{"id":14185,"date":"2016-03-25T12:49:22","date_gmt":"2016-03-25T17:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=14185"},"modified":"2016-03-29T13:09:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T18:09:49","slug":"fridaymarch25torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/25\/fridaymarch25torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 3\/25 Torch Today &#8211; WM32 Interview Circuit includes Sheamus on &#8220;Conan,&#8221; JR on Shane-Taker, Flair &#038; Charlotte on TMZ, Sasha on Divas Title match, Owens on ladder match; Rock &#038; Taker WM32 t-shirts, Young Bucks talk The Elite &#038; pay vs. WWE guys, huge Angle vs. Zack Sabre, Jr. match, Punk&#8217;s latest comic issue, Linda McMahon, Connor&#8217;s Cure, CWE, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-401744993\" 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>TORCH TODAY &#8211; Good Friday, March 25, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorchlivecast.com\" target=\"_blank\">At PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>: On-demand access to a big Interview Thursday with Wade Keller talking to WWNLive head booker <strong>Gabe Sapolsky<\/strong> and legal expert <strong>Will Nevin<\/strong> on the <strong>Hogan-Gawker trial.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">At MMATorch.com<\/a>: This week&#8217;s big UFC and MMA news.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pwpodcasts.com\" target=\"_blank\">At PWPodcasts.com<\/a>: Full recaps of this week&#8217;s top podcasts, including <strong>Colt Cabana<\/strong> interviewing former TNA wrestler <strong>Johnny Devine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Check out the latest edition of the <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sportsguystalkingwrestling\/sports-guys-talking-wrestling-ep-9-mar-24-2016#t=0:00\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Sports Guy Talking Wrestling&#8221; podcast<\/a> from Austin, Texas radio host <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StewMyrick\" target=\"_blank\">Stew Myrick<\/a>. Included is an interview with <strong>A.J. Styles<\/strong>, plus James Caldwell breaks down the WM32 build-up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE Shop has released new t-shirts for <strong>The Rock<\/strong> and <strong>The Undertaker<\/strong> commemorating WrestleMania 32. The new <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.wwe.com\/the-rock\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rock t-shirt<\/a> reads front and back &#8220;Finally! The Rock Has Come Back to WrestleMania&#8221; with the date and logo. <a href=\"http:\/\/shop.wwe.com\/undertaker\/\" target=\"_blank\">Undertaker&#8217;s t-shirt<\/a> references &#8220;Death Valley&#8221; in Dallas, Texas on the front and includes the WM32 date along with a grim reaper logo on the back.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE announcer <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> opined on the Taker-Shane match at WM32 from the perspective of &#8220;knowing the participants as well as I do&#8221; in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwi-online.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">interview with Pro Wrestling Illustrated podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I know both of them very well, that they will do everything within their power to have an extraordinary match based on both their individual skill sets and their strengths and their weaknesses. So I have no issues with Shane McMahon coming out of the woodwork,&#8221; Ross said.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-211278965\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Sheamus<\/strong> continued his WrestleMania tradition of appearing on TBS&#8217;s &#8220;Conan&#8221; show on Thursday night, mainly to discuss his mohawk that fans found stupid when he debuted it after last year&#8217;s WrestleMania. (<a href=\"http:\/\/teamcoco.com\/video\/sheamus-fans-hated-his-new-look\" target=\"_blank\">Video Clip from TeamCoco.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Ric Flair<\/strong> and Divas champion <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/03\/25\/ric-flair-lebron-james-inventor-of-swag\/\" target=\"_blank\">talked to TMZ<\/a> while in New York City for a\u00a0Knicks game before WWE&#8217;s house show at MSG on Friday night. Flair talked about <strong>LeBron James<\/strong> being one of the biggest celebrity wrestling fans.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#39;s 2 wins in a row over the Bulls! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NYKvsCHI?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NYKvsCHI<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&quot;Woooooo!&quot; &#8212; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RicFlairNatrBoy?