{"id":195782,"date":"2025-04-07T21:10:38","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T02:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=195782"},"modified":"2025-04-07T21:10:38","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T02:10:38","slug":"vip-podcast-4-7-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-ad-free-tnas-monday-ratings-slide-against-raw-who-fills-hbks-shoes-orton-as-a-babyface-sapolsky-roh-jericho-ross-139-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-podcast-4-7-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-ad-free-tnas-monday-ratings-slide-against-raw-who-fills-hbks-shoes-orton-as-a-babyface-sapolsky-roh-jericho-ross-139-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 4\/7 \u2013 WKPWP 15 Yrs Ago Livecasts (AD-FREE): TNA&#8217;s Monday ratings slide against Raw, who fills HBK&#8217;s shoes, Orton as a babyface, Sapolsky-ROH, Jericho, Ross (139 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-796880294\" 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>Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Mar. 31 and April 1, 2010.<\/p>\n<p>On the Mar. 31, 2010 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill took phone calls, emails, and chat room questions on the TNA Impact ratings dropping significantly, whether they will move up an hour, if WWE Raw will go to three-hours of that happens, the major Smackdown Spoiler for Friday&#8217;s show, Positives &amp; Negatives on the decision, the key to Randy Orton&#8217;s success as a babyface, a defense of the Bret Hart vs. Vince McMahon match, Smackdown&#8217;s future on MyNet, how to fix TNA, when they will reach a breaking point, and much more. 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