{"id":221746,"date":"2026-08-31T22:24:29","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=221746"},"modified":"2026-08-31T22:24:29","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T03:24:29","slug":"vip-podcast-8-31-greg-parks-outloud-a-look-at-the-potential-upcoming-challengers-to-new-aew-world-champion-will-ospreay-and-aew-womens-world-champion-mercedes-mone-23-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2026\/08\/31\/vip-podcast-8-31-greg-parks-outloud-a-look-at-the-potential-upcoming-challengers-to-new-aew-world-champion-will-ospreay-and-aew-womens-world-champion-mercedes-mone-23-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP PODCAST 8\/31 \u2013 Greg Parks Outloud! A look at the potential upcoming challengers to new AEW World Champion Will Ospreay and AEW Women&#8217;s World Champion Mercedes Mone (23 min.)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-4092588333\" 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 edition of &#8220;Greg Parks Outloud!,&#8221; PWTorch columnist Greg Parks presents a\u00a0podcast version of his weekly PWTorch Newsletter column. 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