{"id":114106,"date":"2021-02-26T00:08:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T06:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=114106"},"modified":"2021-02-26T00:08:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T06:08:25","slug":"vip-audio-2-25-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-of-2-hardy-page-deconstruction-what-ifs-on-lesnar-taker-and-punk-aew-cleaning-up-sloppy-segments-sting-darby-more-58-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2021\/02\/26\/vip-audio-2-25-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-martin-wade-keller-pt-2-of-2-hardy-page-deconstruction-what-ifs-on-lesnar-taker-and-punk-aew-cleaning-up-sloppy-segments-sting-darby-more-58-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 2\/25 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd Martin &#038; Wade Keller (pt. 2 of 2): Hardy-Page deconstruction, What if&#8217;s on Lesnar-Taker and Punk, AEW cleaning up sloppy segments, Sting-Darby, more (58 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4208840078\" 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&#8217;s episode of The Fix Mailbag (pt. 2 of 2 of The Fix) with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they address the following questions and topics submitted by readers&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Revisiting the Natalya criticism of being valued at $1 and why there&#8217;s sympathy for her reacting the way she did even though she likely didn&#8217;t know the full context of the article<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s up with the flashing lights and digital screens on WWE TV? 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