{"id":17397,"date":"2016-04-24T15:20:47","date_gmt":"2016-04-24T20:20:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=17397"},"modified":"2016-04-24T15:26:04","modified_gmt":"2016-04-24T20:26:04","slug":"sunday-424-torch-today-super-busy-weekend-recap-ufc-197-the-grappler-chyna-konnor-rose-videos-owens-vs-zayn-schamberger-paints-nakamura-hogan-at-celeb-wedding-nwa-smoky-mountain-tv-wx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/24\/sunday-424-torch-today-super-busy-weekend-recap-ufc-197-the-grappler-chyna-konnor-rose-videos-owens-vs-zayn-schamberger-paints-nakamura-hogan-at-celeb-wedding-nwa-smoky-mountain-tv-wx\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 4\/24 Torch Today &#8211; Super Busy Weekend Recap, UFC 197, The Grappler, Chyna, Konnor &#038; Rose, Japan News &#038; Notes, Videos &#8211; Owens vs. Zayn, Schamberger paints Nakamura, Hogan at celeb wedding, NWA Smoky Mountain TV, WXW TV"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1659295055\" 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; Sunday, April 24, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; What a wild weekend, mainly from the NXT tour that included <strong>Samoa Joe<\/strong> winning the NXT Title, <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> teasing a farewell, and <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong> being Nakamura.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the main WWE roster wrapped up a two-week European Tour that saw <strong>Papa Hunter<\/strong> team with <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong> against <strong>Dean Ambrose<\/strong> and <strong>Sami Zayn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, down in Florida, <strong>TMDK<\/strong> and <strong>Nikki Storm<\/strong> made their NXT in-ring debuts. TMDK (<strong>Mikey Nicholls &amp; Shane Haste<\/strong>) are like Nakamura being head-and-shoulders above their peers at the NXT developmental level. It&#8217;s only a matter of time until TMDK takes over the tag division after battling for position with <strong>American Alpha<\/strong> and <strong>The Revival<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, WWE&#8217;s Global Cruiserweight Series <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/24\/sabrequalifies\/\">kicked off Sunday in London<\/a> with <strong>Zack Sabre, Jr.<\/strong> now officially official for the 32-person tournament field.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/24\/wwe-road-report-full-euro-tour-summary-big-nxt-road-home-news\/\">Full Weekend News Summary from every WWE tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/results\/\">Full Weekend Results from each individual show, including Ring of Honor returning to San Antonio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\" target=\"_blank\">At MMATorch.com<\/a>: Full Coverage of the UFC 197 event featuring rusty <strong>Jon Jones<\/strong> back in action following suspension.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4043447828\" 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; <a href=\"http:\/\/pwtorchlivecast.com\" target=\"_blank\">At PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>: Listen on-demand to Jim Valley&#8217;s &#8220;Saturday Morning Wrestling&#8221; Livecast with <strong>&#8220;The Grappler&#8221; Lynn Denton<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/pwpodcasts.com\" target=\"_blank\">At PWPodcasts.com<\/a>: Full Recap of ROH announcer <strong>Steve Corino<\/strong> on the Wednesday PWTorch Livecast with Pat McNeill.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, McNeill &amp; Valley&#8217;s Wayback Playback highlights a ton of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/category\/vipexclusivealerts\/vip-podcasts\/\">weekend VIP Audio Content available for Torch VIP members in the VIP Audio Section<\/a>. Wade Keller, Bruce Mitchell, Travis Bryant, McNeill, Valley, Greg Parks, Sean Radican, and Brian Leahy all represented.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Featured Audio Clip: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/04\/23\/pwtorch-livecast-audio-clip-jim-ross-talks-chynas-life-legacy-wwade-keller-04-21-16-livecast-episode\/\">Listen to a 25-minute respectful and insightful conversation<\/a> between Wade Keller and <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> on <strong>Chyna&#8217;s<\/strong> life and death from Thursday&#8217;s PWTorch Livecast.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wrestling columnist Mike Mooneyham&#8217;s Sunday newspaper column covers <strong>Chyna&#8217;s<\/strong> career from several different angles speaking to colleagues. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.postandcourier.com\/20160424\/160429670\/pro-wrestling-superstar-chyna-was-a-force-of-nature\" target=\"_blank\">PostandCourier.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Suspended WWE wrestler <strong>Konnor<\/strong> has been silent on Twitter since his suspension was announced. Meanwhile, <strong>Adam Rose<\/strong> has not commented since he spoke out against his Wellness Policy suspension four days ago. Rose says he will be issuing a formal response with his doctor.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/04\/daily-news-listing-4-24-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full News Briefing of Sunday&#8217;s news &amp; notes &amp; results in Japan via PuroresuSpirit.net<\/a>, including New Japan in Tokyo and NOAH&#8217;s Global Tag League.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Video Gallery<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1085726357\" 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>&#8211; WWE released a brief video history of the <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong>\u00a0vs.\u00a0<strong>Sami Zayn<\/strong> feud, including Zayn unmasked during his indies run. The historical footage setting up their WWE feud is limited since Zayn wrestled under a mask as El Generico before coming to WWE.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Learn why <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ilikesamizayn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@iLikeSamiZayn<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FightOwensFight?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FightOwensFight<\/a>&#39;s <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WWEPayback?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WWEPayback<\/a> match is YEARS in the making!<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ruljXceMYi\">https:\/\/t.co\/ruljXceMYi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWE (@WWE) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE\/status\/724284842314080256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The latest edition of wrestling artist Rob Schamberger&#8217;s video series features <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong>, complete with Nakamura&#8217;s NXT theme music in the background. Schamberger also voices-over an essay about Nakamura&#8217;s popularity in Japan and how it will translate to WWE.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Shinsuke Nakamura reigns on the canvas: WWE Canvas 2 Canvas\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QWHT0xs9bB8?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>Chael Sonnen<\/strong> talked on-camera to <a href=\"http:\/\/mmajunkie.com\/2016\/04\/video-chael-sonnen-on-post-suspension-plans-jones-vs-saint-preux-cm-punk-in-mma\" target=\"_blank\">MMAJunkie.com<\/a> about his WrestleMania 32 Weekend experience in Dallas and\u00a0<strong>C.M. 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