{"id":14290,"date":"2016-03-26T14:02:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T19:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=14290"},"modified":"2016-03-29T13:09:56","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T18:09:56","slug":"saturdaymarch26torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/03\/26\/saturdaymarch26torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 3\/26 Torch Today &#8211; Up All Night, Cena&#8217;s latest WM32 teaser, Styles post-WM title chase &#038; stable?, Angle&#8217;s WWE return plans, Bella early retirement?, Kane&#8217;s WM main event goal, TNA pulls ECIII from U.K. show, Jericho on summer WWE schedule, WM32 in Japan &#038; India, Video &#8211; Scott Steiner NSFW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3627242500\" 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; Saturday, March 26, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorchlivecast.com\/2016\/03\/26\/next-livecast-episode-jim-valleys-saturday-morning-wrestling-with-special-guest-rhonda-shear-at-1130-a-m-est\/\" target=\"_blank\">At PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>: Did you go Up All Night with <strong>Rhonda Shear<\/strong> this morning? Catch the latest &#8220;Saturday Morning Wrestling&#8221; Livecast with Jim Valley talking live to &#8217;90s USA\/WWF TV personality Rhonda Shear <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2016\/03\/26\/pwtorch-livecast--jim-valleys-saturday-morning-wrestling-with-rhonda-shear\" target=\"_blank\">on-demand right now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\" target=\"_blank\">At MMATorch.com<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2016\/03\/25\/mmatorch-daily-top-five-325-top-mma-stories-of-the-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">The MMATorch Daily Top Five Stories of the Week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Injured WWE\u00a0star <strong>John Cena<\/strong> continues to tease a role at WrestleMania 32 next Sunday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KCCO?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#KCCO<\/a> hoping this plays sometime soon!! Maybe <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WrestleMania?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WrestleMania<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NeverGiveUp?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NeverGiveUp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/G8hzf1lMtc\">pic.twitter.com\/G8hzf1lMtc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCena\/status\/713688334602739712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 26, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>A.J. Styles<\/strong> says he would like to go after the Intercontinental Title &#8211; whether held by <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong> or someone else &#8211; after finishing his program with <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong>. &#8220;I think in good time, after hopefully I&#8217;m done with Jericho, I can go after a title. And if it&#8217;s around Owen&#8217;s waist, then I&#8217;m going to go after it,&#8221; Styles told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/sport\/other-sports\/wrestling\/wwe-superstar-aj-styles-chris-7631226\" target=\"_blank\">Neil Docking for The Mirror U.K. publication<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Styles also teased forming a group on WWE television after finishing up with Jericho, presumably at WrestleMania. &#8220;Well, you never know when that might happen. You just never know who you&#8217;re going to team up with and have everything fit as it should, which is unbelievable. You never know- I could definitely see something like that happening,&#8221; Styles said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Kurt Angle\u00a0<\/strong>says\u00a0he does not want to go back to WWE right now &#8211; maintaining that he wants to take a year off from full-time wrestling &#8211; but he believes he will &#8220;eventually&#8221; return to WWE in a part-time role and be part of the WWE Hall of Fame. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/wwe\/news\/a788198\/kurt-angle-knows-he-will-return-to-wwe-and-is-up-for-teaming-with-american-alpha\/\" target=\"_blank\">In an interview with Digital Spy<\/a>, Angle proposed linking up with\u00a0NXT tag team <strong>American Alpha<\/strong> and being a part-time addition to the act.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve watched them wrestle and they&#8217;re really good. It would be really cool to have a new Team Angle,&#8221; Angle said.\u00a0I could do the big matches; the SummerSlams and the WrestleManias. I think that would be a good mix. And it would also give them a great rub, a rub that they need.\u00a0We&#8217;ll see if we do something like that, I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s on the cards, but you never know.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2223080453\" 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>Brie Bella<\/strong> is reportedly planning to retire shortly after WrestleMania, earlier than her plans to retire this summer. <a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestlingsheet.com\" target=\"_blank\">Pro Wrestling Sheet<\/a> reports that Brie is looking to be a mom with <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong>, who is currently going through health issues that caused him to cancel WWE bookings. Brie will reportedly take on an ambassador role along with continuing on &#8220;Total Divas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Kane<\/strong> is scheduled for the WM32 pre-show Andre the Giant Battle Royal, but he would like to be on the opposite side in a WrestleMania main event before his career is over. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nottinghampost.com\/WWE-veteran-Kane-looking-forward-wowing-fans\/story-28994154-detail\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">Talking to the Nottingham Post about next month&#8217;s\u00a0European Tour<\/a>, Kane said: &#8220;This will be my 17th WrestleMania. I have done this by trying to be the best that I can be.\u00a0I have always taken everything as it comes and tried to stay in good shape. I also have done my best to minimise the risk involved in what I do in the ring.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I still think I have a lot to offer and I am pleased with the level of my performance in the ring&#8230;\u00a0In terms of plans for future WrestleManias, I would love to main event the show. I have semi-main evented before but that is still a goal for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA pulled top star <strong>Ethan Carter III<\/strong> from next weekend&#8217;s Preston City Wrestling show in the U.K. The promoter relayed the explanation\u00a0from TNA: &#8220;Unfortunately nothing can be done. This is a network commitment and something he had no control over.&#8221; PCW is working on a suitable replacement for ECIII. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prestoncitywrestling.com\/news\/2016\/03\/26\/tna-pull-ec3\" target=\"_blank\">Full Post at PrestonCityWrestling.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Part-time WWE star\u00a0<strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> will continue to be on the WWE roster later this summer. Jericho and <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> are the headliners for WWE&#8217;s next tour of Japan scheduled for July 1 and 2 in Tokyo. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.co.jp\/article\/2016\/03\/1158.html\" target=\"_blank\">Official Tour Details<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE is planning a Japanese language broadcast of WrestleMania 32. WWE announced on their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.co.jp\/article\/2016\/03\/1159.html\" target=\"_blank\">WWE Japan website<\/a> that <strong>Funaki<\/strong> will be part of the broadcast time for WrestleMania\u00a0on WWE Network.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in India, broadcast partner Ten Sports is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportskeeda.com\/wwe\/ten-sports-to-telecast-wwe-wrestlemania-32-live-in-india\" target=\"_blank\">planning to show WrestleMania live<\/a> at 4:30 a.m. Monday morning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/03\/njpw-results-for-march-26-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saturday&#8217;s New Japan Results continuing to build to Invasion Attack<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2980123952\" 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; Finally, <strong>Scott Steiner<\/strong> is not a fan of WWE or the people running the company, believing they&#8217;ve taken power away from the wrestlers and don&#8217;t know how to run a company or write television. 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