{"id":193231,"date":"2025-02-26T20:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=193231"},"modified":"2025-02-19T22:11:51","modified_gmt":"2025-02-20T04:11:51","slug":"vip-podcast-2-26-the-fix-mailbag-flashback-1-24-2018-hogans-japan-history-bryans-retirement-missing-from-raw-top-25-should-heels-scale-back-flashy-moves-ovw-nxt-punks-pipebomb-86-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/02\/26\/vip-podcast-2-26-the-fix-mailbag-flashback-1-24-2018-hogans-japan-history-bryans-retirement-missing-from-raw-top-25-should-heels-scale-back-flashy-moves-ovw-nxt-punks-pipebomb-86-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 2\/26 &#8211; The Fix Mailbag Flashback (1-24-2018): Hogan&#8217;s Japan history, Bryan&#8217;s retirement missing from Raw Top 25, should heels scale back flashy moves, OVW-NXT, Punk&#8217;s Pipebomb (86 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1815707385\" 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 the latest Flashback episode of The Fix with Todd Martin &amp; Wade Keller, we jump back seven years to the Jan. 24, 2018 episode of The Fix Mailbag. Todd covers MMA topics and then they answer emails from VIP members:<\/p>\n<p>MMA TOPICS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A preview of UFC on Fox event and the Bellator event<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>MAILBAG TOPICS:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How WWE might be different if OVW had as high of a national profile as NXT<\/li>\n<li>If heels should reduce flashy moves to stop fans from cheering<\/li>\n<li>A storyline idea for Kevin Nash as champ in WCW<\/li>\n<li>Is it mostly Roman Reigns or Vince McMahon\u2019s fault for Roman getting booed<\/li>\n<li>Was Vince scared WCW would get cheered<\/li>\n<li>Was Mick Foley shortchanged on Raw 25<\/li>\n<li>Comparing Okada and Naito to The Rock and Steve Austin<\/li>\n<li>Jason Jordan helping Reigns get cheered in the Rumble<\/li>\n<li>Stephanie winning the Rumble<\/li>\n<li>Hulk Hogan\u2019s Japan history<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Cormier\u2019s place in history if not for Jon Jones<\/li>\n<li>Jones vs. DC ten times<\/li>\n<li>Francis Ngannou\u2019s future<\/li>\n<li>MMA weight cutting<\/li>\n<li>Is Vince better or worse for the product<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Bryan\u2019s retirement missing from Top 25 Moments<\/li>\n<li>New Day spreading flu with pancakes<\/li>\n<li>C.M. 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