{"id":82302,"date":"2019-07-01T01:28:21","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T06:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=82302"},"modified":"2019-07-01T01:28:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T06:28:21","slug":"vip-audio-6-30-torch-talk-w-eric-bischoff-2009-pt-2-of-2-controversial-relationships-with-austin-flair-russo-blunt-opinion-on-dunn-the-wcw-decision-hed-most-take-back-all-time-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2019\/07\/01\/vip-audio-6-30-torch-talk-w-eric-bischoff-2009-pt-2-of-2-controversial-relationships-with-austin-flair-russo-blunt-opinion-on-dunn-the-wcw-decision-hed-most-take-back-all-time-top\/","title":{"rendered":"VIP AUDIO 6\/30 \u2013 Torch Talk w\/Eric Bischoff 2009 (pt. 2 of 2): Controversial relationships with Austin, Flair, Russo, blunt opinion on Dunn, the WCW decision he&#8217;d most take back, all-time top five wrestlers he&#8217;d draft, Billy &#038; Chuck wedding (195 min)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-184936750\" 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>SHOW SUMMARY:<\/strong>\u00a0This special Torch Talk Flashback features part two of Wade Keller&#8217;s 2009 interview with Eric Bischoff, who as of this posting was just named Executive Director of WWE Smackdown starting this coming week. 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