{"id":220244,"date":"2026-08-03T22:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=220244"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:17:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T20:17:18","slug":"wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-talked-with-ex-wwe-creative-john-piermarini-with-insider-analysis-of-the-rock-and-cena-situation-why-did-the-raw-ratings-bomb-for-punk-cena-vince-angle-more-ad-fr","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/podcast\/wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-talked-with-ex-wwe-creative-john-piermarini-with-insider-analysis-of-the-rock-and-cena-situation-why-did-the-raw-ratings-bomb-for-punk-cena-vince-angle-more-ad-fr\/","title":{"rendered":"WKPWP 15 Yrs Ago Livecasts: Keller talked with ex-WWE Creative John Piermarini with insider analysis of the Rock and Cena situation, why did the Raw ratings bomb for Punk-Cena-Vince angle, more (Ad-Free &#8211; 110 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2303836675\" 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 July 15, 2011 episode of the PWTorch Livecast with host PWTorch editor Wade Keller who was joined by former WWE creative team member (2009-2010) John Piermarini. 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