{"id":4287,"date":"2015-11-27T09:52:01","date_gmt":"2015-11-27T15:52:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=4287"},"modified":"2015-11-27T18:38:48","modified_gmt":"2015-11-28T00:38:48","slug":"friday-torch-today-huge-wrestling-day-tommy-gilbert-dies-daniel-bryan-resurfacing-in-houston-new-cena-interview-jericho-fozzy-black-friday-sales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/27\/friday-torch-today-huge-wrestling-day-tommy-gilbert-dies-daniel-bryan-resurfacing-in-houston-new-cena-interview-jericho-fozzy-black-friday-sales\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Torch Today &#8211; LIVECAST ALERT, Huge Wrestling Day, Tommy Gilbert dies, Daniel Bryan resurfacing in Houston, new Cena interview, new weekly wrestling show, Jericho &#038; Fozzy, Black Friday sales"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1339480378\" 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; Friday, November 27<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LIVECAST ALERT: Join Bruce Mitchell and Travis Bryant of the <a href=\"http:\/\/eastcoastcast.com\" target=\"_blank\">East Coast Cast<\/a> wrapping up this week in wrestling at 7:30 p.m. EST at \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorchlivecast.com\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Friday is all about\u00a0a huge day of live wrestling. Ring of Honor kicks off a four-show tour with Preston City Wrestling in the U.K., plus Night 1 of <strong>WrestleCade<\/strong> includes the first-ever Global Force Wrestling\u00a0title\u00a0defense.<\/p>\n<p>Also,\u00a0<strong>Chris Hero, Alex Shelley, <\/strong>and<strong> Johnny Gargano<\/strong> headline AIW&#8217;s first of three year-end shows, Great North Wrestling tours Ontario, Canada with <strong>Bushwhacker Luke<\/strong>, and there are more shows. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/26\/4247\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Weekend Events Center<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thewhig.com\/2015\/11\/27\/bushwacker-luke-still-a-marching-maniac\" target=\"_blank\">Luke Interview at TheWhig.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Long-time wrestler <strong>Tommy Gilbert<\/strong> died at the age of 75 on Thursday, according to his\u00a0wrestling son Doug Gilbert. Tommy also fathered wrestling star Eddie Gilbert, who died 20 years ago. (<a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestling.net\/article.php?Tommy-Gilbert-dead-at-age-75-44957\" target=\"_blank\">Prowrestling.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> commented on Gilbert in his\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/meltzer-jr-ross-report-kevin-sullivan-next-week-bedlam-wrestlemania-texas-5050-booking-lazy\" target=\"_blank\">latest blog at jrsbarbq.com<\/a>: &#8220;Sad to hear of the passing of Tommy Gilbert\u00a0 who was a talented, territory era wrestler from Tennessee and was a really good referee for\u00a0Bill Watts back in the day.\u00a0The first time that I met Tommy he was driving a Firebird Trans Am a la Smoky and the Bandit and he resembled Burt Reynolds. RIP Tommy and condolences to your family and friends.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong> is resurfacing on Friday. Bryan is scheduled to appear at the <a href=\"https:\/\/autorama.com\/attend\/houston\/\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Autorama<\/a> from 6:00 t0 9:00 p.m. at the George R. Brown Convention Center. Event organizers bought commercial time during Monday&#8217;s Raw to run a spot advertising Bryan&#8217;s appearance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Another <strong>John Cena<\/strong> interview has trickled out from his Fox TV film shoot for &#8220;American Grit.&#8221; Cena was interviewed by a host of media while filming in a remote location in the State of Washington. That drew coverage from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seattletimes.com\/entertainment\/tv\/john-cena-from-trainwreck-to-american-grit-in-puyallup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Seattle Times<\/a>, which mainly reported details on the TV show&#8217;s format and military cast. There were a few wrestling mentions, mainly the quote reported in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/11\/22\/cena-says-time-away-is-good-for-everyone-talks-wwe-biz-legacy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zap2It.com story\u00a0last week<\/a>\u00a0that Cena believes he&#8217;s done all that he can do to attract wrestling fans to WWE, &#8220;but I still want to put people in the building.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1765180404\" 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; WWNLive affiliate ACW will begin presenting a weekly live wrestling show in Florida. The first show is next Wednesday, December 2 at Tropical Island Breeze at the Gulf View Square Mall in New Port Richey, Fla.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.courier.co.uk\/WWE-Superstar-Chris-Jericho-rocks-Forum-band\/story-28247530-detail\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Courier in the U.K.<\/a> published a review of Chris Jericho touring with his band, &#8220;Fozzy.&#8221; The current U.K. tour <a href=\"http:\/\/fozzyrock.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">runs through December 6<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There are a ton of &#8220;Black Friday&#8221; sales from all major wrestling promotions. 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