{"id":218337,"date":"2026-06-24T22:00:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=218337"},"modified":"2026-06-23T17:24:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-23T22:24:32","slug":"wkpwp-flagship-from-5-yrs-ago-keller-powell-talk-all-major-companies-positions-coming-out-of-pandemic-will-levesque-take-over-for-vince-awkward-ember-moon-promo-ad-free-130-min","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/wkpwp-flagship-from-5-yrs-ago-keller-powell-talk-all-major-companies-positions-coming-out-of-pandemic-will-levesque-take-over-for-vince-awkward-ember-moon-promo-ad-free-130-min\/","title":{"rendered":"WKPWP Flagship from 5 Yrs Ago: Keller &#038; Powell talk all major companies\u2019 positions coming out of pandemic, will Levesque take over for Vince, awkward Ember Moon promo (Ad-Free &#8211; 130 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-267647356\" 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 (6-24-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents a Thursday Flagship edition of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast with guest co-host Jason Powell from ProWrestling.net and the Pro Wrestling Boom podcast. 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