{"id":7235,"date":"2016-01-03T02:22:07","date_gmt":"2016-01-03T08:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=7235"},"modified":"2016-01-03T15:32:07","modified_gmt":"2016-01-03T21:32:07","slug":"saturdaytorchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/03\/saturdaytorchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday &#038; Sunday Torch Today &#8211; WWE&#8217;s first shows of 2016 Sunday in Texas, UFC 195, Austin&#8217;s show premiering Sunday, Angle&#8217;s role on &#8220;Duck Dynasty,&#8221; big overview of 2015 Japan wrestling, In Your Face, ROH &#038; Lucha Shop sales, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-632020715\" 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; Saturday &amp; Sunday, January 2\/3, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Happy New Year! The big festivities kick off Monday with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/01\/2016tokyodome\/\" target=\"_blank\">New Japan&#8217;s Tokyo Dome Show<\/a> and the first WWE Raw of 2016 featuring a WWE World Title match.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE&#8217;s first live shows of 2016 are Sunday evening in Texas prior to Raw in San Antonio. WWE World Hvt. champion <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> and U.S. champion <strong>Alberto Del Rio<\/strong> headline one tour in Hidalgo, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>IC champion <strong>Dean Ambrose<\/strong> headlines the other tour in Corpus Christ, facing <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/01\/2016eventscenter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Events Center<\/a>) (<em>REPORTS WANTED: We&#8217;re looking for results sent to <strong>pwtorch@gmail.com<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Full Coverage of Saturday night&#8217;s <strong>UFC 195 PPV<\/strong> can be read at our sister site, <a href=\"http:\/\/mmatorch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">MMATorch.com<\/a>, including a main event fight called an &#8220;instant classic.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; A&amp;E has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gospelherald.com\/articles\/61079\/20160101\/duck-dynasty-season-9-release-date-cast-and-updates-wrestler-kurt-angle-appears.htm\" target=\"_blank\">released a season preview<\/a> of &#8220;Duck Dynasty,&#8221; which will include <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> helping Jep Robertson as a wrestler. The new season premieres January 13 on A&amp;E.\u00a0Angle said on Twitter that his episode will be the season premiere.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I will be a guest on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuckDynastyAE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DuckDynastyAE<\/a> on January13. Don&#39;t miss it! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Hilarious?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Hilarious<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/itstrue?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#itstrue<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/itsreal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#itsreal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KAcBZBIqSm\">pic.twitter.com\/KAcBZBIqSm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKurtAngle\/status\/683702502768783360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 3, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; On CMT, <strong>&#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin&#8217;s<\/strong> new season of &#8220;Broken Skull Challenge&#8221; premiers Sunday night at 8:00 p.m. EST. Austin tweeted about the show on Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh Hell Yeah!!! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BrokenSkullChallenge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BrokenSkullChallenge<\/a> Season Premier tomorrow on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CMT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CMT<\/a> at 8\/7 Central. Bad to the Bone. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H2HwFgwrFn\">pic.twitter.com\/H2HwFgwrFn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Steve Austin (@steveaustinBSR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/steveaustinBSR\/status\/683316031360774144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 2, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2015\/12\/japanese-pro-wrestling-in-2015-a-year-in-review\/\" target=\"_blank\">Puroresu Spirit published a detailed overview of 2015 in Japanese Pro Wrestling<\/a>, starting with the big Wrestle Kingdom 9 Tokyo Dome Show last January 4.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1204590848\" 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; In Your Face Wrestling announced <strong>Bob Holly, Scott Norton<\/strong>, and <strong>Cody Deaner<\/strong> for their annual &#8220;Memories, Moments, and Mayhem&#8221; convention and event on Saturday, March 12 in Albany, New York. [ More Info at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/IYFWrestling.com\" target=\"_blank\">IYFWrestling.com<\/a> ]<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ring of Honor is running a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/shop\" target=\"_blank\">big New Year&#8217;s sale<\/a> that ends on Sunday night at 11:59 p.m. EST. Included is 50 percent off ROH Live Event DVDs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/luchaloot.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-7236 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/01\/29b92dc8-1560-4c96-855a-fb7a4af4a843-211x300.jpeg\" alt=\"ReyPsychosisECW\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/01\/29b92dc8-1560-4c96-855a-fb7a4af4a843-211x300.jpeg 211w, https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/post\/2016\/01\/29b92dc8-1560-4c96-855a-fb7a4af4a843.jpeg 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a>&#8211; Masked Republic&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/luchashop.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">LuchaShop.com<\/a> is having a one-day sale to begin\u00a02016 with all merchandise 16 percent off. This includes new items just released. 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