{"id":213652,"date":"2026-04-03T22:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T03:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=213652"},"modified":"2026-03-17T13:39:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:39:30","slug":"wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-wrestlemania-impact-ratings-sting-rock-whether-wwe-can-reach-1-0-million-ppv-buys-wm27-line-up-hof-more-ad-free-97-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-wrestlemania-impact-ratings-sting-rock-whether-wwe-can-reach-1-0-million-ppv-buys-wm27-line-up-hof-more-ad-free-97-min\/","title":{"rendered":"WKPWP 15 Yrs Ago Livecasts: WrestleMania, Impact ratings, Sting, Rock, whether WWE can reach 1.0 million PPV buys, WM27 line-up, HOF, more (Ad-Free &#8211; 97 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2461965773\" 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>Today we jump back 15 years to the Apr. 1, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch Nostalgia columnist Brian Hoops. 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