{"id":8013,"date":"2016-01-12T11:58:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-12T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=8013"},"modified":"2016-01-13T01:41:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T07:41:34","slug":"tuesdaytorchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/12\/tuesdaytorchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 1\/12 Torch Today &#8211; Angle-Drew &#038; title match on Impact, Bellas on ESPNews, Jake documentary released, Miz to appear on CW show, Ross blogs on Sting\/HOF, big profile on Matt Morgan, Shane McMahon, NXT goalie, Punk in UFC video game, Rock&#8217;s &#8220;Ballers&#8221; birth, Videos &#8211; Schamberger and Joey &#038; Candice"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3895992742\" 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; Tuesday, January 12, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; How long will WWE be able to keep up the pace of big Smackdown matches following Raw, especially with a depleted roster? They will keep testing their endurance at tonight&#8217;s taping with three matches advertised. (<em>NOTE: We&#8217;re looking for a report from the Cajundome sent to <strong>pwtorch@gmail.com<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>U.S. Title match: Kalisto vs. Alberto Del Rio<\/li>\n<li>Tables match: The Dudleys vs. The Wyatts<\/li>\n<li>IC champion Dean Ambrose &amp; Neville vs. Sheamus &amp; Kevin Owens<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8211; Week 2 of TNA Impact on Pop TV includes a big singles match of <strong>Kurt Angle <\/strong>vs.<strong> Drew Galloway<\/strong> as part of Angle&#8217;s &#8220;Farewell Tour.&#8221; The full line-up includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Angle vs. Galloway<\/li>\n<li>KOTM Title match: Bobby Roode vs. Eric Young<\/li>\n<li>Velvet Sky &amp; Madison Rayne vs. Awesome Kong &amp; Jade<\/li>\n<li>Fallout from Ethan Carter III winning the TNA Title<\/li>\n<li>Matt Hardy on Mr. Anderson&#8217;s new talking segment<\/li>\n<li>TNA tag champions The Wolves &amp; X Division champion Tigre Uno vs. Jessie &amp; Eli Drake &amp; D.J. 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Shane is now Vice Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The Miz<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ign.com\/articles\/2016\/01\/12\/wwe-wrestler-the-miz-will-guest-star-on-supernatural\" target=\"_blank\">will be part of the next season<\/a> of CW&#8217;s &#8220;Supernatural&#8221; show. One of the episodes will focus on the world of &#8220;small-town pro wrestling.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-3754532074\" 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; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/sport\/0\/football\/35271975\" target=\"_blank\">BBC News<\/a> profiled former European football goalkeeper <strong>Stuart Tomlinson<\/strong>, who continues to make the transition to\u00a0&#8220;<strong>Hugo Knox<\/strong>&#8221; at WWE&#8217;s NXT Developmental system.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Within a year of training to be a wrestler, I have performed in front of thousands of people. I watched this year&#8217;s Wrestlemania, where the crowd was 80,000, and I want to perform on those big stages,&#8221; Tomlinson said.\u00a0&#8220;I would like to be remembered as one of the better wrestlers to come out of England. They might also say I was a footballer, too.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; EA Sports has <a href=\"http:\/\/attackofthefanboy.com\/news\/first-screenshot-of-cm-punk-in-ea-sports-ufc-2-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\">released the first look<\/a> at <strong>C.M. Punk&#8217;s<\/strong> playable character in the &#8220;UFC 2&#8221; video game scheduled for release on March 15.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE\/TNA star <strong>Matt Morgan<\/strong> was profiled by Chaminade University in Hawaii on his journey from playing college basketball to pro wrestling and now to the sales industry after retiring. Morgan says he returned to the ring at TNA&#8217;s Slammiversary PPV in 2015 so that his young son could see him wrestle live. 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