{"id":8114,"date":"2016-01-13T15:28:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T21:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=8114"},"modified":"2016-01-13T16:02:30","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T22:02:30","slug":"wednesday-113-torch-today-gunner-on-the-livecast-ecc-nxt-battle-royal-tonight-hogan-teases-wrestling-again-at-court-styless-indies-dates-tna-star-manik-released-wwe-dvd-distributor-exits-j","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/13\/wednesday-113-torch-today-gunner-on-the-livecast-ecc-nxt-battle-royal-tonight-hogan-teases-wrestling-again-at-court-styless-indies-dates-tna-star-manik-released-wwe-dvd-distributor-exits-j\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 1\/13 Torch Today &#8211; Gunner on the Livecast, ECC, NXT battle royal tonight, WWE HOF pre-sale, Hogan teases wrestling again, Styles&#8217;s indies dates, TNA star Manik released, WWE DVD distributor exits, Jericho on Fozzy, Ross reviews Raw, Video &#8211; WWNLive Free match"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3721535550\" 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 13, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill interviews former TNA star <strong>Gunner<\/strong> today at 5:00 p.m. EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2016\/01\/13\/pwtorch-livecast--pat-mcneill-interviews-former-tna-star-gunner\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>. Also, the East Coast Cast is live tonight at 6:30 p.m. EST with Travis Bryant at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/eastcoastcast\/2016\/01\/13\/pw-torch-east-coast-cast\" target=\"_blank\">EastCoastCast.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE kicks off a new NXT season tonight on WWE Network with a #1 contender battle royal to the Women&#8217;s Title held by <strong>Bayley<\/strong>. Plus, NXT tag champions <strong>Dash &amp; Dawson<\/strong> and <strong>Tommaso Ciampa<\/strong> are in\u00a0action.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE has launched a pre-sale for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ticketmaster.com\/wwe-hall-of-fame-dallas-texas-04-02-2016\/event\/0C004F9ED1CE2F2A?camefrom=cfc_AACenter_WWEHOF_Presale&amp;camefrom=EMCL_916285_36875977\" target=\"_blank\">WWE Hall of Fame tickets<\/a> in Dallas on April 2. The pre-sale code is &#8220;AACVIP.&#8221; (Thanks to VIP member James in Dallas)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Hulk Hogan<\/strong> talked about wanting to wrestle again while on the way\u00a0to court Wednesday morning in Florida for his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abcactionnews.com\/news\/region-pinellas\/hulk-hogan-and-gawker-returned-to-court-for-lengthy-hearing\" target=\"_blank\">latest Gawker lawsuit hearing<\/a>.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019ve lost weight, I\u2019m jacked up, I\u2019m ready to slam another giant,\u201d\u00a0Hogan <a href=\"http:\/\/nypost.com\/2016\/01\/13\/hulk-hogan-im-jacked-up-and-ready-for-gawker-smackdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">boasted upon entering the court room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>A.J. Styles<\/strong> wrestles in the U.K. this weekend, including a dream match against <strong>Rey Mysterio<\/strong>. After that, Styles&#8217;s last remaining <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sbibookings.com\" target=\"_blank\">publicly-announced independent booking<\/a> is February 5 for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Deep-Southern-Championship-Wrestling-LLC-228281463875343\/?fref=nf\" target=\"_blank\">DSCW in Canton, Georgia<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA and <strong>T.J. Perkins<\/strong> (who played <strong>Manik<\/strong>) have parted ways. PWTorch has learned that TNA decided not to renew Perkins&#8217;s contract.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE&#8217;s Australian DVD distributor, <strong>Shock Records<\/strong>, has decided to end their distribution partnership. Shock announced that it will no longer distribute WWE home videos after March 31. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com\/wwe-home-video-distributor-shock-loses-license-2016-dvds\/108193\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WDNcom+%28Wrestling+DVD+Network%29\" target=\"_blank\">Report at WrestlingDVDNetwork.com<\/a>)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-4138594796\" 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>Jim Ross&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/stone-cold-stone-cold-stone-cold-tonight-100th-ross-report-rawnola-feedback-shop-jrs\" target=\"_blank\">latest blog at jrsbarbq.com<\/a> includes a review of Monday&#8217;s Raw, Royal Rumble build-up, and more topics, including details on his WrestleMania Weekend shows in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Chris Jericho<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tv3.ie\/xpose\/article\/entertainment-news\/189779\/Chris-Jericho-WWE-fame-puts-fans-off-Fozzy\" target=\"_blank\">talked on a recent music podcast<\/a> about still trying to get respect for his &#8220;<strong>Fozzy<\/strong>&#8221; band due to his association with wrestling.\u00a0&#8221;Because I have notoriety from another area, that works against Fozzy. People think it&#8217;s some kind of a novelty thing. Not as much any more, but you still get people who say, &#8216;Yeah I&#8217;ve heard of them, but I&#8217;ve never listened to them &#8211; it&#8217;s Jericho.'&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The latest free match released by WWNLive is the <strong>Young Bucks<\/strong> vs. <strong>Bravado Brothers<\/strong> from DGUSA in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jYHmvETwX-Q<\/p>\n<div class=\"pwtor-end-article-groups pwtor-entity-placement\" id=\"pwtor-401670383\"><div id=\"pwtor-454313728\"><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, January 13, 2016 &#8211; LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill interviews former TNA star Gunner today at 5:00 p.m. EST at PWTorchLivecast.com. Also, the East Coast Cast is live tonight at <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/13\/wednesday-113-torch-today-gunner-on-the-livecast-ecc-nxt-battle-royal-tonight-hogan-teases-wrestling-again-at-court-styless-indies-dates-tna-star-manik-released-wwe-dvd-distributor-exits-j\/\" title=\"Wednesday 1\/13 Torch Today &#8211; Gunner on the Livecast, ECC, NXT battle royal tonight, WWE HOF pre-sale, Hogan teases wrestling again, Styles&#8217;s indies dates, TNA star Manik released, WWE DVD distributor exits, Jericho on Fozzy, Ross reviews Raw, Video &#8211; WWNLive Free match\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[601],"class_list":["post-8114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-quicknews","tag-torch-today"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/HoganHulk_artTB_6001.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8114"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8124,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8114\/revisions\/8124"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}