{"id":203303,"date":"2025-08-25T22:00:04","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T03:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=203303"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:57:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T00:57:01","slug":"vip-podcast-8-25-wkpwp-flagship-from-5-yrs-ago-ad-free-keller-powell-talk-dynamite-bringing-fans-back-wwes-thunderdome-innovation-summerslam-takeover-velveteen-more-120-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/vip-podcast-8-25-wkpwp-flagship-from-5-yrs-ago-ad-free-keller-powell-talk-dynamite-bringing-fans-back-wwes-thunderdome-innovation-summerslam-takeover-velveteen-more-120-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 8\/25 \u2013 WKPWP Flagship from 5 Yrs Ago (AD-FREE): Keller &#038; Powell talk Dynamite bringing fans back, WWE&#8217;s Thunderdome innovation, Summerslam, Takeover, Velveteen, more (120 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1915636752\" 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: <\/strong>In this week\u2019s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from five years ago (8-20-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net and the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast. 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