{"id":7511,"date":"2016-01-06T06:20:02","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:20:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=7511"},"modified":"2016-01-06T06:22:51","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T12:22:51","slug":"wednesdaytorchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/06\/wednesdaytorchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 1\/6 Torch Today &#8211; Tonight&#8217;s NXT show &#038; TNA TV taping, WWE daps Bullet Club, Punk&#8217;s first UFC opponent?, WWE stars on ABC show, Austin breaks down famous match, Harper as WWE Champ?, New Japan announces big tour line-ups, Videos &#8211; WWNLive teaser &#038; Schamberger painting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2160923444\" 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, January 6, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; PWTORCH LIVECAST ALERT: Pat McNeill hosts a big Wednesday show with <strong>&#8220;Brutal&#8221; Bob Evans<\/strong> and <strong>The Stro<\/strong> at 5:00 p.m. EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2016\/01\/06\/pwtorch-livecast--pat-mcneills-all-star-panel-2016-kick-off\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>. Your calls &amp; emails are welcome.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tonight&#8217;s edition of\u00a0WWE NXT on WWE Network will be Part 2 of a &#8220;Best Of&#8221; show reviewing 2015. WWE then returns to Full Sail University on Thursday to tape the next set of shows to begin 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA is\u00a0in\u00a0Bethlehem, Pa. tonight for Night 2 of 5 of their Impact\/PPV taping series. Advertised for in-ring action at the Impact taping are <strong>Kurt Angle, Ethan Carter III, Drew Galloway, Matt Hardy, The Wolves, Gail Kim<\/strong>, and more stars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; PODCAST RECAP: <strong>&#8220;Stone Cold&#8221; Steve Austin<\/strong> broke down his WWF Title match against <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> at the 2001 Unforgiven PPV in the latest edition of the &#8220;Stone Cold Show.&#8221; Details on the must-hear episode at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwpodcasts.com\/2016\/01\/06\/767\/\" target=\"_blank\">PWPodcasts.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the contestants on Austin&#8217;s &#8220;Broken Skull Challenge&#8221; show on CMT was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridatoday.com\/story\/entertainment\/2016\/01\/05\/brevard-firefighter-reality-show\/78312248\/\" target=\"_blank\">profiled by a local newspaper<\/a>. 25-year-old firefighter Larissa Conroy of Florida will be featured on the\u00a0next episode this Sunday, January\u00a010.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE World Hvt. champion <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> and the <strong>Bella Twins<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/inside\/wwe-takes-over-good-morning-america\" target=\"_blank\">are scheduled to appear<\/a> on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;Good Morning America&#8221; Thursday morning from New York City. The trio are slotted\u00a0for the 8:00 a.m. EST hour.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; UFC is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsjoe.ie\/mma\/this-is-looking-like-the-most-likely-opponent-for-cm-punks-first-ufc-bout\/57790\" target=\"_blank\">teasing the first MMA opponent<\/a> for <strong>C.M. Punk<\/strong>. On UFC president <strong>Dana White&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloodyelbow.com\/2016\/1\/5\/10709536\/cm-punk-ufc-dana-white-opponent-looking-fight-mma-news\" target=\"_blank\">new video series &#8220;Lookin&#8217; For A Fight,&#8221;<\/a> new MMA fighter <strong>Mickey Gall<\/strong> called out Punk for a fight. Gall, 23, has one professional bout\u00a0on his record. &#8220;Hey Dana White, I don&#8217;t know if C.M. 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The last three shows on Jan. 22-24 will be held at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>The first match of the tour on Jan. 17 has a particularly strong main event of Okada &amp; Ultimo Guerrero &amp; Gedo vs. Tanahashi &amp; Jusin Liger &amp; Mistico in a six-man tag match. (<a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/01\/njpw-event-cards-for-january-february-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Match Line-ups at PuroresuSpirit.net<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Luke Harper<\/strong> of the Wyatt Family talked to <a href=\"http:\/\/chaddukeswrestlingshow.com\/2015\/12\/31\/the-chad-dukes-wrestling-show-123015-with-dean-ambrose-and-luke-harper\/\" target=\"_blank\">Chad Dukes of 106.7 CBS DC Radio<\/a> about his desire to hold top titles in WWE despite his current henchman role in the Wyatts group.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I want to be the World Hvt.\u00a0champion, on my own, I want to be the Intercontinental champion, want to be the U.S. champion, wanna be a Tag champion, I personally want all of that for myself. But at the same time, I have brothers at arms that we are very successful together and I understand that part of it, too,&#8221; Harper said. &#8220;I don\u2019t know why I would be here if I didn\u2019t want a championship. We\u2019ve dominated lots of people, we\u2019ve beat up lots of people, we\u2019ve sent a lot of messages, we\u2019ve been successful, but there\u2019s another level of success that we have yet to attain and that we want to attain.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; For what it&#8217;s worth right now, WWE&#8217;s official Twitter account re-tweeted a photo of NXT champion <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> as his former persona Prince Devitt posing with the Bullet Club faction. The photo includes\u00a0upcoming\u00a0WWE signees\u00a0<strong>Karl Anderson &amp; Doc Gallows,\u00a0<\/strong>who would be returning to WWE after runs as Festus and Luke Gallows.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YgImZQpnPr\">pic.twitter.com\/YgImZQpnPr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Finn B\u00e1lor (@wwebalor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wwebalor\/status\/684596434495213568\">January 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8211; WWNLive is teasing a series of matches featuring rising star E<strong>than Page<\/strong> for the EVOLVE 53-55 tour in Florida during Royal Rumble Weekend. 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