{"id":153258,"date":"2023-01-31T22:09:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=153258"},"modified":"2023-01-31T22:14:41","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T04:14:41","slug":"vip-audio-1-31-wkpwp-interview-classic-ad-free-5-yrs-ago-inside-story-on-how-royal-rumble-is-booked-from-ex-creative-team-member-more-insights-127-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-1-31-wkpwp-interview-classic-ad-free-5-yrs-ago-inside-story-on-how-royal-rumble-is-booked-from-ex-creative-team-member-more-insights-127-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 1\/31 \u2013 WKPWP Interview Classics (AD-FREE): (5 Yrs Ago) Inside story on how Royal Rumble is booked from ex-Creative Team Member, more insights (127 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1960163632\" 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 week&#8217;s Interview Classic episodes from five years ago (1-26-2018 and 2-2-2018), PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviews two former WWE Creative Team members.<\/p>\n<p>First, Wade&#8217;s interview with ex-WWE Creative Kevin Eck who gives behind the scenes details on Royal Rumble production and the 2012-2014 events including management and Vince McMahon attitudes toward various wrestlers who were pushed at the time including Sheamus, C.M. 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