{"id":216627,"date":"2026-05-17T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T03:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=216627"},"modified":"2026-05-17T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T16:38:13","slug":"free-podcast-5-17-wkpwp-flagship-from-10-yrs-ago-keller-mcneill-on-reigns-batista-comparison-aj-styles-early-wwe-work-bayley-roh-booking-more-99-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/05\/17\/free-podcast-5-17-wkpwp-flagship-from-10-yrs-ago-keller-mcneill-on-reigns-batista-comparison-aj-styles-early-wwe-work-bayley-roh-booking-more-99-min\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 5\/17 \u2013 WKPWP Flagship from 10 Yrs Ago: Keller &#038; McNeill on Reigns-Batista comparison, AJ Styles early WWE work, Bayley, ROH booking, more (99 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1014678017\" 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&#8217;s Flagship Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast from ten years ago (5-16-2016), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by Pat McNeill to discuss the previous night\u2019s Raw and look ahead to Extreme Rules. 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