{"id":16386,"date":"2016-04-13T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2016-04-13T21:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=16386"},"modified":"2016-04-13T16:43:38","modified_gmt":"2016-04-13T21:43:38","slug":"wednesdayapril13torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/13\/wednesdayapril13torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 4\/13 Torch Today &#8211; Reigns-Wyatt booking, CAC, WWE highlights &#8220;Bullet Club,&#8221; Anderson &#038; Gallows merch exiting, Balor talks Mania plans, Taker\/U.K. Tour, Flairs\/L.A. Kings, Mr. Anderson attempts &#8220;F-TNA&#8221; explanation, NJPW sets Six-Man Tag Title match, Videos &#8211; Steph &#038; Young Bucks interviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3605413503\" 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; Wednesday, April 13<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; One big reason why it appears WWE shifted to a <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> vs. <strong>Bray Wyatt<\/strong> main event-level side story is the European Tour. Reigns-Wyatt is the advertised main event for the A Shows throughout the tour, creating a situation where WWE needed to give European fans a reason to be excited about the main events. On Monday&#8217;s Raw TV, WWE gave fans permission to cheer Bray for the next few weeks until the storyline plays out. Now it will not be\u00a0as\u00a0weird of a situation when the crowd is booing the babyface WWE champion Roman Reigns opposite an historical heel like Bray Wyatt.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/At PWTorchLivecast.com\" target=\"_blank\">At PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>: TNA Hvt. champion Drew Galloway is scheduled for the Livecast with Pat McNeill at 8:00 p.m. EST tonight. Call in or listen live at <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorchlivecast.com\/2016\/04\/13\/next-pwtorch-livecast-drew-galloway-interview-wpat-mcneill-at-800-p-m-est\/\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; CAC Update: Be sure to follow PWTorch contributor Jim Valley live-tweeting <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/jimvalley\" target=\"_blank\">@JimValley<\/a> from the week-long Cauliflower Alley Club gathering in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE released a new YouTube show hosted by Cathy Kelley focusing on social media reaction to big WWE TV events. Notable was WWE highlighting the &#8220;Bullet Club&#8221; label used for <strong>Karl Anderson &amp; Doc Gallows<\/strong> following their debut on Raw. According to the U.S. trademark office, New Japan still owns the U.S. rights to the &#8220;Bullet Club&#8221; trademark, while WWE owns the &#8220;Balor Club&#8221; trademark.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"#BulletClub hits WWE? Superstars react to Gallows and Anderson&#039;s debut: April 13, 2016\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7RYVjxsJV9Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Independent t-shirts for<strong>\u00a0Anderson<\/strong> &amp;<strong>\u00a0Gallows<\/strong> are leaving the market soon following their WWE debut. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prowrestlingtees.com\/wrestler-t-shirts\/karl-machine-gun-anderson.html\" target=\"_blank\">ProWrestlingTees<\/a> announced that their BizCliz, Machine Gun, and other related t-shirts are going soon. &#8220;Get these designs before they are gone forever!&#8221; the email blast reads. Related to trademarks, Gallows owns the U.S. rights to the &#8220;BizCliz&#8221; term.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; NXT champion <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> revealed in a new interview that when he first came to WWE, he expected to be on the main roster rather quickly, but he&#8217;s glad he got to be part of the rise of NXT.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI came to WWE to be on WrestleMania and to be in a WrestleMania main event. I won\u2019t say I got sidetracked, but I took a different direction to work with NXT and be part of something I consider incredibly special. I stumbled upon this little pot of gold with NXT. It wasn\u2019t the plan when I came here, but it\u2019s got all of my focus. 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It appears there is no change to Taker&#8217;s U.K. tour status.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; At Raw TV Monday night in Los Angeles, the L.A. Kings presented <strong>Ric Flair<\/strong> and <strong>Charlotte<\/strong> with custom L.A. Kings jerseys. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/wwe\/story\/los-angeles-kings-ric-flair-chris-jericho-custom-jerseys-041216\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Sports<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former TNA star <strong>Ken Anderson<\/strong> tried to clear up what happened with his &#8220;F&#8212; TNA&#8221; line at an ICW show in Scotland after he was cut from the company.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fans were chanting. It was a very adult crowd, wild crowd. 5-600 people in Scotland at ICW. ICW is a huge deal in Scotland. Reminds me a lot of ECW. You can say whatever you want on the mic. Anything goes. So, they started chanting, &#8216;F TNA!, F TNA!&#8217; I said okay, I don&#8217;t work for them anymore, so yeah, I agree. And then I said after that, &#8216;Well, F you too!&#8217; because I was playing a heel. But whoever posted the video in the first place just took the eight seconds out so it looks like I&#8217;m on a soapbox. I have friends that work in TNA. I&#8217;m not gonna badmouth the company,&#8221; Anderson told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pancakesandpowerslams\/2016\/04\/13\/pancakes-and-powerslams-episode-211\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Featherstone of the Pancakes &amp; Powerslams podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/04\/daily-news-listing-4-13-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">PuroresuSpirit.net has all of the day&#8217;s news from the Japanese wrestling scene<\/a>, including New Japan announcing a NEVER Openweight Six-Man Tag Title match for next Saturday, April 23 in Tokyo. New champions <strong>Tanahashi &amp; Michael Elgin &amp; Yoshitatsu<\/strong> will defend against Bullet Club&#8217;s <strong>Kenny Omega &amp; Bad Luck Fale &amp; Yujiro Takahashi<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Collection<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Stephanie McMahon<\/strong>\u00a0talking to\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCD_0Hz0876LEnfGxhkTMaLA\" target=\"_blank\">Busted Open satellite radio show<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Stephanie McMahon on Her Character vs. Real Life, Why fans boo Roman Reigns and more\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rhVbD2h2hT8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The Young Bucks<\/strong> talking\u00a0to\u00a0the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCD_0Hz0876LEnfGxhkTMaLA\" target=\"_blank\">Busted Open satellite radio show<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1925863779\" 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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Young Bucks on Criticism, Bullet Club, Working for ROH, their futures and more\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lUjqajOEF6w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8LCBMNPbE34d6FLW1iMTTQ\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Roberts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/Aq8AeM8O-OA<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1457716073\"><div id=\"pwtor-3804484416\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TORCH TODAY &#8211; Wednesday, April 13 &#8211; One big reason why it appears WWE shifted to a Roman Reigns vs. Bray Wyatt main event-level side story is the European Tour. 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