{"id":8531,"date":"2016-01-19T12:17:28","date_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:17:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=8531"},"modified":"2016-01-19T12:17:28","modified_gmt":"2016-01-19T18:17:28","slug":"tuesdayjan19torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/19\/tuesdayjan19torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday 1\/19 Torch Today &#8211; Livecast Alert, Super Tuesday, significance of Ross to AXS\/NJPW, Rock draws $1.0+ billion, Angle thinks Punk is one-and-done, 65-episode TV series on lucha legend, NJPW tour results, Video &#8211; Schamberger paints The Boss"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1579467088\" 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 19, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LIVECAST ALERT: Wade Keller and Jason Powell of <a href=\"http:\/\/Prowrestling.net\" target=\"_blank\">Prowrestling.net<\/a> take your calls at 5:00 EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2016\/01\/19\/pwtorch-livecast--wade-keller-jason-powell-of-prowrestlingnet\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a> breaking down Raw and this week&#8217;s big wrestling topics.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0This week&#8217;s Super Tuesday schedule includes the final WWE Smackdown taping before the Royal Rumble, a TNA Hvt. Title match on Pop TV, the season premiere of Total Divas on E!, and WWE tag champs <strong>New Day<\/strong> on ESPNews&#8217;s SportsCenter broadcast. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/19\/supertuesdaylineup\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Super Tuesday Preview<\/a>) (<em>We&#8217;re looking for a report from the Smackdown taping in Dayton, Ohio sent to <strong>pwtorch@gmail.com<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> joining AXS TV to call New Japan&#8217;s library shows is a big step in the right direction for New Japan trying to get traction in the U.S. market. Ross&#8217;s voice attached to any wrestling project instantly adds credibility. It&#8217;s why a lot of people ordered the U.S. PPV broadcast of last year&#8217;s Tokyo Dome Show to hear Ross call wrestling again. Now, more U.S. viewers will be exposed to the top wrestling product in the world right now as an alternative to WWE&#8217;s current product. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/19\/is-jim-ross-returning-to-u-s-tv-not-yet\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Details on the Ross\/AXS TV deal<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Deadline reports that Televisa and Sony Pictures TV have ordered a 65-episode series on the <strong>Blue Demon<\/strong>\u00a0lucha libre legend. Production is scheduled to begin in April in Mexico City documenting the legendary wrestler, real-name Alejandro Munoz Moreno, who died in 2000. (<a href=\"http:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/01\/blue-demon-drama-series-mexico-wrestler-sony-pictures-tv-televisa-1201685686\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Report<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> says he thinks\u00a0<strong>C.M. Punk<\/strong> might\u00a0only have one UFC fight because Punk&#8217;s body is beat up from taking wrestling bumps most of his life. Punk told the AP over the weekend that he&#8217;s approaching this as a career move to have more than one fight.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t say he is a young 37, I think that he&#8217;s a beat-up 37, but he has been able to take the year off &#8211; that&#8217;s going to help,&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.com\/tv\/wwe\/news\/a780430\/kurt-angle-weighs-up-cm-punks-ufc-chances-i-just-dont-know-how-good-he-is\/\" target=\"_blank\">Angle told Digital Spy<\/a>.\u00a0&#8220;I just don&#8217;t know how good he is. I know he&#8217;s training, but I don&#8217;t know how good he is as a fighter. He&#8217;s a great pro-wrestler, but fighting is a different story.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Results from the first two nights of New Japan&#8217;s &#8220;FantasticaMania&#8221; tour with CMLL wrestlers is at <a href=\"http:\/\/PuroresuSpirit.net\" target=\"_blank\">PuroresuSpirit.net<\/a>. Included on <a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/01\/njpwcmll-fantastica-mania-results-for-january-19-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tuesday&#8217;s show<\/a> was outgoing New Japan star <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong> winning a main event six-man tag match.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-1920412229\" 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; Looking for a travel guide to Orlando for the Royal Rumble? Donald Wood breaks it down at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelpulse.com\/news\/entertainment\/a-tourists-guide-to-wwe-royal-rumble-2016-in-orlando.html\" target=\"_blank\">TravelPulse.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; There is an open casting call for the &#8220;Baywatch&#8221; movie, which stars <strong>&#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson<\/strong>. The open call is scheduled for January 30 in Savannah, Georgia, where the movie is scheduled to be filmed this spring. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtoc.com\/story\/30990510\/open-casting-call-for-baywatch-movie-being-held-in-savannah\" target=\"_blank\">Info at WTOC.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>The Rock<\/strong>\u00a0noted that he landed the #1 spot at the international box office for 2015. Rock&#8217;s reported revenue was $1.48 billion. 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