{"id":217082,"date":"2026-05-28T22:00:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T03:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=217082"},"modified":"2026-05-26T21:31:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:31:19","slug":"wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-powell-discuss-tnas-wrestling-matters-campaign-smackdown-ratings-woes-wwe-raw-and-tough-enough-analysis-the-rock-hangover-ad-free-103-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-powell-discuss-tnas-wrestling-matters-campaign-smackdown-ratings-woes-wwe-raw-and-tough-enough-analysis-the-rock-hangover-ad-free-103-min\/","title":{"rendered":"WKPWP 15 Yrs Ago Livecasts: Keller &#038; Powell discuss TNA&#8217;s &#8220;Wrestling Matters&#8221; campaign, Smackdown ratings woes, WWE Raw and Tough Enough analysis, The Rock hangover (Ad-Free &#8211; 103 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3037112748\" 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 May 11, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with PWTorch editor Wade Keller and Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net took calls for an hour discussing mostly Raw and Tough Enough including Over the Limit hype and Kharma&#8217;s future. 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