{"id":170321,"date":"2023-12-07T22:49:18","date_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:49:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=170321"},"modified":"2023-12-07T22:49:18","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T04:49:18","slug":"vip-audio-12-7-the-fix-mailbag-pt-2-of-2-punk-reigns-feud-should-aew-pay-drew-twice-what-they-paid-copeland-sasha-banks-higher-power-kos-reaction-to-punk-mcmahon-nxt-breakout-tournament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2023\/12\/07\/vip-audio-12-7-the-fix-mailbag-pt-2-of-2-punk-reigns-feud-should-aew-pay-drew-twice-what-they-paid-copeland-sasha-banks-higher-power-kos-reaction-to-punk-mcmahon-nxt-breakout-tournament\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 12\/7 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag (pt. 2 of 2): Punk-Reigns feud, should AEW pay Drew twice what they paid Copeland, Sasha Banks, Higher Power, KO&#8217;s reaction to Punk, McMahon, NXT Breakout Tournament, more (128 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1135745068\" 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:\u00a0<\/strong>In this episode of The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they respond to listener emails on these topics.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>More talk about &#8220;No Scrubs&#8221; and &#8220;No Pigeons.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Does it seem the groundwork is being laid in WWE for a return of Sasha Banks?<\/li>\n<li>Was last week&#8217;s Raw with C.M. 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Marshall gone from AEW, does AEW have any remaining affiliation with a developmental program?<\/li>\n<li>Was MJF&#8217;s injury really part of his and AEW&#8217;s bad luck?<\/li>\n<li>Were wrestlers not booked in the Continental Classic because they didn&#8217;t want to do jobs?<\/li>\n<li>Some Washington Commanders talk<\/li>\n<li>Any WrestleMania 41 location updates?<\/li>\n<li>Was Kevin Owens unprofessional in how he responded to questions about Punk relative to how Roman Reigns and Cody Rhodes did?<\/li>\n<li>Is Todd&#8217;s view on Shinsuke Nakamura consistent over the years?<\/li>\n<li>Some Yakuza talk<\/li>\n<li>Which recently released WWE wrestler would make the best Devil reveal in AEW?<\/li>\n<li>What&#8217;s with Tony Khan&#8217;s &#8220;put your money where your mouth is&#8221; comment? And what did Q.T. Marshall mean when he said AEW was becoming too much like New Japan?<\/li>\n<li>Recollections of WWE Capital Carnage<\/li>\n<li>Will WrestleMania take place in the U.K. some day?<\/li>\n<li>Do Todd and Wade collect wrestling memorabilia?<\/li>\n<li>Early favorite for the NXT Breakout tournament?<\/li>\n<li>Will Steve Austin return to weekly podcasting?<\/li>\n<li>Are there that many wrestlers left in WWE that were around last time Punk was?<\/li>\n<li>Should Punk turn heel and Roman Reigns turn face as a result of Punk trashing WWE?<\/li>\n<li>Did Vince McMahon force his way back into WWE late last year because things were going so well without him and he resented that?<\/li>\n<li>Thoughts on talk of an NDA between Punk and Tony Khan.<\/li>\n<li>Will Tony Khan ever give up booking in AEW, especially in light of ongoing gaps in logic? Are veteran wrestlers with a lot of knowledge just checked out now from helping him?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2023\/12\/20231207TM2.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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