{"id":200202,"date":"2025-06-26T22:58:25","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T03:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=200202"},"modified":"2025-06-26T22:58:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T03:58:25","slug":"vip-podcast-6-26-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-3-of-3-cana-punk-benoit-and-guerrero-wins-at-wm20-ufc-fights-kurt-angle-ding-dongs-and-hunchbacks-vince-sr-43-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/06\/26\/vip-podcast-6-26-the-fix-mailbag-w-todd-wade-pt-3-of-3-cana-punk-benoit-and-guerrero-wins-at-wm20-ufc-fights-kurt-angle-ding-dongs-and-hunchbacks-vince-sr-43-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 6\/26 \u2013 The Fix Mailbag w\/Todd &#038; Wade (pt. 3 of 3): Cana-Punk, Benoit and Guerrero wins at WM20, UFC fights, Kurt Angle, Ding Dongs and Hunchbacks, Vince Sr. (43 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4045860734\" 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>How WWE grants title matches<\/li>\n<li>Didn&#8217;t territory promoters begin infringing on each other&#8217;s space before Vincent K. 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