{"id":208052,"date":"2025-11-29T22:00:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T04:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=208052"},"modified":"2025-11-29T16:59:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T22:59:13","slug":"wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-ad-free-heyman-1992-interview-with-keller-predicting-super-stardom-for-steve-austin-grizzled-vet-bob-roop-reacts-to-changes-in-industry-122-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-ad-free-heyman-1992-interview-with-keller-predicting-super-stardom-for-steve-austin-grizzled-vet-bob-roop-reacts-to-changes-in-industry-122-min\/","title":{"rendered":"WKPWP Interview Classic (10 Yrs Ago) (AD-FREE): Heyman 1992 interview with Keller predicting super-stardom for Steve Austin + grizzled vet Bob Roop reacts to changes in industry (122 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1404372901\" 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 Interview Classic podcasts, we&#8217;re jumping back to two interviews &#8211; one from Paul Heyman and another from Bob Roop.<\/p>\n<p>Ten years ago this week, we published a PWTorch editor Wade Keller&#8217;s interview with Paul Heyman from 1992 that aired live on his KFAN Pro Wrestling Focus radio show. 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