{"id":192706,"date":"2025-02-22T22:00:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T04:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=192706"},"modified":"2025-02-12T13:54:40","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T19:54:40","slug":"free-podcast-2-22-wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-wwe-tna-announcer-josh-matthews-says-what-its-like-to-be-yelled-at-by-vince-mcmahon-the-stro-with-wcw-nitro-era-stories-160-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/02\/22\/free-podcast-2-22-wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-wwe-tna-announcer-josh-matthews-says-what-its-like-to-be-yelled-at-by-vince-mcmahon-the-stro-with-wcw-nitro-era-stories-160-min\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 2\/22 \u2013 WKPWP Interview Classic (10 Yrs Ago): WWE &#038; TNA announcer Josh Matthews says what it&#8217;s like to be yelled at by Vince McMahon + The Stro with WCW Nitro era stories (160 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1593105990\" 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 week\u2019s Interview Classic episode from ten years ago (2-22-2015), PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed former WWE and TNA lead play-by-play announcer Josh Mathews who discussed his time in WWE, why he departed, his path to TNA, his controversial Twitter exchange with Jim Ross, what he likes about TNA, what it\u2019s like to be shouted at by Vince McMahon, what his prep style was like in WWE, what he was liking about TNA, his Tough Enough experience, the departure of Samoa Joe, and his new podcast about men\u2019s fashion. 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