{"id":144125,"date":"2022-08-05T14:08:09","date_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=144125"},"modified":"2022-08-05T14:08:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T19:08:09","slug":"vip-audio-8-5-the-fix-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-mailbag-is-warner-media-discovery-merger-likely-to-hurt-aew-ahmed-johnsons-story-reigns-overrated-akira-taue-womens-wrestling-in-japan-ju","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-8-5-the-fix-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-mailbag-is-warner-media-discovery-merger-likely-to-hurt-aew-ahmed-johnsons-story-reigns-overrated-akira-taue-womens-wrestling-in-japan-ju\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 8\/5 &#8211; The Fix w\/Todd &#038; Wade (pt. 2 of 2): Mailbag &#8211; Is Warner Media-Discovery merger likely to hurt AEW, Ahmed Johnson&#8217;s story, Reigns overrated, Akira Taue, Women&#8217;s Wrestling in Japan, Jungle Boy off track, Punk on Sasha, more (98 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3449760033\" 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 cover these topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tony Khan&#8217;s Tweet about being longest-tenured CEO and general AEW bragging<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the story of Ahmed Johnson in the WWF in the &#8217;90s?<\/li>\n<li>Would it be a good move for Paul Levesque to change Raw and Smackdown announcers?<\/li>\n<li>Is Roman Reigns in general and the Reigns vs. Brock Lesnar match specifically being overhyped and over-praised?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s the history behind men and women being in separate companies in Japanese wrestling? 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Punk&#8217;s comments about Sasha Banks and Naomi with some added historical perspective on Brock Lesnar and Steve Austin.<\/li>\n<li>Will Tony Khan calm down and let Dynamite breath a little bit once he presumably has a new bigger TV deal in place?<\/li>\n<li>Should AEW be worried about the Warner Media-Discover merger?<\/li>\n<li>While Raw is already better thanks to &#8220;an absence of irritations,&#8221; what big picture changes would still benefit the product?<\/li>\n<li>Shouldn&#8217;t Akira Taue get more acclaim as one of the four key names of the 1990s and &#8217;90s All Japan classic era?<\/li>\n<li>Who would be Wade and who would be Todd in various famous tag teams and pop culture pairings over the decades from a list offered by a listener?<\/li>\n<li>Which wrestlers did they think would become big stars who didn&#8217;t and which stars became big stars they didn&#8217;t think would?<\/li>\n<li>Who is their tip to win the English Premier League this year?<\/li>\n<li>What are their favorite and least favorite wrestling belts over the decades?<\/li>\n<li>In defense of Nick Khan.<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on wrestlers lying or working people outside of the confines of pro wrestling shows.<\/li>\n<li>Is Edge accurately depicting the tone of The Brood these days?<\/li>\n<li>Is it safe to say Paul Levesque is already showing he will do a better job promoting women wrestlers?<\/li>\n<li>Should Dax and Cash replaced Shawn and Marty as the go-to comparison of a standout personality and a secondary personality in a tag team?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2022\/08\/20220805TM2.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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