{"id":219939,"date":"2026-07-29T22:00:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=219939"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T01:57:37","slug":"free-podcast-7-29-wkpwp-flagship-from-5-yrs-ago-keller-wells-talk-whether-aew-is-too-gory-punk-danielson-karrion-nick-gage-vs-jericho-tanahashi-aew-womens-divisions-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/07\/29\/free-podcast-7-29-wkpwp-flagship-from-5-yrs-ago-keller-wells-talk-whether-aew-is-too-gory-punk-danielson-karrion-nick-gage-vs-jericho-tanahashi-aew-womens-divisions-more\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 7\/29 \u2013 WKPWP Flagship from 5 Yrs Ago: Keller &#038; Wells talk whether AEW is too gory, Punk, Danielson, Karrion, Nick Gage vs. Jericho, Tanahashi-AEW, Women\u2019s Divisions, more (124 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2200485175\" 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 5 Yrs Ago Flashback episode of the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast &#8220;Flagship&#8221; episode (7-27-2021), PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch&#8217;s Kelly Wells discussed whether AEW was going too far with the blood and weapons gorefests including several emails from listeners about that topic. 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