{"id":196257,"date":"2025-04-17T22:00:08","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T03:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=196257"},"modified":"2025-04-17T16:22:54","modified_gmt":"2025-04-17T21:22:54","slug":"free-podcast-4-17-wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-ex-wwe-creative-and-mlw-founder-talks-wwe-response-to-covid-xfl-demise-working-with-mjf-aew-so-far-cinematic-matches-dark-side-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/04\/17\/free-podcast-4-17-wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-ex-wwe-creative-and-mlw-founder-talks-wwe-response-to-covid-xfl-demise-working-with-mjf-aew-so-far-cinematic-matches-dark-side-of\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 4\/17 \u2013 WKPWP Interview Classic (10 Yrs Ago): Ex-WWE Creative and MLW founder talks WWE response to COVID, XFL demise, working with MJF, AEW so far, Cinematic matches, Dark Side of the Ring (118 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1863218275\" 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 five years ago (4-14-2020), PWTorch editor Wade Keller presents an interview with MLW founder and booker Court Bauer, who also spent years working in WWE as a Creative Team member. He talks about how MLW is adjusting to the coronavirus situation, how he thinks WWE and AEW are handling the coronavirus including continuing to tape matches, his thoughts on how Vince McMahon is handling the XFL\u2019s demise and the coronavirus changing his entire business operations and threatening many revenue streams assumed to be safe, whether he is rooting for AEW to succeed, the mixing of MMA competitors and fight-styles into pro wrestling shows, Ronda Rousey\u2019s run with WWE and her recent comments, working with MJF since 2017 in MLW and which wrestlers of the past he reminds them of, his thoughts on \u201ccinematic\u201d post-produced wrestling matches, and more. 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