{"id":102646,"date":"2020-08-13T22:33:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T03:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=102646"},"modified":"2020-08-13T22:33:25","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T03:33:25","slug":"vip-audio-8-13-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-of-2-the-most-promising-careers-cut-short-five-best-taker-matches-dropkick-physics-jericho-sturgis-controversy-more-94-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/08\/13\/vip-audio-8-13-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-of-2-the-most-promising-careers-cut-short-five-best-taker-matches-dropkick-physics-jericho-sturgis-controversy-more-94-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 8\/13 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd Martin &#038; Wade Keller (pt. 2 of 2): The most promising careers cut short? Five best Taker matches? Dropkick physics? Jericho-Sturgis controversy? More (94 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3348312821\" 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>NOTE:<\/strong> Some of the language on The Fix may be NSFW.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SHOW SUMMARY: <\/strong>In part two of this week&#8217;s The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they answer Mailbag questions on these topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Brandi Rhodes&#8230; why?<\/li>\n<li>Which wrestler&#8217;s who were forced to retire early had the most unfulfilled potential? How far would Magnum T.A. have gone?<\/li>\n<li>More evaluation of faction names in pro wrestling (including Fortune!).<\/li>\n<li>Shouldn&#8217;t AEW be able to incorporate levity into its shows without it being framed as WWE-lite content worthy of scorn?<\/li>\n<li>What are the best five Undertaker matches?<\/li>\n<li>What factions could be created out of current Raw, Smackdown, and NXT wrestlers?<\/li>\n<li>Reminiscing about Todd&#8217;s day on ITSC.<\/li>\n<li>What is the physics of a missed dropkick hurting but making contact as planned not hurting?<\/li>\n<li>Could Lucha Underground have been more successful without women violence, and maybe landed on a mainstream network?<\/li>\n<li>Might WWE and AEW and New Japan work together if Vince McMahon isn&#8217;t in power some day? Is it a good idea?<\/li>\n<li>Does access to results and clips of pro wrestling shows online and through social media in particular cause fewer fans to watch the actual live shows?<\/li>\n<li>Could pro wrestling operate in a bubble in another country and invite fans to watch?<\/li>\n<li>How would the pandemic have affected pro wrestling in another year in all of history, and would it happening in another year have made the product even worse than todays?<\/li>\n<li>What wrestlers seemed promising who were busts?<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on the 1989 to 1992 pre-Monday Night Raw era of pro wrestling wedged between territory days and Monday Night boom period.<\/li>\n<li>Why didn&#8217;t TNT move AEW Dynamite to a sister network like truTV or TBS?<\/li>\n<li>Why haven&#8217;t police been called to investigate the Montez Ford poisoning?<\/li>\n<li>Should Raw Underground have a kayfabe cash prize forthewinner?<\/li>\n<li>What about trading Bad News Allen for Bobby Lashley between each era to optimize their potentials?<\/li>\n<li>Should there be consequences for Chris Jericho performing at Sturgis?<\/li>\n<li>Are NXT wrestlers being damaged by being patronized by Triple H treating them like kids in little league when they perform well in NXT, furthering the image that NXT is the junior varsity league to WWE with Triple H as the high school coach?<\/li>\n<li>How should announcers hype the dates of upcoming events?<\/li>\n<li>Did AEW really screw up with the TNT Title belt situation?<\/li>\n<li>How best can profanity be utilized in promos?<\/li>\n<li>Is AEW doing a poor job following up on the initial big pushes of their monster heels?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2020\/08\/20200813TM2.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? NO PROBLEM\u2026<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/pwtorch-vip-membership-information\/\">CLICK HERE FOR VIP SIGN UP INFO<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-168692041\"><div id=\"pwtor-3802230070\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>NOTE: Some of the language on The Fix may be NSFW. SHOW SUMMARY: In part two of this week&#8217;s The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they answer <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2020\/08\/13\/vip-audio-8-13-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-of-2-the-most-promising-careers-cut-short-five-best-taker-matches-dropkick-physics-jericho-sturgis-controversy-more-94-min\/\" title=\"VIP AUDIO 8\/13 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd Martin &#038; Wade Keller (pt. 2 of 2): The most promising careers cut short? Five best Taker matches? Dropkick physics? Jericho-Sturgis controversy? More (94 min)\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52884,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,1360],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vipexclusivealerts","category-vip-podcasts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2017\/12\/TheFix2017V.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102648,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102646\/revisions\/102648"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}