{"id":6383,"date":"2015-12-20T16:27:13","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T22:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=6383"},"modified":"2015-12-20T16:27:13","modified_gmt":"2015-12-20T22:27:13","slug":"6383","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/20\/6383\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Torch Today &#8211; WWE Week begins, C.M. Punk resurfaces as Briscoe?, Big E. vs. Brock?, Network launch, Flair appearance, Diana Hart talks Hart Family, Rock Baby name, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2216477604\" 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; Sunday, December 20<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/20\/this-weeks-events-center-raw-tv-nxt-u-k-tour-continues-sd-main-event-lesnars-in-ring-return-roh-final-battle-weekend-hall-at-aiw-rassle-rap-tour-more\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday\u00a0Events Center<\/a>: It&#8217;s a big night for 2CW, which is going out of business with two shows streamed on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.2cw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">2CW.com<\/a>. Also, WWE is in Winnipeg and WWE Studios&#8217;s Christmas movie is premiering on USA Network to kick off &#8220;WWE Week.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>C.M. Punk<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mmamania.com\/2015\/12\/19\/10626756\/video-cm-punk-ben-askren-pick-ufc-on-fox-17-dos-anjos-cerrone-2-main-card-winners-orlando\" target=\"_blank\">resurfaced\u00a0with a full beard<\/a>, looking like one of the Briscoes. Punk, who is training for his MMA debut in 2016, was recorded offering his predictions for Saturday&#8217;s UFC fight card. (<a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\" target=\"_blank\">Full Coverage at MMATorch.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=60&#038;v=t7Q7XuLXZxg<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE tag champion <strong>Big E.<\/strong> would like to work with NXT tag team <strong>Enzo Amore &amp; Big Cass<\/strong> on the main roster. Big E. also said in an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/entertainment\/detroit\/index.ssf\/2015\/12\/talking_with_wwe_superstar_big.html\" target=\"_blank\">interview with MLive.com<\/a> that he would lock up with <strong>Big Show<\/strong> and\/or <strong>Brock Lesnar<\/strong> in singles action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been around long enough for the most part that I&#8217;ve wrestled mostly everyone. I haven&#8217;t wrestled Big Show yet. I think Brock Lesnar stands out as a big name. If I had to choose one person to wrestle who I haven&#8217;t wrestled yet, it would be Brock,&#8221; Big E. said in the interview promoting WWE in Detroit on December 26.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE Network is now officially available on the LG Smart TV App Store just in time for holiday TV shopping. (Thanks to PWTorch correspondent David)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Ric Flair<\/strong> made an appearance <a href=\"http:\/\/wdtn.com\/2015\/12\/19\/nature-boy-ric-flair-makes-an-appearance-at-dayton-mall\/\" target=\"_blank\">in Dayton, Ohio on Saturday<\/a>. Flair appeared at the Dayton Mall, with about 100 people in attendance for the autograph session.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-253096440\" 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><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/up.anv.bz\/latest\/anvload.html?key=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\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/calgaryherald.com\/entertainment\/books\/diana-hart-youngest-daughter-of-calgarys-iconic-wrestling-clan-finds-romance-in-the-ring-with-cauliflower-heart-trilogy\" target=\"_blank\">Calgary Herald interviewed<\/a> <strong>Diana Hart<\/strong> about her current relationship with the other Hart Family members, experiencing so much loss from pro wrestling, and the next installments of her three-part wrestling fiction series, which are due out in 2016 and 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is reflective of me and my life but it isn\u2019t necessarily things I have experienced,\u201d she said of the book trilogy. \u201cIt\u2019s things that I saw happen to other people in my life. It\u2019s fictional\u00a0but I had a lot of emotion. I felt a lot of empathy and sympathy for my characters. I was crying when I had to let one of them go. They were like real people to me but they\u2019re a culmination of a lot of people.\u201d (The first book installment can be found on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1882658329\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1882658329&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=pw075-20&amp;linkId=YQS2RPDN4FR5CK5Z\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; &#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson and his girlfriend, Lauren Hashian, had a baby girl this week and decided on the name Jasmine. The baby was born premature and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/celebrity-news\/dwayne-the-rock-johnson-girlfriend-7041436\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly weighed 5 pounds<\/a>, one-fourth smaller than the 20-pound weight that Lauren jokingly said earlier this month she did not want to deliver.<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-1668751492\"><div id=\"pwtor-2618517591\"><div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280\" id=\"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_medrec_3\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\nTHANK YOU FOR VISITING<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>TORCH TODAY &#8211; Sunday, December 20 &#8211; Sunday\u00a0Events Center: It&#8217;s a big night for 2CW, which is going out of business with two shows streamed on\u00a02CW.com. 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