{"id":203662,"date":"2025-09-05T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T03:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=203662"},"modified":"2025-08-28T17:10:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T22:10:25","slug":"free-podcast-9-5-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-mitchell-talk-new-york-times-coverage-of-wwe-response-to-death-of-lance-cade-history-of-wwe-addressing-wrestler-working-conditions-wm2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/09\/05\/free-podcast-9-5-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-mitchell-talk-new-york-times-coverage-of-wwe-response-to-death-of-lance-cade-history-of-wwe-addressing-wrestler-working-conditions-wm2\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 9\/5 \u2013 WKPWP 15 Yrs Ago Livecasts: Keller &#038; Mitchell talk New York Times coverage of WWE response to death of Lance Cade, history of WWE addressing wrestler working conditions, WM27, Billy Gunn (103 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3360102789\" 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 15 years to the Aug. 26, 2010 episode of the PWTorch Livecast where PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch&#8217;s Bruce Mitchell. They discussed the WWE comments in the New York Times reacting to Chris Nowinski&#8217;s comments on WWE&#8217;s initial response to Lance Cade&#8217;s death. 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