{"id":200365,"date":"2025-06-30T22:30:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T03:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=200365"},"modified":"2025-06-30T16:30:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T21:30:05","slug":"free-podcast-6-30-pwtorch-dailycast-best-of-pwtorch-livecast-6-30-2020-7-5-2020-tessa-blanchard-firing-which-wrestlers-rose-and-fell-in-the-first-half-of-2020-new-japan-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/06\/30\/free-podcast-6-30-pwtorch-dailycast-best-of-pwtorch-livecast-6-30-2020-7-5-2020-tessa-blanchard-firing-which-wrestlers-rose-and-fell-in-the-first-half-of-2020-new-japan-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 6\/30 \u2013 PWTorch Dailycast \u2013 Best of PWTorch Livecast: (6\/30\/2020 &#038; 7\/5\/2020) Tessa Blanchard firing, which wrestlers rose and fell in the first half of 2020, New Japan Cup 2020 (168 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2997401859\" 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: <\/strong>Today we jump back five years to the June 30 and July 4, 2020 episodes of the PWTorch Dailycast.<\/p>\n<p>First, on &#8220;Grit &amp; Glitter&#8221; (6\/30\/2020), Harley R. 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