{"id":34494,"date":"2016-11-03T16:35:30","date_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=34494"},"modified":"2016-11-03T16:35:30","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T21:35:30","slug":"vip-audio-113-thursday-livecast-ad-free-steve-austin-gabe-sapolsky-join-keller-austin-evaluates-state-wwe-main-event-acts-goldberg-rousey-mcgregor-99-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/11\/03\/vip-audio-113-thursday-livecast-ad-free-steve-austin-gabe-sapolsky-join-keller-austin-evaluates-state-wwe-main-event-acts-goldberg-rousey-mcgregor-99-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 11\/3 \u2013 Thursday Livecast (AD-FREE) \u2013 Steve Austin and Gabe Sapolsky join Keller, Austin evaluates state of WWE main event acts, Goldberg, Rousey, McGregor (99 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3700249805\" 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:\u00a0<\/strong><span class=\"s1\">PWTorch editor Wade Keller interviews Gabe Sapolsky for the first 30 minutes and then Steve Austin for the next 75 minutes. Sapolsky, VIP of Talent Relations and Creative for EVOLVE and WNN, discusses the FloSlam streaming affiliation and what it means to indy wrestling and the development of talent, WWE&#8217;s reaction, who his top stars are, what the marketing will be, and more. Then Steve Austin joins Wade to talk a lot of current events including evaluating the main event programs and wrestlers in WWE and what is working and not working, plus Goldberg&#8217;s return, the awkward Dean Ambrose interview on WWE Network, the prospects of a Shawn Michaels vs. A.J. Styles, thoughts on Charlotte, and then some UFC talk about Conor McGregor and Ronda Rousey at the end. 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