{"id":181850,"date":"2024-07-19T22:04:51","date_gmt":"2024-07-20T03:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=181850"},"modified":"2024-07-19T22:04:51","modified_gmt":"2024-07-20T03:04:51","slug":"vip-audio-7-19-vip-podcast-vault-18-yrs-ago-7-19-2006-tna-wrestler-and-agent-simon-diamond-on-planning-a-match-fight-networks-mike-garrow-talks-about-business-model","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-audio-7-19-vip-podcast-vault-18-yrs-ago-7-19-2006-tna-wrestler-and-agent-simon-diamond-on-planning-a-match-fight-networks-mike-garrow-talks-about-business-model\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 7\/19 \u2013 VIP Podcast Vault \u2013 18 Yrs Ago (7-19-2006) \u2013 TNA wrestler and agent Simon Diamond on planning a match, Fight Network&#8217;s Mike Garrow talks about business model (68 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2173756372\" 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>This installment of the PWTorch VIP Vault jumps back two interviews in James Caldwell\u2019s \u201cOn Point\u201d audio interview series including the July 18 interview with TNA on-air personality and match agent Simon Diamond and the July 19 interview with Fight Network President Mike Garrow.<\/p>\n<p>Simon Diamond: This discussion includes the return of the Diamonds in the Rough faction to TV, what they need to do to warrant more TV exposure, wearing two hats of on-air personality and agent, specific insight into how matches are laid out, what the best approach to lay out a match is, what today\u2019s wrestlers have to work on, character development being more important than having five-star matches, which specific wrestlers in TNA are on the verge of breaking out, how Eric Young has kept his spot and forced TNA to give him more TV time, being a jobber and making the losses entertaining, the White Sox angle with A.J. 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