{"id":3156,"date":"2015-11-14T03:12:21","date_gmt":"2015-11-14T09:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/?p=3156"},"modified":"2015-11-14T03:12:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T09:12:40","slug":"sat-torch-today-wwe-wraps-euro-tour-roh-sotf-night-2-in-minn-four-horsemen-reunion-at-mcw-the-big-event-hardys-rey-rousey-ufc-ppv-fight-nielsen-stats-sheamusnotre-dame-cabana-opens-up-o","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/14\/sat-torch-today-wwe-wraps-euro-tour-roh-sotf-night-2-in-minn-four-horsemen-reunion-at-mcw-the-big-event-hardys-rey-rousey-ufc-ppv-fight-nielsen-stats-sheamusnotre-dame-cabana-opens-up-o\/","title":{"rendered":"Sat. Torch Today: WWE wraps Euro Tour, ROH SOTF Night 2 in Minn., Four Horsemen Reunion at MCW, The Big Event, Hardys &#038; Rey, Rousey UFC PPV fight &#038; Nielsen stats, Sheamus\/Notre Dame, Cabana opens up on post-WWE career, Jimmy Hart, Tama Tonga, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-973481217\" 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>TORCH TODAY &#8211; Saturday, November 14<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A terrible tragedy in Paris, France on Friday night. As the country begins to heal, WWE part-timer <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> and his <a href=\"http:\/\/fozzyrock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">&#8220;Fozzy&#8221; band<\/a> will monitor events over the next week before deciding whether to perform a scheduled show in\u00a0Vaureal, France next Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/p\/-DPss_GDi-\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jericho talked about the tragic events\u00a0on Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE wraps up their European Tour Saturday night in Minehead, England and\u00a0Stuttgart, Germany. <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> vs. <strong>Bray Wyatt<\/strong> is scheduled for Minehead, while <strong>Kane<\/strong> and <strong>Dean Ambrose<\/strong> are in Germany. &#8230; WWE&#8217;s NXT brand wraps up a three-show tour in Sebring, Florida. (<em><strong>Reports Wanted<\/strong> to pwtorch@gmail.com<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ring of Honor completes &#8220;Survival of the Fittest&#8221; weekend in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/live\/events\/2015\/nov\/14\/111415-sotf-15-night-2-hopkins-mn\" target=\"_blank\">Hopkins, Minn.<\/a> with the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/news\/who-will-face-aj-styles-hopkins-sotf-15-night-2\" target=\"_blank\">finals of the SOTF two-night tournament<\/a>, <strong>A.J. Styles<\/strong> vs. <strong>Matt Sydal<\/strong>, and ROH World champion <strong>Jay Lethal<\/strong> in tag action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; It&#8217;s another huge night of independent wrestling on Saturday. Maryland Championship Wrestling has a <strong>Four Horsemen reunion<\/strong> with <strong>Ric Flair<\/strong> and Co., the annual Big Event is Saturday morning in New York with a huge collection of stars including <strong>Shawn Michaels, Bret Hart<\/strong>, and Kliq members, Jersey All-Pro has an anniversary show with the <strong>Hardys<\/strong> and <strong>Rey Mysterio<\/strong>, and other shows headline with <strong>Carlito, Brooke, Rob Conway<\/strong>, and <strong>Daniel Puder.<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/11\/1113-weekend-events-center-flair-mickie-james-at-mcw-big-event-with-huge-line-up-warriors-of-wrestling-puder-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Weekend Events Line-ups<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Saturday night on PPV, WrestleMania celebrity <strong>Ronda Rousey<\/strong> returns to UFC fighting against <strong>Holly Holm<\/strong>. The heavily-anticipated UFC 193 card airs live from Australia. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmatorch.com\" target=\"_blank\">Read Full Coverage at MMATorch.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the fight, Nielsen released their findings\u00a0on Rousey&#8217;s reach. According to their survey, 44 percent of Americans know who Rousey is &#8211; the MMA average is\u00a012 percent. Other famous athletes like <strong>Peyton Manning, Serena Williams, <\/strong>and<strong> LeBron James<\/strong> are 75-80 percent. Rousey&#8217;s likability is 70 percent, which tops Manning, Serena, and LeBron, but is just\u00a0behind golf phenom <strong>Jordan Spieth<\/strong>. Nielsen also says Rousey&#8217;s Carl&#8217;s Jr. ad has been a big success for both Rousey and the fast-food restaurant.