{"id":1779,"date":"2015-10-27T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T20:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2015-10-27T15:40:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-27T20:40:25","slug":"tues-torch-today-sd-tv-taping-wwe-2k16-is-out-who-was-breezes-bouncer-jrs-wm31-shows-sheamus-mcgregor-axels-future-rock-as-um-coach-shane-resurfaces-joey-candice-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/10\/27\/tues-torch-today-sd-tv-taping-wwe-2k16-is-out-who-was-breezes-bouncer-jrs-wm31-shows-sheamus-mcgregor-axels-future-rock-as-um-coach-shane-resurfaces-joey-candice-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Tues. Torch Today (PM Update): Livecast, Young Bucks&#8217;s future, Del Rio\/AAA, Gawker-Hogan, Chikara, Mason Ryan, JR&#8217;s WM32 shows, Rock as UM coach?, Shane &#038; Batista, Joey &#038; Candice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1353872257\" 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; Tuesday, October 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>AFTERNOON UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Livecast Alert: PWTorch editor Wade Keller and Jason Powell of Prowrestling.net take your calls and emails at 5:00 p.m. EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2015\/10\/27\/pwtorch-livecast--wade-keller-jason-powell-of-prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There is plenty of speculation on where the <strong>Young Bucks<\/strong> will end up. The California-based Young Bucks noted in a recent Rolling Stone interview that they&#8217;re looking to sign an exclusive North American deal to have stability going forward at this stage of their independent career. Traveling across the country to the East Coast and traveling across the ocean for New Japan\u00a0has been taxing. An announcement should be coming soon.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It was interesting to hear WWE (namely JBL) reference new U.S. champion\u00a0<strong>Alberto Del Rio<\/strong> as the AAA Mega Champion during Monday&#8217;s Raw broadcast. Alberto, wrestling as Alberto El Patron in Mexico, is expected to finish up his final obligations to AAA before focusing on WWE. AAA executive Dorian Roldan Pena tried to put a positive spin on losing Alberto by\u00a0noting that Alberto is a &#8220;dual champion&#8221; in WWE and AAA.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">Y ahora <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VivaDelRio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@VivaDelRio<\/a> es campe\u00f3n en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WWE<\/a> y en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/luchalibreaaa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@luchalibreaaa<\/a>. Pronto m\u00e1s noticias!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dorian Joaqu\u00edn Rold\u00e1n Pe\u00f1a (@dorianroldan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dorianroldan\/status\/658441366800732160?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE wrestler <strong>Mason Ryan (Barri Griffiths)<\/strong> recently married an American golfer, Julie Rolfe, in his home country of Porthmadog, Wales. Griffiths is currently wrestling on the U.K. independent scene. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailypost.co.uk\/news\/north-wales-news\/wrestler-barri-griffiths-weds-bride-10341192\" target=\"_blank\">A report by the Daily Post<\/a> notes he will be returning to the U.S. to join the Cirque Du Soleil tour in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Gawker&#8217;s management team is making it known that they believe <strong>Hulk Hogan<\/strong> will win some form of judgment in the $100 million lawsuit, but they do not believe Hogan will receive anything close to the full amount. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/newyork\/news\/2015\/10\/27\/gawker-president-hulk-hogan-likely-win-less-money.html\" target=\"_blank\">Gawker&#8217;s Heather Dietrick told Politico<\/a> they believe &#8220;it&#8217;s quite possible that Hogan just gets a very small judgment against us.&#8221; The trial determining the actual result is scheduled for 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Chikara is offering\u00a0Night 3 of the 2015 King of Trios tournament free of charge to trial subscribers of their &#8220;Chikaratopia&#8221; streaming service.\u00a0The one-week trial can be found at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/chikarapro.com\/chikaratopia-subscriptions\" target=\"_blank\">Chikaratopia.com<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3997519505\" 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><strong>MORNING UPDATE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE wraps up the schedule Tuesday night in Phoenix with this week&#8217;s Smackdown TV taping. It&#8217;s a Halloween Edition, which should produce plenty of backstage skits. Five wrestlers are advertised for the taping &#8211; WWE World Hvt. champion <strong>Seth Rollins, #1 contender Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, Bray Wyatt, <\/strong>and<strong> Sheamus<\/strong>. (<em>We&#8217;re looking for a correspondent report sent to pwtorch@gmail.com.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The Miz<\/strong> is scheduled to appear on SportsCenter during Week 3 of WWE&#8217;s segment on ESPNews in the 9:00 p.m. EST hour. Miz will likely be pumping up the new WWE video game, plus talking movies.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/venueartist\/99029\/1944341?c=LNSM_CT_Dallas_JimRoss_twt_promo_102615\" target=\"_blank\">The House of Blues in Dallas<\/a> officially announced <strong>Jim Ross&#8217;s<\/strong> one-man shows for WrestleMania Weekend in Dallas next April. Ross is set for &#8220;Ringside&#8221; on Saturday, Apr. 2 at 4:00 p.m. before the Hall of Fame and 11:00 p.m. after the Hall of Fame. Ross then has a third show on Monday night after Raw. The idea being to bring the rowdy post-Mania Raw Crowd to a fun, interactive show wrapping up the weekend. Tickets for all three shows go on-sale Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Miami Hurricanes\u00a0fired their college football coach after the worst loss in school history, prompting a lot of focus\u00a0to shift toward <strong>&#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson<\/strong>. If Rock can fix ailing movie franchises, then surely he can fix the team that he played on two decades ago. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbssports.com\/collegefootball\/eye-on-college-football\/25354615\/wwe-calling-for-the-rock-as-miamis-new-coach-the-rock-responds\" target=\"_blank\">CBS Sports<\/a> picked up on Johnson&#8217;s tongue-in-cheek\u00a0involvement in the head coaching search, including Johnson&#8217;s tweets about the subject.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Dave Bautista<\/strong> was joined by <strong>Shane McMahon<\/strong> at the world premiere of the new James Bond movie, &#8220;Spectre,&#8221; on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Here comes the monaaaaayy!!!&#8230; All the way to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Spectre?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Spectre<\/a> World Premier!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/oldschool?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#oldschool<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ShaneOMac?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ShaneOMac<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eeqOu0g8tp\">pic.twitter.com\/eeqOu0g8tp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Bautista (@DaveBautista) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DaveBautista\/status\/658796102641152000?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 27, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Joey Ryan<\/strong>\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0Candice LaRae<\/strong> brought back their YouTube show after a hiatus. 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