{"id":181087,"date":"2024-07-05T02:01:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:01:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=181087"},"modified":"2024-07-05T02:01:02","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T07:01:02","slug":"vip-audio-7-4-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-how-good-is-wrestling-today-compared-to-past-eras-todd-wade-early-favorite-wrestlers-is-austin-overrated-mr-fuji-punk-heyman-more-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2024\/07\/05\/vip-audio-7-4-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-how-good-is-wrestling-today-compared-to-past-eras-todd-wade-early-favorite-wrestlers-is-austin-overrated-mr-fuji-punk-heyman-more-8\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 7\/4 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd &#038; Wade (pt. 2 of 2): How good is wrestling today compared to past eras? Todd &#038; Wade early favorite wrestlers? Is Austin overrated? Mr. Fuji, Punk-Heyman, more (87 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1976880606\" 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 part two of this week&#8217;s episode of The Fix with PWTorch VIP analyst Todd Martin and host PWTorch editor Wade Keller, they answer emails from VIP members on the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ray Stevens and Pat Patterson<\/li>\n<li>Wade&#8217;s and Todd&#8217;s earliest favorite wrestlers<\/li>\n<li>Should Tony Khan hire someone to help him manage talent<\/li>\n<li>Is there a place for big wrestlers at the top of cars anywhere?<\/li>\n<li>How good is wrestling today compares to other eras?<\/li>\n<li>Is the trope of a wrestler standing in the ring and talking to fans lazy and played out?<\/li>\n<li>Isn&#8217;t a show like Forbidden Door difficult to book because it&#8217;s such an outlier mired in politics and unfamiliar egos?<\/li>\n<li>Are we headed toward C.M. Punk siding with Paul Heyman sooner than we thought?<\/li>\n<li>Mr. Fuji<\/li>\n<li>Do fans really need to know much about who wrestles are for them to be effective draws?<\/li>\n<li>Why did Pat Patterson referee the Lawrence Taylor-Bam Bam Bigelow match at WrestleMania 11?<\/li>\n<li>Is Roy Lloyd qualified to be a producer for AEW?<\/li>\n<li>What about MJF and Don Callis aligning?<\/li>\n<li>Is it bothersome when a wrestler not in a match gets taken out with one move and the wrestler in the match has taken 20 minutes of beatings but keeps coming back?<\/li>\n<li>How infuriating is Tony Khan&#8217;s filibustering and not actually answering questions during media Q&amp;As?<\/li>\n<li>Can a case be made that Steve Austin is quite overrated?<\/li>\n<li>How good was Steve Austin as a worker at his peak?<\/li>\n<li>Should Steve Austin get more criticism for walking out when he was asked to job to Brock Lesnar?<\/li>\n<li>Why hasn&#8217;t AEW touted Kazuchika Okada&#8217;s 7-star matches like they have for Kenny Omega?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2024\/07\/20240704TM2.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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