{"id":221655,"date":"2026-08-30T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=221655"},"modified":"2026-08-30T15:01:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-30T20:01:33","slug":"free-podcast-8-30-pwtorch-dailycast-best-of-pwtorch-livecast-5-yrs-ago-emmy-award-winner-mark-blutman-on-punks-return-stories-from-his-time-in-wwe-how-new-nxt-recruit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/08\/30\/free-podcast-8-30-pwtorch-dailycast-best-of-pwtorch-livecast-5-yrs-ago-emmy-award-winner-mark-blutman-on-punks-return-stories-from-his-time-in-wwe-how-new-nxt-recruit\/","title":{"rendered":"FREE PODCAST 8\/30 \u2013 PWTorch Dailycast \u2013 Best of PWTorch Livecast: 5 Yrs Ago &#8211; Emmy Award-Winner Mark Blutman on Punk\u2019s return, stories from his time in WWE, how new NXT recruitment can backfire, heels + Mike &#038; Andrew discuss Punk, AEW live (123 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1142776813\" 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 five years to the Aug. 28, 2021 episode of the PWTorch Dailycast&#8217;s &#8220;Deep Dive.&#8221; PWTorch&#8217;s Rich Fann was joined by Emmy Award-Winner Mark Blutman again to talk about the previous weekend of wrestling \u2013 notably, the returns of CM Punk, Brock Lesnar, and Becky Lynch, and the potential opportunities each provides their companies, as well as a show runner\u2019s thoughts on how debutantes are shot\/produced on screen. 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