{"id":7033,"date":"2015-12-30T01:51:09","date_gmt":"2015-12-30T07:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=7033"},"modified":"2015-12-31T03:07:43","modified_gmt":"2015-12-31T09:07:43","slug":"7033","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/30\/7033\/","title":{"rendered":"Wed. 12\/30 Torch Today &#8211; Final WWE shows of 2015 tonight, Gronk gets hyped, Sin Cara injury update, Cena is Everywhere, Miz podcast interview, JR vs. Orange Bowl, NFL&#8217;er explains TD Flair Strut, Lita picks Network shows, CW show to feature wrestling episode, Spud vs. Angle?, Video &#8211; Tracy Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2206432223\" 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 30, 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>PWTorch Livecast Alert<\/strong>: Pat McNeill hosts the New Year&#8217;s Eve Eve Wednesday show\u00a0with special guest <strong>Jonny Fairplay<\/strong>, plus your calls and emails at 5:00 p.m. EST. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwpodcasts.com\/2015\/12\/29\/pwtorch-livecast-wed-pat-mcneill-interviews-jtg-lodi-1223\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Recap of last week&#8217;s episode with JTG &amp; Lodi<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0WWE&#8217;s Holiday Tour and 2015 schedule ends Wednesday night in Toronto and Baltimore with the final two shows of the year. <strong>John Cena<\/strong>\u00a0is headlining Toronto and WWE World Hvt. champion <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> is headlining Baltimore. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/30\/6493\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Events Center Break Down<\/a>) (<em>Torch Reader Alert: We&#8217;re looking for results sent to <strong>pwtorch@gmail.com<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On Tuesday night, NFL star <strong>Rob Gronkowski<\/strong> was ringside for the WWE house show in Providence. Gronk played it up with the Hype Bros. of <strong>Zack Ryder<\/strong> and <strong>Mojo Rawley<\/strong>, who Gronk\u00a0famously recorded hype videos with in the past. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2015\/12\/29\/7011\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read Sean Radican&#8217;s full report in-person at the show<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/MojoRawleyWWE\/status\/682040189330558977<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/raw\/2015-12-28\/sin-cara-injured-28460848\" target=\"_blank\">injury report<\/a> on <strong>Sin Cara<\/strong> is he suffered a dislocated shoulder during Monday&#8217;s Raw episode. WWE has not updated the severity of the injury or said whether\u00a0he will miss any ring time.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>John Cena<\/strong> continues to be everywhere trying to branch out from wrestling. Cena <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gq.com\/story\/john-cena-makes-every-hat-look-tiny-7-minutes-in-heaven\" target=\"_blank\">appeared in a web series<\/a> called &#8220;7 Minutes in Heaven&#8221; with comedian Mike O&#8217;Brien. Included was another round of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ew.com\/article\/2015\/12\/29\/john-cena-7-minutes-heaven-mike-obrien\" target=\"_blank\">gas jokes<\/a> at <strong>Big Show&#8217;s<\/strong> expense, <a href=\"http:\/\/zap2it.com\/2015\/12\/wwe-john-cena-7-minutes-in-heaven-mike-obrien\/\" target=\"_blank\">plus other tomfoolery<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <strong>Cena<\/strong> mentioned his hometown of West Newbury, Mass. during his guest-hosting role on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/727009\/this-video-of-giant-john-cena-holding-a-tiny-tortoise-will-probably-change-your-life\" target=\"_blank\">NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Today&#8221; show<\/a>. The Boston Globe <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bostonglobe.com\/lifestyle\/names\/2015\/12\/30\/john-cena-talks-west-newbury-today\/bdnBtkAAMCCqvsWl0KdUsN\/story.html\" target=\"_blank\">picked up on Cena&#8217;s reference<\/a>.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1254064964\" 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; <strong>The Miz<\/strong> was the guest of a new episode of &#8220;Allegedly&#8221; with comedian Theo Von and filmmaker Matthew Cole Weiss. The \u00a0episode mainly focuses on Miz&#8217;s MTV\/Real World background and transition to WWE. Yes, Miz&#8217;s story to TMZ about <strong>Big Show<\/strong> having gas is part of the episode. (<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/allegedly-theo-von-matt-cole\/id1020877360?mt=2at=10l6a2\" target=\"_blank\">Episode on iTunes<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> has been a regular fixture\u00a0on the sidelines of Oklahoma Sooners college football games for multiple seasons. However, Ross says he will not be allowed on the sidelines for the Sooners&#8217;s College Football Playoffs semi-final game against the Clemson Tigers Friday night in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Looks like my personal streak of being on the Oklahoma Sooner sidelines will be broken Thursday night as the powers that be with the CFP and the bowl people have put the hammer down on who gets a field credential,&#8221; Ross wrote in his latest blog at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/jeremy-borash-ross-report-podcast-orange-bowl-wwe-hall-fame-16-raw-brooklyn-feedback-therock\" target=\"_blank\">jrsbarbq.com<\/a>. Ross also reviewed Monday&#8217;s Raw in the blog.