{"id":1838,"date":"2015-10-28T12:50:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T17:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=1838"},"modified":"2015-10-28T14:17:34","modified_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:17:34","slug":"wed-torch-today-tv-line-ups-tonight-gfw-tours-u-k-batista-on-criticism-compelling-lesnar-story-mero-samoa-joe-on-network-show-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/10\/28\/wed-torch-today-tv-line-ups-tonight-gfw-tours-u-k-batista-on-criticism-compelling-lesnar-story-mero-samoa-joe-on-network-show-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed. Torch Today (PM Update) &#8211; Livecast Alert, TV line-ups, Bella retiring?, Cena, Bruno, WWE biz, Haas\/CWE, Batista on criticism, compelling Lesnar story, Mero, Joe on the Network, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-566185598\" 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; October 28, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AFTERNOON UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Livecast Alert: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill interviews <strong>Shelly Martinez<\/strong> live at 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday&#8217;s Livecast. Call in live at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorchlivecast.com\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wednesday&#8217;s TV wrestling line-up includes <strong>WWE NXT, TNA Impact, <\/strong>and<strong> ROH TV<\/strong>. NXT has <strong>Samoa Joe <\/strong>vs.<strong> Tyler Breeze<\/strong> in a grudge match following up on the #1 contender battle royal. &#8230; ROH has a big six-man tag match of <strong>The Kingdom <\/strong>vs.<strong> Michael Elgin &amp; ReDragon<\/strong>. &#8230; Impact continues the TNA Title series with <strong>Drew Galloway<\/strong> and <strong>Matt Hardy<\/strong> in action. Plus, <strong>Awesome Kong <\/strong>vs.<strong> Gail Kim<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Brie Bella<\/strong> continues to tease walking away from wrestling to become a mother with <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong>.\u00a0&#8220;The hardest thing in our business is that, unfortunately, you can&#8217;t wrestle and be pregnant,&#8221; she told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reveal.co.uk\/showbiz-celeb-gossip\/news\/a675946\/total-divas-star-brie-bella-reveals-she-is-so-ready-for-motherhood.html\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Reveal&#8221; in the U.K.<\/a> &#8220;It&#8217;s this ongoing tug of war inside if I&#8217;m ready to hang up my boots and start trying. Bryan and I have this crazy baby fever.&#8221; This will be a key storyline on the next season of &#8220;Total Divas,&#8221; especially with fellow Diva\/castmember <strong>Rosa Mendes<\/strong> pregnant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The week of WWE&#8217;s latest quarterly earnings\u00a0report, WWE&#8217;s business model was questioned in two financial articles. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/3612236-is-wwe-an-overvalued-ott-play\" target=\"_blank\">Seeking Alpha<\/a> wondered if WWE is &#8220;overvalued&#8221; based on the current over-the-top market as it relates to WWE Network. <a href=\"http:\/\/seekingalpha.com\/article\/3608696-like-a-full-grown-man-in-a-leotard-suit-world-wrestlings-dividend-is-not-a-pretty-sight?auth_param=2etp1:1b2ve9t:447f13ce89781f22115c5f5d6133e409&amp;uprof=53\" target=\"_blank\">Another article on Seeking Alpha<\/a>\u00a0questions the value of WWE&#8217;s dividend to investors.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The <a href=\"http:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2015\/10\/28\/bruno-sammartino-on-the-mend\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a> published a new story on\u00a0<strong>Bruno Sammartino<\/strong> using photo archives from his\u00a0\u00a0neck injury in the 1970s. Included are some interesting time period photos of Bruno.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Canadian Wrestling&#8217;s Elite<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cwecanada.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">announced<\/a> a big &#8220;first-time-ever&#8221; match between Charlie Haas and New Japan wrestler Chase Owens. The match is set for December 2 in Yorkton, Sask., Canada. Haas will also be in the main event of CWE&#8217;s Dec. 3 show in Brandon, Man., Canada.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2740218172\" 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; <strong>New Japan<\/strong> &#8220;Road to Power Struggle&#8221; Results from Wednesday <a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2015\/10\/njpw-results-for-october-28-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">via PuroresuSpirit.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE top star <strong>John Cena<\/strong> checked in on Twitter with a reference to his age (hard to believe he&#8217;s 38) and his latest bench press video.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At this years <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NFL?