{"id":221115,"date":"2026-08-21T22:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T03:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=221115"},"modified":"2026-08-19T23:37:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T04:37:30","slug":"free-podcast-8-21-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-mitchell-caldwell-with-live-callers-talk-undertakers-impact-on-wwe-cm-punk-zach-ryder-ratings-more-133-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/08\/21\/free-podcast-8-21-wkpwp-15-yrs-ago-livecasts-keller-mitchell-caldwell-with-live-callers-talk-undertakers-impact-on-wwe-cm-punk-zach-ryder-ratings-more-133-min\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 8\/21 \u2013 WKPWP 15 Yrs Ago Livecasts: Keller &#038; Mitchell &#038; Caldwell with live callers talk Undertaker&#8217;s impact on WWE, CM Punk, Zach Ryder, Ratings, more (133 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2429608761\" 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 two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from July 29, and August 1, 2011.<\/p>\n<p>On the July 29, 2011 episode, PWTorch Livecast, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell discussed with live callers the previous night&#8217;s TNA Impact, the good &amp; bad &amp; &#8220;TNA&#8221; on the show, Hulk Hogan&#8217;s marketability in 2011 and seemingly responding to John Cena and Vince McMahon in his show-opening promo, a scenario for the Raw GM to be Vince McMahon, TNA marketing C.M. 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