{"id":16577,"date":"2016-04-15T15:36:07","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=16577"},"modified":"2016-04-15T15:36:07","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:36:07","slug":"fridayapril15torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/15\/fridayapril15torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 4\/15 Torch Today &#8211; WWE breaks emergency glass, Big Show vs. Shaq WM32 hype continues, Seth Rollins being reintroduced, Edge &#038; Christian Show filming, Hart dogs Reigns booking, WM32 cover art features old title belt, Justin Credible says &#8220;retirement sucks,&#8221; WXW TV new episode"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3368771319\" 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; Friday, April 15, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/15\/wwe-calls-european-tour-reinforcements-triple-h-added-second-leg\/\" target=\"_blank\">In case of emergency, break glass<\/a>. <strong>Triple H<\/strong> added to the second leg of the European Tour captures&#8217;s WWE dependence on part-time wrestlers to fill top spots when main roster stars\u00a0are injured,\u00a0or watered down by the booking.\u00a0Plus, the timing is interesting with Hunter joining the shows after the Raw and Smackdown tapings, which now includes <strong>Shane McMahon<\/strong> at Smackdown. And, <strong>The Undertaker<\/strong> is still advertised for Wednesday&#8217;s\u00a0Newcastle show that Hunter is\u00a0joining. The tour is definitely\u00a0a fluid situation, especially following <strong>Bray Wyatt&#8217;s<\/strong> injury.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/PWTorchLivecast.com\" target=\"_blank\">At PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>: On-demand access to Wade Keller&#8217;s interview with former WWE writer <strong>Matt McCarthy<\/strong> on Thursday&#8217;s Livecast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pwpodcasts.com\" target=\"_blank\">At PWPodcasts.com<\/a>: Full Recap of this week&#8217;s &#8220;Art of Wrestling&#8221; podcast with <strong>Colt Cabana<\/strong> and special guest <strong>Konnan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\" target=\"_blank\">At MMATorch.com<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/2016\/04\/15\/mmatorch-daily-top-five-41516-top-mma-stories-of-the-week\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friday&#8217;s MMATorch Daily Top 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Big Show<\/strong> and <strong>Shaq<\/strong> continue to do business trying to stir up a match for WrestleMania 33 next year in Orlando. Show playfully cut a promo on Shaq in an interview with <a href=\"http:\/\/ww.virginradiodubai.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dubai radio host Myles<\/a> while on the Middle East Tour. Meanwhile, Shaq sent a message to <strong>Vince McMahon<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2016\/04\/15\/shaq-big-show-is-scared-im-coming-for-you\/\" target=\"_blank\">through TMZ to make the match happen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Big Show Calls Out Shaq\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wQUuHC_QVe4?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; WWE is continuing\u00a0to\u00a0subtly reintroduce\u00a0<strong>Seth Rollins<\/strong> in regular Tapout commercials and videos. WWE released a video of Rollins talking about fitness as part of a commercial shoot for the new product line.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Behind the scenes of Seth Rollins&#039; workout, powered by Tapout\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FRV__1NDUk4?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; The official box art has been released for the <strong>WrestleMania 32 DVD<\/strong>. On the cover are the Big Three matches of Triple H vs. Roman Reigns, Brock Lesnar vs. Dean Ambrose, and The Undertaker vs. Shane McMahon. Plus, the Women&#8217;s Title match of Charlotte vs. Sasha Banks vs. Becky Lynch, but with the Divas Title instead of the Women&#8217;s Title belt. The DVD is scheduled for release on May 10. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com\/cover-artwork-extras-list-wwe-wrestlemania-32-dvd-blu-ray\/113425\/\" target=\"_blank\">WrestlingDVDNetwork.com<\/a>)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1657301384\" 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>Bret Hart<\/strong> was interviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/sellfy.com\/p\/5HeU\/\" target=\"_blank\">Total Wrestling Magazine<\/a> for their latest issue. Hart is not a fan of WWE&#8217;s current creative direction, especially &#8220;dropping the ball&#8221; and &#8220;lacking imagination&#8221; with <strong>Roman Reigns&#8217;s<\/strong> WWE Title booking.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Justin Credible<\/strong> addressed his &#8220;retirement status&#8221; after <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/10\/49-world-1-new-jersey-tito-santana-wins-tag-gold-justin-credible-wrestles-al-snow-set-big-may-28-show\/\" target=\"_blank\">somewhat having a wrestling match at an independent show last weekend<\/a>. &#8220;It sucks\u00a0quite frankly. Once you have that wrestling bug in you it&#8217;s real hard to get away because that&#8217;s what I do,&#8221; Credible told the <a href=\"http:\/\/tmptow.podomatic.com\/entry\/2016-04-14T21_00_00-07_00\" target=\"_blank\">Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The angle I did over the weekend where basically I was just at the &#8216;gimmick&#8217; table and was just selling &#8216;gimmicks&#8217; and somebody called me out to the ring and basically all I did was went in and did my &#8220;Terry Funk&#8221; impersonation and threw a ton of chairs in the ring and started hot, the kid did the match and I just came in and did the finish. So, it wasn&#8217;t a match. Sometimes in this business you make deals and it&#8217;s amazing how it&#8217;s so in the back of your mind what the big picture is and I&#8217;m not sure how many people know but my wife is dealing with cancer and it&#8217;s pretty serious so (wrestling a match) is the last thing on my mind. I don&#8217;t know what kind of deal I made with him but he expected me in my gear and I showed up and said &#8216;dude, I&#8217;m retired,&#8217; but I&#8217;ll throw a superkick and hit people with a stick and that is pretty much what happened. So, no, I did not come out of retirement and it sucks being retired.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The WXW promotion in Germany has a <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/dxGKLE7o234\" target=\"_blank\">new episode of their Shotgun TV series<\/a>. Featured in the latest episode\u00a0are <strong>Will Ospreay<\/strong> and <strong>Jeff Jarrett<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Finally, <strong>Edge &amp; Christian<\/strong> spent the week at WWE HQ in Stamford, Connecticut filming more episodes for the Edge &amp; Christian Show on WWE Network. Included was fellow Canadian <strong>Lance Storm<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">All wrapped here in Stamford. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheECShow?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TheECShow<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BEw2Du0rbR\">pic.twitter.com\/BEw2Du0rbR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Lance Storm (@LanceStorm) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LanceStorm\/status\/721025468783292416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1602182274\"><div id=\"pwtor-1174117951\"><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; Friday, April 15, 2016 &#8211; In case of emergency, break glass. 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