively-punks-t-shirt-w","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-5-26-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-several-questions-about-aew-quality-declining-mjf-wwe-texas-death-match-rules-wwes-most-successful-year-creatively-punks-t-shirt-w\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 5\/26 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd &#038; Wade (pt. 2 of 2): Several questions about AEW quality declining, MJF-WWE, Texas Death Match rules, WWE&#8217;s most successful year creatively, Punk&#8217;s t-shirt, WM7 controversy (104 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3166257740\" 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 part two of this week&#8217;s two-part episode of 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>Is it a good policy to let wrestlers express political views like AEW letting C.M. 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Is having only four PPVs a year part of the cause?<\/li>\n<li>What can be said to a fan who is now losing interest in AEW in addition to WWE, in part because of Hangman&#8217;s reign, how rapid-fire and overpacked TV shows are, and the lack of backstory with ROH and NJPW involvement?<\/li>\n<li>How important is a champion of a wrestling promotion to fan opinion on that company at that time, and does Hangman Page check any of the valuable boxes a champion with high value must have?<\/li>\n<li>Do viewers who watch days later get counted?<\/li>\n<li>Why wouldn&#8217;t WWE be a better fit for MJF than AEW? Wouldn&#8217;t he benefit from having chance to be more of a crossovers star if he were in WWE?<\/li>\n<li>Should AEW do more to make wrestlers crossover personalities like WWE does?<\/li>\n<li>What is the most successful year for WWE creatively in history?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the latest on Tessa Blanchard? 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