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Sheamus<\/strong> left the European Tour early to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wndu.com\/sports\/headlines\/WWE-Superstar-Sheamus-present-Irish-football-team-with-WWE-Championship-replica-belt-348301781.html\" target=\"_blank\">visit the Notre Dame Fightin&#8217; Irish football team<\/a> and present them with a WWE Title belt at a pre-game pep rally. &#8220;I come straight from Dublin, Ireland and there is no more famous college football team and no more famous college in my country, than the University of Notre Dame,&#8221; Sheamus said.\u00a0Notre Dame plays Wake Forest Saturday afternoon\u00a0on NBC.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3748215450\" class=\"pwtor-content pwtor-entity-placement\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x250\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Colt Cabana<\/strong> opened up about his professional highs and lows <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/3051893\/the-recommender\/inside-the-surprising-diy-empire-of-colt-cabana\" target=\"_blank\">in a highly-recommended interview\u00a0with FastCompany.com<\/a>. Cabana noted that when he was fired by WWE in February 2009, he initially turned to comedy as a defense mechanism following his failed &#8220;Scotty Goldman&#8221; run. He was also out to prove something to WWE. &#8220;For years my motivation was to show them how good I was doing, so they&#8217;d ask me back and admit they were wrong,&#8221; Cabana said.<\/p>\n<p>Cabana also discussed the risk of handling all aspects of his personal business as part of proving that he can be successful on his own. &#8220;I\u2019m my own everything. Agent, manager, booker, promoter, everything. I rush home from a tour of Japan to sit and fulfill orders. I&#8217;ve built this thing all up myself that I just don&#8217;t want anyone else messing with,&#8221; he said.\u00a0&#8220;It might be the downfall of everything, but when I get something done, I feel productive, and I feel like I&#8217;m earning every single dollar I make.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Jimmy Hart<\/strong>\u00a0was <a href=\"http:\/\/xppsp.podbean.com\/e\/e24-the-mouth-of-the-south-jimmy-hart\/\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed in-depth about his career<\/a> after playing General Manager for a charity wrestling promotion in Canada. Hart&#8217;s interview with a local reporter covered everything from managing to the restaurant business to memorabilia to crazy road stories.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8211; Bullet Club member <b>Tama Tonga<\/b>, who was\u00a0back in the U.S. this weekend for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/11\/1113-weekend-events-center-flair-mickie-james-at-mcw-big-event-with-huge-line-up-warriors-of-wrestling-puder-more\/\">an independent booking<\/a>, talked about following in the footsteps of his dad, <b>Meng\/Haku<\/b> in an interview on <a href=\"http:\/\/chaddukeswrestlingshow.com\/2015\/11\/13\/tama-tonga-talks-bullet-club-balor-club-his-father-and-more-with-chad-dukes-wrestling\/\"><span class=\"s2\">D.C. CBS Radio&#8217;s &#8220;Chad Dukes Wrestling Show.&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">&#8220;I knew my dad made a big name, but man he kept us so kayfabed from the wrestling business growing up,&#8221; Tonga said. &#8220;So when I did join and finally start traveling, I started to actually know my dad a lot more and what he went through. \u00a0So it was just like, &#8216;Oh wow, this guy really put in a lot of work and opened up a lot of doors for me.&#8217; \u00a0So as I traveled everybody knew, they found out who I was, but I didn&#8217;t want to be known for that. \u00a0I kinda wanted to pave my own road, go my own different style. \u00a0I think a lot of people are looking for me to be like my dad and though I love his wrestling, I loved him growing up, I&#8217;d like to have some of him but also create something of my own, be an original. Looking at wrestling as an art form, I want to be an original wrestler.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-3318860910\"><div id=\"pwtor-1363699612\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TORCH TODAY &#8211; Saturday, November 14 &#8211; A terrible tragedy in Paris, France on Friday night. 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