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In Flair Country, the <strong>Carolina Hurricanes<\/strong> NHL team has their own custom pro wrestling title belt to be awarded to the player who does &#8230; well, no one is quite sure. <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/blogs\/nhl-puck-daddy\/hurricanes-give-wwe-style-belt-to-players--have-no-idea-why-220920240.html\" target=\"_blank\">Yahoo Sports<\/a> wrote about the players not being sure what qualifies for receiving the title belt beyond just doing something good during each night&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; In the desert, Arizona Cardinals defensive player <strong>Cory Redding<\/strong> is still talking about his <strong>Ric Flair<\/strong>\u00a0tribute after scoring a rare defensive TD during Sunday&#8217;s victory over the Green Bay Packers. The play from the former Texas Longhorns\u00a0stand-out was initially just about Redding trucking Packers RB Eddie Lacy as he\u00a0tried to prevent Redding from reaching the endzone. But, when Redding reached the endzone for a TD, the story became The Strut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s just spontaneous,&#8221; Redding said of his Flair tribute. &#8220;Any time I get a sack, I know I\u2019m going to do Ric Flair or some kind of funky dance. I\u2019ve done a few things for my kids off of a cartoon, off of Despicable Me. It\u2019s like, \u2018Vector, committing crime with both direction and magnitude. Oh, yeah.\u2019 So I did that a couple times last year, but I didn\u2019t know what to do. My go-to is Ric Flair because I\u2019ve been doing that since my Detroit days.\u201d (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azcardinals.com\/news-and-events\/article-2\/Cardinals-Film-Room-Cory-Redding-Rumbles\/38b0eac8-faed-4d46-9095-2036282ca0de\" target=\"_blank\">Full Quotes &amp; Graphic break down of the play at AZCardinals.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The new season of CW&#8217;s &#8220;<strong>Supernatural<\/strong>&#8221; show will have a pro wrestling themed episode. The description of the wrestling theme is at <a href=\"http:\/\/movieweb.com\/supernatural-season-11-episode-professional-wrestling\/\" target=\"_blank\">Movieweb.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA wrestler <strong>Rockstar Spud<\/strong> is throwing his name out as a potential opponent for <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> as part of Angle&#8217;s TNA retirement tour in the U.K. in January. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-newshub.com\/other-sport\/tna-impact-wrestling-star-rockstar-spud-challenges-kurt-angle-and-makes-dreams-come-true\" target=\"_blank\">Full Interview<\/a>)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2056237799\" class=\"pwtor-content-1 pwtor-entity-placement\"><!-- Tag ID: pwtorchcom_test_300x600 -->\r\n<div align=\"center\" data-freestar-ad=\"__336x280 __300x600\" id=\"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\">\r\n  <script data-cfasync=\"false\" type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n    freestar.config.enabled_slots.push({ placementName: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\", slotId: \"pwtorchcom_test_300x600\" });\r\n  <\/script>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>&#8211; WWE released <strong>Lita&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/e.wwe.com\/a\/hBWgq4JB8L$g$B9JPzENdV-PKqt\/view\" target=\"_blank\">Top 5 Picks for WWE Network content<\/a>. Included is the &#8220;Rivalries&#8221; special with <strong>Trish Stratus<\/strong>, ECW Anarchy Rulz 1999, WCW Halloween Havoc 1997, NXT Takeover Brooklyn, and WWF\u00a0Raw from April 1998 when DX invaded WCW.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Fun with History: Check out this\u00a0forgotten part of <strong>Chris Jericho&#8217;s<\/strong> WWF\/E debut promo opposite <strong>&#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson<\/strong> from August 1999. Does it apply today? (<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/DGsBRImD0po?t=3m51s\" target=\"_blank\">Video Clip<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWNLive\/EVOLVE released a mini-documentary on <strong>&#8220;Hot Sauce&#8221; Tracy Williams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EVOLVE Mini-Doc: Tracy Williams\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4DJxLOIYHTU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-2633080148\"><div id=\"pwtor-1594239730\"><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; Wednesday, December 30, 2015 &#8211; PWTorch Livecast Alert: Pat McNeill hosts the New Year&#8217;s Eve Eve Wednesday show\u00a0with special guest Jonny Fairplay, plus your calls and emails at 5:00 p.m. EST. 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