{"id":4614,"date":"2015-12-02T02:17:15","date_gmt":"2015-12-02T08:17:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=4614"},"modified":"2015-12-02T12:05:00","modified_gmt":"2015-12-02T18:05:00","slug":"wednesday-torch-today-nxt-impact-tonight-whats-replacing-roh-tv-punk-included-in-nxt-home-video-foley-austin-break-down-wwe-tv-maddox-talks-wwe-release-wwe-stars-nominated-for-award-es","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/02\/wednesday-torch-today-nxt-impact-tonight-whats-replacing-roh-tv-punk-included-in-nxt-home-video-foley-austin-break-down-wwe-tv-maddox-talks-wwe-release-wwe-stars-nominated-for-award-es\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed. Torch Today &#8211; LIVECAST ALERT, NXT &#038; Impact tonight, what&#8217;s replacing ROH TV?, Punk included in NXT home video, Foley &#038; Austin break down WWE TV, Maddox talks WWE release, WWE stars nominated for award,  ESPN covers Steelers at Raw, GNW, Video &#8211; Balor on WWE 2K16 Live Stream"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1514830217\" 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; Wednesday, December 2<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill welcomes back former WCW wrestler Bob Cook for a hard-hitting\u00a0Livecast at 5:00 p.m. EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2015\/12\/02\/pwtorch-livecast--pat-mcneill-interviews-former-wcw-wrestler-bob-cook\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a> taking your calls and emails.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WEDNESDAY NIGHT TV WRESTLING: WWE NXT has a big singles match of <strong>Samoa Joe <\/strong>vs.<strong> Tommaso Ciampa<\/strong>. &#8230; TNA begins the TNA Title tournament Round of 16 with a host of First Round matches. &#8230; Ring of Honor finished its run on Destination America last Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, this\u00a0is the first episode since May that TNA has been alone on Destination America. Impact is airing at 9:00 p.m. EST, then an episode of &#8220;Mountain Monsters&#8221; airs at 11:00 p.m. EST in the previous ROH timeslot. The Impact replay kicks in at midnight EST. It will be interesting to see how the replay audience is affected\u00a0without a wrestling show bridging from 11:00 to midnight. It might not be that big of a change, though, since that replay hour counts first-run West Coast viewership.<\/p>\n<p>Also, ROH debuts on the Comet TV digital network at midnight EST. (Notably, many markets carry Comet as a second or third channel\u00a0attached to a broadcast network. For example, Channel 31.2 over-the-air.) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/news\/roh-debuts-comet-tonight-midnight\" target=\"_blank\">ROH is advertising<\/a> a face-to-face confrontation between\u00a0ROH champion <strong>Jay Lethal<\/strong> and <strong>A.J. 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There are a lot of interesting matches starting with <strong>Seth Rollins <\/strong>vs.<strong> Jinder Mahal<\/strong> for the NXT Title in August 2012.\u00a0Plus, a Blu-ray extra of <strong>C.M. Punk <\/strong>&amp;<strong> Seth Rollins <\/strong>vs.<strong> Cesaro <\/strong>&amp;<strong> Kassius Ohno<\/strong> (Chris Hero) from October 2012. The DVD is due out in March 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; PWPODCASTS: <strong>Mick Foley<\/strong> joined <strong>&#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin<\/strong> on the latest edition of <a href=\"http:\/\/podcastone.com\/pg\/jsp\/program\/episode.jsp?programID=542&amp;pid=569665\" target=\"_blank\">Austin&#8217;s podcast<\/a> for a &#8220;must-listen&#8221; discussion about the State of WWE from their perspective. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwpodcasts.com\/2015\/12\/02\/steve-austin-show-mick-foley-interview-dec-1-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Recap at PWPodcasts.com<\/a>)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3950456508\" 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; Six WWE individuals have been nominated for the &#8220;Celebs Gone Good&#8221; list, WWE announced. Included are <strong>Stephanie McMahon, John Cena, Nikki Bella, Brie Bella, Roman Reigns, Titus O&#8217;Neil, <\/strong>and<strong> Big Show<\/strong>. Cena ranked #7 on last year&#8217;s list. There are hundreds of people <a href=\"https:\/\/www.celebsgonegood.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">listed for the voting<\/a>, which runs through Christmas Day.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Brad Maddox<\/strong>, who was released from WWE after last week&#8217;s Smackdown TV taping, is making the media rounds promoting his post-WWE endeavors and business. Maddox <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BustedOpenRadio\" target=\"_blank\">said on the Busted Open satellite radio show<\/a> that he was cut because Vince McMahon was upset about him using the word &#8220;pricks&#8221; in a promo aimed at last Tuesday&#8217;s Indianapolis crowd. Maddox said he was surprised at being\u00a0released. Interestingly, Maddox says McMahon was actually on-board with\u00a0a\u00a0Maddox &amp;\u00a0Adam Rose pairing the day of his release.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/espn.go.com\/blog\/pittsburgh-steelers\/post\/_\/id\/16511\/steelers-flock-to-wwe-monday-night-raw-after-seahawks-game\" target=\"_blank\">ESPN<\/a> covered members of the Pittsburgh Steelers appearing ringside at Raw on Monday night. ESPN noted that Steelers RB <strong>DeAngelo Williams<\/strong> is a &#8220;diehard wrestling fan.&#8221; Williams got the best of the\u00a0wrestling worlds playing college football at Memphis and playing most of his NFL career\u00a0for the Carolina Panthers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ottawasun.com\/2015\/12\/01\/sen-patrick-brazeau-gets-revenge--in-wrestling-ring\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa Sun<\/a>\u00a0covered Canadian senator <strong>Patrick Brazeau<\/strong> getting involved in last weekend&#8217;s Great North Wrestling show in Rockland, Ontario, Canada. Brazeau helped <strong>Jeremy Prophet<\/strong> become new GNW champion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; And, finally, NXT champion <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> joined the 2K Sports\u00a0crew for a new edition of the &#8220;WWE 2K Live Stream&#8221; on YouTube. 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