{"id":16965,"date":"2016-04-20T17:10:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T22:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=16965"},"modified":"2016-04-20T17:48:59","modified_gmt":"2016-04-20T22:48:59","slug":"16965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/20\/16965\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 4\/20 Torch Today &#8211; How long will Reigns be WWE Champ?, McGregor fall-out, DDP talks concussion scares, JR new blog, WWE&#8217;s Canadian Wrestling DVD, TMDK talks taking over NXT tag division, Nikki on Cena&#8217;s &#8220;Total Bellas&#8221; role, McMahons &#038; Cena honored at USO event, Rock teases new MTV show project, Video &#8211; Animal to Booker T Fantasy Camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2868964880\" 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 20, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; POLL RESULT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/17\/reignstitlerun\/\" target=\"_blank\">How long will Roman Reigns hold the WWE World Title?<\/a> PWTorch readers are currently voting on a long-term title reign&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>38% &#8211; Lose WWE Title at Summerslam<\/li>\n<li>22% &#8211; After SSlam in 2016<\/li>\n<li>22% &#8211; Sometime in 2017\/beyond<\/li>\n<li>Only 10% &#8211; Lose at Payback<\/li>\n<li>Only 7% &#8211; In-Between Payback &amp; SSlam<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\" target=\"_blank\">At MMATorch.com<\/a>: More fall-out from <strong>Conor McGregor<\/strong> teasing retirement on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The WWE aspect\u00a0of McGregor&#8217;s teaser continues to be a side-story, especially after McGregor and WWE executives followed each other on Twitter during WrestleMania Week. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.ie\/sport\/mma\/has-conor-mcgregor-already-lined-up-his-next-career-move-with-a-switch-to-wwe-34644228.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Independent newspaper<\/a> in McGregor&#8217;s home country of Ireland picked up on the speculation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Diamond Dallas Page<\/strong> talked about the concussion concerns facing wrestlers from his generation <a href=\"http:\/\/www.3aw.com.au\/news\/world-wrestling-star-ddp-talks-about-concussion-and-yoga-with-tom-elliott-20160419-goa6hv.html\" target=\"_blank\">in a recent radio interview<\/a>. DDP said he thinks he was knocked out &#8220;at least 20 times&#8221; during his wrestling career.\u00a0&#8220;I definitely have a little damage there,&#8221; he told radio host Tom Elliott.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> published a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/49478\" target=\"_blank\">new blog at jrsbarbq.com<\/a> reviewing Monday&#8217;s Raw, the Conor McGregor situation, and the official start of his boxing announcing career.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE&#8217;s forthcoming Canadian Wrestling DVD is being titled &#8220;Our Nation&#8217;s Pride.&#8221; The cover art includes <strong>Chris Jericho, Edge, Kevin Owens, <\/strong>and<strong> Trish Stratus<\/strong>. The plan is to only release the DVD in Canada in May. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com\/cover-artwork-wwe-our-nations-pride-canadian-superstars-dvd\/113701\/\" target=\"_blank\">WrestlingDVDNetwork.com Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; New WWE signees <strong>TMDK (Mikey Nicholls and Shane Haste)<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/article\/the-mighty-dont-kneel-interview?sf24701078=1\" target=\"_blank\">talked to WWE&#8217;s website<\/a> about their tag team style, the difficulty of leaving NOAH\/Japan after starting from the bottom and reaching the top, and wanting to take over the NXT tag division.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2051083095\" 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>&#8220;Our ultimate goal is to main event a TakeOver for the NXT Tag Team Titles. We want to be in the first tag title main event, and if we\u2019ve got to take a while to get there, then so be it. We want to bring tag team wrestling up and make it what it should be,&#8221; Haste said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/04\/njpw-results-for-april-20-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Japan Results for Wednesday building to the &#8220;Wrestling Dontaku&#8221; special event<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Nikki Bella<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/shows\/total_divas\/news\/758163\/nikki-and-brie-bella-describe-total-bellas-spinoff-as-chaos-under-one-roof-with-john-cena-s-strict-rules-a-wedding-and-more\" target=\"_blank\">talked to E! about the &#8220;Total Bellas&#8221; reality show spin-off<\/a> premiering this fall that will include a lot of <strong>John Cena<\/strong>\u00a0as rules-enforcer. Nikki said the family moved in together for three months since Nikki could not leave the house following neck surgery, prompting Cena to take over with <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong> &amp; <strong>Brie Bella<\/strong> and other family members moving in.\u00a0&#8220;You will see him a lot because he made a lot of rules, and he makes sure they&#8217;re all enforced,&#8221; Nikki told E!.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE stars <strong>John Cena, Triple H,<\/strong> and <strong>Stephanie McMahon<\/strong> were recognized\u00a0at the 75th annual USO awards ceremony Wednesday night in Washington, D.C. 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