{"id":5020,"date":"2015-12-07T16:54:16","date_gmt":"2015-12-07T22:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2015-12-07T16:54:16","modified_gmt":"2015-12-07T22:54:16","slug":"5020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/07\/5020\/","title":{"rendered":"WWE announces Dec. 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