{"id":213101,"date":"2026-03-07T22:30:59","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T04:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=213101"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:31:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T19:31:17","slug":"pwtorch-dailycast-best-of-pwtorch-livecast-3-10-2011-ex-wwe-creative-john-piermarini-on-whether-an-early-cena-turn-was-considered-wm27-hype-bryan-firing-pitching-ideas-to-vince-mcmahon","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/pwtorch-dailycast-best-of-pwtorch-livecast-3-10-2011-ex-wwe-creative-john-piermarini-on-whether-an-early-cena-turn-was-considered-wm27-hype-bryan-firing-pitching-ideas-to-vince-mcmahon\/","title":{"rendered":"PWTorch Dailycast \u2013 Best of PWTorch Livecast: (3-10-2011) Ex-WWE Creative John Piermarini on whether an early Cena turn was considered, WM27 hype, Bryan firing, pitching ideas to Vince McMahon (Ad-Free &#8211; 109 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-115610437\" 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 (3-10-2011) to our PWTorch Livecast featuring PWTorch editor Wade Keller and special guest cohost John Piermarini, former member of the WWE Raw writing team during 2009 and 2010. 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