{"id":36061,"date":"2016-12-08T16:56:11","date_gmt":"2016-12-08T22:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=36061"},"modified":"2016-12-08T16:56:11","modified_gmt":"2016-12-08T22:56:11","slug":"vip-audio-1208-interview-thursday-livecast-ad-free-al-snow-talks-big-picture-changes-industry-kayfabe-really-means-matters-always-92-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/12\/08\/vip-audio-1208-interview-thursday-livecast-ad-free-al-snow-talks-big-picture-changes-industry-kayfabe-really-means-matters-always-92-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 12\/08 \u2013 Interview Thursday Livecast (AD-FREE) \u2013 Al Snow talks about big picture changes in industry, what kayfabe really means and why it matters always, more (92 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3875425022\" 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 Al Snow, a veteran of many wrestling promotions from SMW to ECW to WWE to TNA, head trainer for Tough Enough, and still training wrestlers. We get an update on what he&#8217;s doing now and then shift into a long broad conversation about the state of the wrestling industry today, what kayfabe really is and why it matters, how wrestlers today are getting certain vital things wrong to their detriment, the way wrestlers are paid, what getting a pop really means, what it means to be &#8220;over,&#8221; and more including caller and email interaction.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>APP USERS:<\/strong> If you are a VIP member accessing this on our app, scroll to the VIP AUDIO LINK below or we also recommend you access audio via a third-party podcast app for iPhone or Android (<a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/faq\/vip-audio-tips\/\">here\u2019s our list of recommended apps<\/a>) or via our ad-free VIP Mobile Site\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/vip.pwtorch.com\/category\/vipexclusives\/vipaudioshows\/\">VIP Audio Show Listing<\/a> from which you can directly stream or download the shows.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mh-content-ad\"><strong>NOT VIP? 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