{"id":145185,"date":"2022-08-26T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=145185"},"modified":"2022-08-26T12:46:13","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T17:46:13","slug":"vip-audio-8-26-the-fix-w-todd-wade-pt-3-of-3-mailbag-is-punk-acting-like-selfish-top-stars-he-once-decried-was-verne-gagne-the-worst-is-the-bucks-omega-hangman-clique-hurting-aew-plus-aby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2022\/08\/26\/vip-audio-8-26-the-fix-w-todd-wade-pt-3-of-3-mailbag-is-punk-acting-like-selfish-top-stars-he-once-decried-was-verne-gagne-the-worst-is-the-bucks-omega-hangman-clique-hurting-aew-plus-aby\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 8\/26 &#8211; The Fix w\/Todd &#038; Wade (pt. 3 of 3): Mailbag &#8211; Is Punk acting like selfish top stars he once decried? Was Verne Gagne the worst? Is the Bucks-Omega-Hangman clique hurting AEW? Plus Abyss, Tessa, MJF, Ross, Vince-Tony, more (87 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-818263324\" 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 part three of this week&#8217;s three-part episode of The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they cover these topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In light of C.M. Punk&#8217;s comments about Hangman Page, how selfish is Punk compared to other past stars from previous decades? 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