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RicFlairNatrBoy<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MsCharlotteWWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MsCharlotteWWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zQJ4ieME6L\">pic.twitter.com\/zQJ4ieME6L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NEW YORK KNICKS (@nyknicks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nyknicks\/status\/713179717181054976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Sasha Banks<\/strong> talked about the goals for her Divas Title match with Charlotte and Becky Lynch at WrestleMania. &#8220;We definitely want to steal the show,&#8221; Sasha told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelguidemag.com\/tv-news\/2016\/03\/24\/wwe-diva-sasha-banks-plans-steal-show-first-wrestlemania-match\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Fishman for Channel Guide Magazine<\/a>. &#8220;At the same time I just have to do me. And doing me is legit stealing the show &#8211; but I don&#8217;t want to put so much pressure on myself that I might pass out even before I go on the stage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember in Brooklyn for Takeover, I put so much pressure on myself that before I went out and was inside that car during the entrance, I was freaking out. Then the minute the door opened I was like, &#8216;Yes. I got this. This feels so right.&#8217; I can&#8217;t imagine how WrestleMania is going to be. I&#8217;m going to be crying, just a mess. But I&#8217;m ready for it and so excited.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; IC champion <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong> talked to the <a href=\"http:\/\/chaddukeswrestlingshow.com\/2016\/03\/25\/kevin-owens-on-the-chad-dukes-wrestling-show-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Dukes Wrestling Show 106.7 D.C. radio<\/a> about drawing inspiration for the IC Title ladder match at WrestleMania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I watched\u00a0a tape when I was eleven years old of\u00a0WrestleMania XI and that&#8217;s what made me decide that I was going to be a\u00a0wrestler and\u00a0that I wanted to be a WWE\u00a0superstar.\u00a0 So to\u00a0be apart of it\u00a0this year and to\u00a0have my first WrestleMania be the biggest one of all time,\u00a0It&#8217;s\u00a0obviously pretty special I&#8217;m really psyched, and\u00a0I&#8217;m <span title=\"&quot;Just&quot; demeans what you have to say. &quot;Just&quot; shrinks your power. It's time to say goodbye to the justs. --Tara Sophia Mohr\"><span title=\"&quot;Just&quot; demeans what you have to say. &quot;Just&quot; shrinks your power. It's time to say goodbye to the justs. --Tara Sophia Mohr\"><span title=\"&quot;Just&quot; demeans what you have to say. &quot;Just&quot; shrinks your power. It's time to say goodbye to the justs. --Tara Sophia Mohr\"><span title=\"&quot;Just&quot; demeans what you have to say. &quot;Just&quot; shrinks your power. It's time to say goodbye to the justs. --Tara Sophia Mohr\">just<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> gonna do\u00a0everything I can to make sure that my part\u00a0on the\u00a0show stands out and that people are talking about\u00a0me when\u00a0the nights over,&#8221; Owens said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The Young Bucks<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2016\/03\/22\/young-bucks-wwe-nxt-kenny-omega-new-japan-interview\" target=\"_blank\">talked to Sports Illustrated<\/a> about forming &#8220;The Elite&#8221; off-shoot of the Bullet Club with <strong>Kenny Omega<\/strong> after they turned\u00a0on <strong>A.J. Styles<\/strong> when Styles left New Japan for WWE. The Bucks also hyped their financial standing compared to some guys on the WWE roster.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou don\u2019t need to make it with WWE to be a successful wrestler,\u201d Nick told SI&#8217;s Justin Barrasso. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to change that perception and prove otherwise. The last few years, we\u2019ve done better financially than a lot of guys in the WWE. No one knows that, but it\u2019s possible to make a living without them. It takes a lot of hustle, but it\u2019s possible.\u201d<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-211010395\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; The latest installment of the <strong>Drax<\/strong> comic book series written by <strong>C.M. Punk<\/strong> is scheduled for release next Wednesday, March 30. <a href=\"http:\/\/comicbook.com\/2016\/03\/24\/exclusive-marvel-preview-drax-5-by-cm-punk-cullen-bunn-and-scott\/\" target=\"_blank\">ComicBook.com published a preview<\/a> of Issue #5 of the series from Marvel Comics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE CEO <strong>Linda McMahon<\/strong> is hosting a leadership meeting at Sacred Heart University next\u00a0Thursday, March 31. Linda will be speaking about women in leadership as part of an ongoing speaking series at her alma mater. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20160324005104\/en\/Honorable-Elaine-Chao-Speak-Sacred-Heart-University\" target=\"_blank\">Press Release<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The CWE promotion in Canada announced a new partnership with Diyobo.com to be the official ticket outlet for CWE shows, including a big tour in May headlined by <strong>Kazarian, Lio Rush, <\/strong>and<strong> Silas Young<\/strong>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/cwecanada.diyobo.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Info at CWETickets.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Revolution Pro has signed <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> to return to the U.K. for a huge international match against <strong>Zack Sabre, Jr.<\/strong> on June 12 in London.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">ZACK SABRE JR VS KURT ANGLE. Sun June 12th, York Hall Bethnal Green, London. 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