{"id":201792,"date":"2025-07-26T13:21:37","date_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:21:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=201792"},"modified":"2025-07-26T13:21:37","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:21:37","slug":"vip-podcast-7-26-wkh-hulk-hogan-series-pt-3-george-schire-on-the-possibility-of-hogan-never-leaving-the-awa-if-not-hogan-who-would-mcmahon-have-built-around-more-54-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/07\/26\/vip-podcast-7-26-wkh-hulk-hogan-series-pt-3-george-schire-on-the-possibility-of-hogan-never-leaving-the-awa-if-not-hogan-who-would-mcmahon-have-built-around-more-54-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 7\/26 &#8211; WKH &#8211; Hulk Hogan Series, pt. 3: George Schire on the possibility of Hogan never leaving the AWA, if not Hogan who would McMahon have built around, more (54 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2899528743\" 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 edition of the Wade Keller Hotline, PWTorch editor Wade Keller continues his series on Hulk Hogan with various topics and cohosts. This is the second of a two-part conversation with pro wrestling historian George Schire, a former cohost of the &#8220;Pro Wrestling Focus&#8221; radio show from KFAN in the early 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>This theme focuses on the influence of Hulk Hogan in the AWA and conjecture of what it would have taken for the AWA to keep him, a look at what the AWA did to try to patch together a roster that could draw after Hogan left, how long-time fans of that era reacted to someone as different as Hogan was from previous top babyface acts, was Verne a savvy enough promoter to be the victor in a national expansion war, how influential &#8220;Superstar&#8221; Billy Graham was to Hogan&#8217;s character, the circumstances of Hogan&#8217;s departure and whether the AWA deceived fans with dates Hogan was advertised for but wasn&#8217;t going to make, and more.<\/p>\n<p>Part one of this podcast with George was published yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DIRECT LINK: <\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/android\/legacyuploads\/wp-media\/2025\/07\/20250726WK-HoganSeries3.mp3\">VIP AUDIO LINK<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>NOT VIP? 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