{"id":16191,"date":"2016-04-11T13:29:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-11T18:29:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=16191"},"modified":"2016-04-11T15:55:16","modified_gmt":"2016-04-11T20:55:16","slug":"mondayapril11torch-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/11\/mondayapril11torch-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 4\/11 Torch Today &#8211; Shane &#038; Bobby Roode WWE status, Poll Results &#8211; the next big NXT call-up?, Rock&#8217;s MTV Movie Awards wrestling tie-ins, McMahons top Trump donor list, Cauliflower Alley Club kick-off &#038; live coverage, Ross blogs on post-Mania Week, Trish on Cauliflower award, Mooneyham on Mulligan, Flair\/Comicpalooza, &#8220;San Bernardino Strong&#8221; EWF fundraiser event, Videos &#8211; Cena hypes &#8220;American Grit&#8221; &#038; Sheamus in new TMNT2 trailer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2887353631\" 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; Monday, April 11<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; POLL RESULTS: We asked who the next big NXT call-up will be to the main roster. The answer from your votes&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>40% &#8211; Samoa Joe<\/li>\n<li>26% &#8211; Bayley<\/li>\n<li>20% &#8211; Finn Balor<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211;<strong>\u00a0Caldwell&#8217;s Note:<\/strong> Greg Parks and I recorded a special VIP Audio Update that started Saturday and finished Sunday drafting the entire WWE Roster to Raw and Smackdown. We constructed the rosters (including announcers!) with the idea of Raw needing to find a way to thrive in the three-hour format and Smackdown needing to become relevant again. We think it was a neat exercise starting over with the rosters doing a brand split again. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/10\/vip-audio-410-pwtorch-draft-night-audio-special-james-caldwell-greg-parks-draft-wwe-roster-raw-smackdown-addressing-wwes-major-tv-challenges-156-min\/\" target=\"_blank\">Check it out HERE<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/govip\/\" target=\"_blank\">Not VIP? Find out how to sign up HERE!<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; After the dust settled from WrestleMania Week, <strong>Shane McMahon<\/strong> updated his WWE status Monday on Twitter. Shane said &#8220;my foot is still in the door&#8221; continuing to work with WWE, including as on-air GM for tonight&#8217;s Raw\u00a0in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Because of all of you, my foot&#39;s still in the door. I can&#39;t thank you enough. 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I don\u2019t want to jinx anything either.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Vince <\/strong>and<strong> Linda McMahon<\/strong> were the largest donors to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump&#8217;s foundation between 2004 and 2014, according to fundraising documents released. The McMahons donated $5 million during the timeframe. (<a href=\"http:\/\/patch.com\/connecticut\/stamford\/vince-linda-mcmahon-biggest-donors-trump-foundation-0\" target=\"_blank\">News Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; One week after appearing\/&#8221;wrestling&#8221; at WrestleMania 32, <strong>&#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson<\/strong> offered several wrestling references during his hosting gig at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aol.com\/article\/2016\/04\/10\/kevin-hart-the-rock-mtv-movie-awards-hulk-hogan-joke\/21341581\/\" target=\"_blank\">MTV Movie Awards Sunday night<\/a>. Rock and Kevin Hart did a bit in spandex, plus Rock and co-host <strong>Kevin Hart<\/strong>\u00a0joked about\u00a0<strong>Hulk Hogan\u00a0<\/strong>following the\u00a0Gawker trial.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheRock\/status\/719467741409841152<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-372741555\" 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>Jim Ross&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/49429\" target=\"_blank\">latest blog at jrsbarbq.com <\/a>hits on last week&#8217;s hot topics, including the death of <strong>Blackjack Mulligan<\/strong>, post-WM32 booking and debuts, this week&#8217;s Cauliflower Alley Club, and more.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The 51st annual <strong>Cauliflower Alley Club<\/strong> gathering runs Sunday through Wednesday in Las Vegas, with multiple wrestling shows, contests, seminars, and more wrestling gatherings. Included is <strong>Jim Ross&#8217;s<\/strong> NWA Hall of Fame induction, Rob Schamberger live-painting Nick Bockwinkel throughout the weekend, and\u00a0say hi to PWTorch contributor <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jimvalley\" target=\"_blank\">Jim Valley on-location at the week-long event<\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.caulifloweralleyclub.org\/official-51st-cac-reunion-calendar-of-events\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Events Schedule<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the gathering,<strong> Trish Stratus<\/strong> was interviewed about receiving the &#8220;Iron&#8221; Mike Mazurki Award this week. &#8220;When Ron Hutchison gave me the news, I was like \u2018Are you kidding me?\u2019 I don\u2019t even know what to say. I\u2019m completely humbled by it. I think it\u2019s very forward-thinking of them to do this,\u201d\u00a0Stratus told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.torontosun.com\/2016\/04\/08\/torontos-trish-stratus-about-to-receive-prestigious-iron-mike-mazurki-award\" target=\"_blank\">Jan Murphy of the Kingston Whig-Standard<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Stratus also talked about stepping away from wrestling with confidence.\u00a0\u201cIt think takes a certain braveness or courage to step away when you\u2019re on top and just confidently walk away knowing that \u2018I\u2019m satisfied with what I did\u2019 and I\u2019m ready to start the next chapter. And I haven\u2019t looked back,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pro wrestling columnist Mike Mooneyham wrote a detailed overview on <strong>Blackjack Mulligan<\/strong> in his Sunday newspaper column. The historically-significant article <a href=\"http:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/article\/20160410\/PC20\/160419943\/pro-wrestling-x2019-s-blackjack-mulligan-created-a-character-for-the-ages\" target=\"_blank\">can be read at PostandCourier.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Ric Flair<\/strong> is scheduled to appear at the annual Comicpalooza event in Houston, which runs June 17-19 at George R. Brown in Downtown Houston. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/press-release\/2016-04-09\/japanese-fashion-comes-to-comicpalooza-2016\/.100877\" target=\"_blank\">One of the big themes this year is Japanese fashion and anime<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Jesse Hernandez&#8217;s Empire Wrestling Federation<\/strong> is putting on a wrestling benefit show for the victims of the San Bernardino shootings from late 2015. &#8220;San Bernardino Strong&#8221; is scheduled for this Friday, April 15 at the Fox Theater in San Bernardino, Calif. 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