{"id":203495,"date":"2025-08-25T12:46:34","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:46:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=203495"},"modified":"2025-08-25T12:46:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T17:46:34","slug":"vip-podcast-8-25-greg-parks-outloud-how-wwes-insistence-on-forcing-moments-has-hurt-their-storylines-and-takes-away-from-the-basic-premise-of-professional-wrestling-23-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/08\/25\/vip-podcast-8-25-greg-parks-outloud-how-wwes-insistence-on-forcing-moments-has-hurt-their-storylines-and-takes-away-from-the-basic-premise-of-professional-wrestling-23-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 8\/25 \u2013 Greg Parks Outloud! How WWE&#8217;s insistence on forcing &#8220;moments&#8221; has hurt their storylines and takes away from the basic premise of professional wrestling (23 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3961714110\" 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 &#8220;Greg Parks Outloud!,&#8221; PWTorch columnist Greg Parks presents a\u00a0podcast version of his weekly PWTorch Newsletter column. 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