{"id":209521,"date":"2025-12-31T22:00:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-01T04:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=209521"},"modified":"2025-12-31T13:53:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T19:53:01","slug":"free-podcast-12-31-wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-2015-year-in-review-with-ex-wwe-creative-team-member-matt-mccarthy-plus-evaluating-attempts-at-comedy-in-wwe-112-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2025\/12\/31\/free-podcast-12-31-wkpwp-interview-classic-10-yrs-ago-2015-year-in-review-with-ex-wwe-creative-team-member-matt-mccarthy-plus-evaluating-attempts-at-comedy-in-wwe-112-min\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 12\/31 \u2013 WKPWP Interview Classic (10 Yrs Ago): 2015 Year-in-Review with ex-WWE Creative Team member Matt McCarthy, plus evaluating attempts at comedy in WWE (112 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3453212127\" 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>In this week\u2019s Interview Classic podcast, we jump back to ten years ago this week (12-31-2015) when PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviewed ex-WWE Creative Team member and professional standup comedian Matt McCarthy. 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