{"id":197924,"date":"2025-05-15T21:53:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=197924"},"modified":"2025-05-15T21:53:00","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T02:53:00","slug":"vip-podcast-5-15-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-why-did-wwe-have-cena-win-title-so-soon-what-if-levesque-took-over-aew-jeff-hardy-or-rvd-punk-in-saudi-arabia-more-54-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/05\/15\/vip-podcast-5-15-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-2-of-2-why-did-wwe-have-cena-win-title-so-soon-what-if-levesque-took-over-aew-jeff-hardy-or-rvd-punk-in-saudi-arabia-more-54-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 5\/15 \u2013 The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd &#038; Wade (pt. 2 of 2): Why did WWE have Cena win title so soon? What if Levesque took over AEW? Jeff Hardy or RVD? Punk in Saudi Arabia? More (54 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3807825759\" 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 The Fix Mailbag 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>Blading among Roman gladiators<\/li>\n<li>Can a wrestler get over with just good matches or is a character that connects essential these days?<\/li>\n<li>When will John Cena lose his title and when should he?<\/li>\n<li>Where have the female valets gone?<\/li>\n<li>Why did WWE book John Cena to win the WWE Title almost immediately during his retirement run?<\/li>\n<li>Is C.M. 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If not Sami, who could be a third member?<\/li>\n<li>Who was hotter at their peak &#8211; Jeff Hardy or Rob Van Dam?<\/li>\n<li>What did Paul Heyman mean by &#8220;third inning&#8221; in reference to the Bloodline story after WrestleMania 39?<\/li>\n<li>Is it possible to re-educate the pro wrestling audience to accept a different presentation of pro wrestling and eliminate the illogical tropes and production techniques that plague the product now in both WWE and AEW?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>View the list of books Todd Martin has reviewed with their placements from Tier 1 to Tier 5. <a href=\"https:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/vip-sections\/todd-martin-collection\/\">CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK: <\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2025\/05\/20250515TM2.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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