{"id":2530,"date":"2015-11-05T23:07:02","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T05:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=2530"},"modified":"2015-11-05T23:19:15","modified_gmt":"2015-11-06T05:19:15","slug":"vip-audio-1105-pwtorch-livecast-thursday-ad-free-keller-interviews-jim-brunzell-on-fall-of-awa-1980s-wwf-grind-drugs-wwe-contracts-86-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/05\/vip-audio-1105-pwtorch-livecast-thursday-ad-free-keller-interviews-jim-brunzell-on-fall-of-awa-1980s-wwf-grind-drugs-wwe-contracts-86-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 11\/05 \u2013 PWTorch Livecast Thursday Ad-Free: Keller interviews Jim Brunzell on AWA fall, WWF grind, drugs, WWE contracts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1724838278\" 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 style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">SHOW SUMMARY:<\/strong><span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\"> In this\u00a0edition of the PWTorch Livecast \u201cInterview Thursday,\u201d Wade Keller\u00a0is joined by &#8220;Jumpin'&#8221; Jim Brunzell, a longtime\u00a0standout tag team wrestler in the 1970s and 1980s as part of the AWA High Flyers and the WWF Killer Bees. 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