{"id":5016,"date":"2015-12-08T03:21:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-08T09:21:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=5016"},"modified":"2015-12-08T15:58:17","modified_gmt":"2015-12-08T21:58:17","slug":"tuesday-torch-today-xyz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/08\/tuesday-torch-today-xyz\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Torch Today &#8211; LIVECAST ALERTS, Smackdown &#038; Tribute tapings tonight (Report Wanted), Cena on NBC today, Owen Hart DVD, ESPNews, New Japan\/ROH official show info in Tokyo, Foley joins TNA KO&#8217;s husband for live show, Big E. teases New Day&#8217;s WM plans, TLC guide, Video &#8211; Ambrose &#038; Bryan talk WWE 2K16"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3324145754\" 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; Tuesday, December 8, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch editor Wade Keller and Jason Powell of <a href=\"http:\/\/Prowrestling.net\" target=\"_blank\">Prowrestling.net<\/a> take your calls &amp; emails on the Tuesday Livecast at 5:00 p.m. EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2015\/12\/08\/pwtorch-livecast--wade-keller-jason-powell-of-prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, on Thursday, <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> returns to the Livecast for an interview with Wade Keller. Check out Ross&#8217;s latest podcast with <strong>Kevin Sullivan<\/strong> tonight at 9:00 p.m. EST on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.podcastone.com\/The-Ross-Report\" target=\"_blank\">PodcastOne.com<\/a>.\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/explosive-ross-report-podcast-w-kevin-sullivan-pt-2-drops-9-pm-et-raw-feedback-hurry-w-online\" target=\"_blank\">Ross&#8217;s latest blog published at jrsbarbq.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE wraps up the TLC hype Tuesday night in Jacksonville, Florida with this week&#8217;s Smackdown TV taping. WWE is also scheduled to tape this year&#8217;s &#8220;Tribute to the Troops&#8221; special. The advertised talent roster includes <strong>Roman Reigns, Dean Ambrose, IC champion Kevin Owens, Kane, <\/strong>and<strong> the Wyatts<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The top item advertised for Smackdown is a contract signing between Owens and Ambrose for their IC Title match at the TLC PPV. (ALERT<em>: We&#8217;re looking for a report sent to <strong>pwtorch@gmail.com<\/strong> if you attend the taping.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE top star <strong>John Cena<\/strong> is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/inside\/overtheropes\/john-cena-today-jimmy-fallon-december-2015\" target=\"_blank\">back on TV today<\/a>. Cena is scheduled to appear on NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show once again, this time promoting the &#8220;Sisters&#8221; movie. Cena is also scheduled to appear on &#8220;The Tonight Show&#8221; with Jimmy Fallon as the second featured guest.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0Once again, there is no advertised WWE segment on ESPNews&#8217;s SportsCenter broadcast Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE&#8217;s new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B013TYXV54\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B013TYXV54&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=pw075-20&amp;linkId=DO5JPJ54FM7LSKAT\" target=\"_blank\">Owen Hart DVD<\/a> is quietly out Tuesday. WWE did not promote the &#8220;Owen &#8211; Hart of Gold&#8221; DVD release during the Raw broadcast.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1971623063\" 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; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.njpw.co.jp\/news\/detail.php?nid=15420\" target=\"_blank\">New Japan officially announced<\/a> ticket info for the Ring of Honor shows scheduled for Tokyo on February 19 and 20. NJPW is advertising an &#8220;authentic import of American excitement&#8221; when &#8220;Honor Rising: Japan 2016&#8221; comes to Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Mick Foley<\/strong> took part in a live cooking challenge with celebrity chef <strong>Robert Irvine<\/strong>, the husband of TNA Knockouts champion <strong>Gail Kim<\/strong>, at a live stage show Sunday in New York.\u00a0Foley, whose beard has grown to Santa Claus-like levels, teamed with Irvine to face other chefs at &#8220;Robert Irvine Live,&#8221; which was produced\u00a0by TNA announcer <strong>Jeremy Borash<\/strong>. (Report by <a href=\"http:\/\/prowrestlingsheet.com\/mick-foley-robert-irvine-live-show-jeremy-borash\/\" target=\"_blank\">former TMZ producer Ryan Satin<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Big E.<\/strong> of New Day teased some big ideas for the trio at WrestleMania in April. He said the group has been turned down many times for off-the-wall ideas, but he feels like they&#8217;re getting closer to being trusted with something big.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, the ideas that we said we can&#8217;t do right now are probably going to come at some point. We&#8217;ve got some wild ones for WrestleMania and obviously I can&#8217;t spoil any of that stuff. All the wild ideas that we have, there&#8217;s a chance that at some point we can fool someone into allowing us to do down the line,&#8221; Big E. told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/sport-news\/4687095-big-e-wwe-the-new-day-kofi-kingston-xavier-woods-unicorn-magic\" target=\"_blank\">Brian Fritz for Sporting News<\/a>. Big E. also said:\u00a0\u201cThe last six months have been a godsend. I feel like I was fighting and fighting and fighting to do some stuff that was untraditional and a little bit more up my alley but it didn&#8217;t fit before. 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