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NFL<\/a> combine top calculated bench press was 473lb. 38 yrs old, this is 463 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/NGU?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#NGU<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Tapout?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TapouT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsCenter?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@sportscenter<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Lvtt2nnFZE\">pic.twitter.com\/Lvtt2nnFZE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCena\/status\/659408509306585088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>MORNING UPDATE<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Global Force Wrestling<\/strong> is back on the road Wednesday in the U.K. <a href=\"http:\/\/globalforcewrestling.com\/grimsby-lincolnshire-uk-gfw-on-tour-live\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scheduled for Grimsby, Lincolnshire<\/a> is <strong>Magnus &amp; Doug Williams<\/strong> vs. Marty Scurll &amp; Rampage Brown. Plus, <strong>Jeff Jarrett, Mickie James, Karen Jarrett, So Cal Val<\/strong>, and more stars. (<em>Report wanted at pwtorch@gmail.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE star <strong>Dave Bautista<\/strong> understands there was grumbling about him being selected for a role in the new James Bond movie, &#8220;Spectre.&#8221; However, he is confident people will be apologizing after seeing him in the movie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"EchoTopic\">\n<p>&#8220;With Guardians of the Galaxy, I got a lot of people who didn&#8217;t want me to have the part before we filmed, and after the film was released, the guys were behind me and they supported me. I even had a few apologies, they were sorry. I hope this will be the same thing because I don&#8217;t want to be the guy that&#8217;s messing up James Bond. I hope they&#8217;ll be happy,&#8221; Batista was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contactmusic.com\/dave-bautista\/news\/dave-bautista-expects-apologies-from-spectre-critics_4997198\" target=\"_blank\">quoted at Monday&#8217;s movie premiere in London, England<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There is an interesting and compelling story about <strong>Brock Lesnar&#8217;s<\/strong> connection to a 20-year-old singer, <strong>Colter Wall<\/strong>, that was covered by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.swbooster.com\/news\/2015\/10\/27\/colter-wall-finds-unexpected-friendship-with-wwe-star-brock-lesn.html\" target=\"_blank\">Southwest Booster publication in Canada<\/a>. The story goes that Lesnar,\u00a0who farms in Canada, heard Wall&#8217;s music and personally reached out to\u00a0him. They connected over his country-folk music style, Wall&#8217;s music was\u00a0used for a video package on Lesnar vs. The Undertaker, and they recently met up at Lesnar&#8217;s farm. They actually met up Saturday, according to the report, the day before Hell in a Cell in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom what I\u2019ve learned about Brock through all this is I think he\u2019s a pretty down to earth guy in the sense he came from a farm in the middle of nowhere, and he is a millionaire now, and he\u2019s literally fought his way to the top,&#8221; Wall said.\u00a0&#8220;And when he likes something he really makes it known, and he\u2019s really been working for me. He\u2019s sent me texts saying things like, \u2018I\u2019m going to do everything I can for you!\u2019 And I\u2019m just like, \u2018Thanks, Brock Lesnar.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWF\/WCW star <strong>Marc Mero&#8217;s<\/strong> &#8220;Champion of Choices&#8221; inspirational tour was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nhregister.com\/article\/NH\/20151027\/NEWS\/151029551\" target=\"_blank\">covered by the New Haven Register<\/a> after a school appearance Tuesday in Connecticut.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The crew from the &#8220;Cheap Heat&#8221; podcast attended Hell in a Cell in-person and released their in-person review in the latest podcast at Grantland.com. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwpodcasts.com\/2015\/10\/27\/cheap-heat-podcast-hiac-special-edition-oct-26-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read the Full Recap at PWPodcasts.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE NETWORK HIGHLIGHTS: <strong>Samoa Joe<\/strong> joins an interesting mix of <strong>Bo Dallas<\/strong> and <strong>Neville<\/strong> on the latest &#8220;Table for 3&#8221; episode airing at 4:00 p.m. EST. &#8230; A new episode of &#8220;Culture Shock with <strong>Corey Graves<\/strong>&#8221; airs at 4:30 p.m. &#8230; WWE NXT is on the Network at 8:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2347919196\"><div id=\"pwtor-1372729269\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TORCH TODAY &#8211; October 28, 2015 AFTERNOON UPDATE &#8211; Livecast Alert: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill interviews Shelly Martinez live at 5:00 p.m. EST on Wednesday&#8217;s Livecast. 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