{"id":40150,"date":"2017-03-19T21:45:27","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T02:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=40150"},"modified":"2017-03-19T21:45:27","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T02:45:27","slug":"vip-audio-319-bruce-mitchell-audio-show-pt-2-2-bruce-joined-jeff-bowdren-author-new-book-breaking-kayfabe-dinner-legends-wrestling-80-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2017\/03\/19\/vip-audio-319-bruce-mitchell-audio-show-pt-2-2-bruce-joined-jeff-bowdren-author-new-book-breaking-kayfabe-dinner-legends-wrestling-80-min\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 3\/19 \u2013 Bruce Mitchell Audio Show (pt. 2 of 2): Bruce is joined by Jeff Bowdren, author of the new book &#8220;Breaking Kayfabe: Dinner with the Legends of Wrestling&#8221; (80 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1546646414\" 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 class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>SHOW SUMMARY:\u00a0<\/b>In this special edition of the Bruce Mitchell Audio Show,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s1\">Bruce is joined by Jeff Bowdren, author of the new book &#8220;Breaking Kayfabe: Dinner with the Legends of Wrestling.&#8221; Jeff\u00a0 and Bruce discuss the book featuring\u00a0 interviews with Terry Funk, Ric Flair, Jerry Lawler, Dutch Mantell, and a host of others, including a pro wrestling crime story you haven&#8217;t heard before. 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