{"id":8598,"date":"2016-01-20T11:08:47","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=8598"},"modified":"2016-01-20T14:46:14","modified_gmt":"2016-01-20T20:46:14","slug":"wedjan20torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/20\/wedjan20torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 1\/20 Torch Today &#8211; &#8220;Eugene&#8221; on the Livecast, Joe-Gargano on NXT, Kingdom&#8217;s farewell, new Rumble betting favorite, WWE celebrates R-Truth&#8217;s birthday, Kliq reuniting in Houston, Bret Hart&#8217;s new biz venture, Gawker seeks funding vs. Hogan, next &#8220;Headlocked&#8221; comic, Video &#8211; WWE HOF&#8217;er in UFC 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-325252013\" 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 20, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; LIVECAST ALERT: PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill talks live with <strong>&#8220;Eugene&#8221; Nick Dinsmore<\/strong> at 5:00 EST today at <a href=\"http:\/\/PWTorchLivecast.com\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>. Call in live with questions!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TV SCHEDULE: Tonight&#8217;s NXT episode includes a big match of <strong>Samoa Joe<\/strong> vs. <strong>Johnny Gargano<\/strong>. &#8230; El Rey Network is airing a <strong>Lucha Underground<\/strong> marathon ahead of next Wednesday&#8217;s Season 2 premiere. &#8230; ROH TV on Comet TV has <strong>The Kingdom&#8217;s<\/strong> farewell match against <strong>ReDragon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The latest Royal Rumble odds have been released by international oddsmakers. Right now, <strong>Triple H<\/strong> is the favorite at +155 vs. The Field at -155, followed by <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> at +220 vs. The Field at -300 and <strong>Brock Lesnar<\/strong> at +310 vs. The Field at -430. (Thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/wweleaks.org\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorch correspondent David<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE wrapped up a long touring schedule by celebrating\u00a0<strong>R-Truth&#8217;s <\/strong>birthday off-air<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>at Tuesday night&#8217;s\u00a0Smackdown TV taping. Truth, who turned 44 on Tuesday, was serenaded by the locker room. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/videos\/what-wont-air-on-smackdown-r-truths-birthday-surprise-28571550\" target=\"_blank\">WWE released footage on their website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Kliq is getting back together in Houston next month. <strong>Kevin Nash, Scott Hall,<\/strong> and <strong>&#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Sean Waltman<\/strong> are scheduled for the 30th annual Houston Collectors Show presented by Tristar on Saturday, February 13.<\/p>\n<p>Tons of big sports stars are scheduled for the event along with the Kliq trio. Tristar is offering individual photo-ops and autographs, or a $99 &#8220;Super Ticket&#8221; that includes an autograph and photo-op with all three. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.tristarproductions.com\/houston\/autograph-tickets.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full Details<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Bret Hart<\/strong> is getting into an interesting line of business in the area of corporate finance. Hart is partnering with Paul Pitcher of &#8220;First Down Funding&#8221; to create a new venture to provide funding to small and medium-sized businesses in the U.S. and Canada. Hart has launched &#8220;Sharp Shooter Funding&#8221; as part of the new venture. The goal is to help business owners receiving money\u00a0to build their businesses. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.military-technologies.net\/2016\/01\/18\/paul-pitcher-first-down-funding-and-bret-hitman-hart-tag-team-champions-in-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">Press Release<\/a>)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2517468751\" 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.wsj.com\/articles\/gawker-sets-stage-for-outside-funding-1453247844\" target=\"_blank\">The Wall Street Journal reports<\/a> that\u00a0Gawker is looking for outside funding to help with their ongoing legal battle against <strong>Hulk Hogan<\/strong>. Gawker&#8217;s executive team believes they need additional resources to stay afloat as the legal battle marches on towards a scheduled trial date in March.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> Gawker has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bizjournals.com\/newyork\/news\/2016\/01\/20\/gawker-agrees-to-sell-a-minority-stake-of-the.html\" target=\"_blank\">reportedly sold a minority interest in its company<\/a> to an investment company, Columbus Nova Technology Partners, in hopes of obtaining funding to last through the Hogan trial.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Wrestling artist <strong>Michael Kingston<\/strong> has unveiled the next volume of his &#8220;Headlocked&#8221; comic book series titled &#8220;Headlocked: The Last Territory Volume 2.&#8221; The book includes contributions\u00a0from <strong>A.J. Styles, John Morrison, Kazarian, Tony Atlas<\/strong>, and others. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/sports\/fighting\/article55570340.html\" target=\"_blank\">Full Report by Scott Fishman of the Miami Herald<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Celebrity WWE Hall of Famer <strong>Mike Tyson<\/strong> will be included in the next UFC video game along with C.M. Punk due out March 15. 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