{"id":214513,"date":"2026-04-07T17:28:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:28:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=214513"},"modified":"2026-04-07T17:28:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T22:28:32","slug":"vip-podcast-4-7-everything-with-rich-wade-the-levesque-khan-mcmahon-texts-tkos-increasing-meddling-and-conflicts-of-interest-with-what-serves-wrestling-fans-53-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/04\/07\/vip-podcast-4-7-everything-with-rich-wade-the-levesque-khan-mcmahon-texts-tkos-increasing-meddling-and-conflicts-of-interest-with-what-serves-wrestling-fans-53-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 4\/7 &#8211; Everything with Rich &#038; Wade: The Levesque-Khan-McMahon texts, TKO&#8217;s increasing meddling and conflicts of interest with what serves wrestling fans (53 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2462794978\" 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 episode of &#8220;Everything with Rich Fann hosted by Wade Keller,&#8221; Wade and Rich discuss the newly released Paul Levesque-Nick Khan-Vince McMahon text exchanges, TKO&#8217;s increasing meddling and conflicts of interest with what serves wrestling fans which manifested with the ill-conceived Pat McAfee involvement in the Randy Orton-Cody Rhodes story. 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