{"id":8689,"date":"2016-01-21T16:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-21T22:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=8689"},"modified":"2016-01-21T16:06:36","modified_gmt":"2016-01-21T22:06:36","slug":"thursdayjan21torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/21\/thursdayjan21torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Thursday 1\/21 Torch Today &#8211; X-Pac on the LIVECAST, SD tonight, latest on D-Bryan medical testing, Reigns talks good, bad &#038; ugly TV, Zayn talks injury return, Styles asked about WWE, Nakamura merch being pulled, Rock&#8217;s &#8220;Baywatch&#8221; movie date, WWE star helping recruit, Video &#8211; Hall &#038; DDP Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3349627380\" 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; Thursday, January 21, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; PWTORCH LIVECAST ALERT: <strong>&#8220;X-Pac&#8221; Sean Waltman<\/strong> returns to the Livecast with Wade Keller at 5:00 p.m. EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2016\/01\/21\/pwtorch-livecast--x-pac-sean-waltman-interview-wwade-keller\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Tonight&#8217;s WWE Smackdown wraps up the Road to the Royal Rumble with <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> (pause for the alliteration to play out) facing the <strong>League of Nations<\/strong> in a handicap match. Plus, Miz TV with Dean Ambrose and Kevin Owens. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/19\/8563\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full SPOILER Results<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/19\/smackdownnonspoilers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Non-Spoiler Match Preview<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The latest on <strong>Daniel Bryan<\/strong> is he was cleared to return to the ring by UCLA&#8217;s medical team, according to\u00a0the <a href=\"http:\/\/f4wonline.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wrestling Observer<\/a>. Bryan was also cleared by the Arizona Cardinals&#8217;s team physicians last year, but WWE has been reluctant to green-light Bryan\u00a0until he passes WWE&#8217;s own testing. It remains to be seen if more independent test results leads to Bryan&#8217;s in-ring return. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.si.com\/extra-mustard\/2016\/01\/21\/daniel-bryan-wwe-royal-rumble-cleared-concussion\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Illustrated picked up on the news<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Roman Reigns<\/strong> seems more comfortable acknowledging struggles during his ascent to the top of WWE. Whereas in 2015, Reigns was defiant and dismissive of criticism, Reigns is now framing it as &#8220;part of the process&#8221; of doing 52 weeks of TV per year.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For me, I stayed the course,&#8221; Reigns told <a href=\"http:\/\/www.channelguidemag.com\/tv-news\/2016\/01\/20\/wwe-world-champion-roman-reigns-on-making-history-at-the-royal-rumble\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Fishman for Channel Guide Magazine<\/a>\u00a0promoting the Royal Rumble. &#8220;You&#8217;ve seen some bad stuff, some decent stuff, and what I like to think, some great stuff. It&#8217;s all about growth and progression. There is no off-season, so we have plenty of time and platforms with the shows that we have to put that out there and show the evolution of a character and personality. That&#8217;s where I&#8217;m at now, I&#8217;m just trying to be me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Sami Zayn<\/strong> was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wwe.com\/shows\/wwenxt\/sami-zayn-interview-28574603\" target=\"_blank\">interviewed on WWE&#8217;s website<\/a> about injury recovery, returning to the ring this week on NXT, and what the future holds, including wanting to be two-time NXT champion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the interest of full disclosure, while I was looking forward to returning to NXT, part of me wanted to continue where I left off on Raw the night I got hurt and capitalize on that,&#8221; Zayn told WWE. &#8220;The opportunity didn\u2019t present itself, so I\u2019m making the most of my time on NXT. I feel like I helped get NXT to where it is now, so while I\u2019m here, I just want to make it the best it can be. This could come off as arrogant, but I honestly feel every show that I\u2019m on is better because I\u2019m on it. I feel I have a lot to offer NXT, and I\u2019m happy to be here as it grows. I want to leave a legacy behind that is undeniable.&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-947380910\" 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; &#8220;The Tag Rope&#8221; wrestling magazine released interview quotes from <strong>A.J. Styles<\/strong> from last weekend&#8217;s big &#8220;Five Star Wrestling&#8221; U.K. Tour. Included was Styles dancing around a WWE question since he&#8217;s not at liberty to discuss his WWE status at this time.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know,\u00a0I\u2019m always going to do what\u2019s best for my family,&#8221; Styles said when asked about WWE. That\u2019s my first priority,\u00a0my job\u00a0is to take care of them, any way that I can. Wherever that business takes me,\u00a0I\u2019m taking care of them, that\u2019s where I\u2019ll go.\u201d Styles also posed for a picture with the Bullet Club hand signal and commented, &#8220;Might be the last time I ever do that.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thetagrope.com\/#!EXCLUSIVE-AJ-Styles-Interview\/ipqtf\/56a02f5d0cf2f3c826e0071f\" target=\"_blank\">Full Interview<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Pro Wrestling Tees <a href=\"http:\/\/us9.campaign-archive2.com\/?u=e395e1ff739687328e897609c&amp;id=fa5c9a2eb9&amp;e=733f46c834\" target=\"_blank\">sent out an email<\/a> noting that New Japan star\u00a0<strong>Shinsuke Nakamura&#8217;s<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.prowrestlingtees.com\/catalogsearch\/result\/?q=shinsuke+nakamura\" target=\"_blank\">t-shirt lines<\/a> &#8220;will be discontinued after January 31.&#8221; Nakamura wraps up his New Japan run on January 30 before heading to WWE, where WWE\u00a0will likely introduce their own line of Nakamura merchandise.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Mark Henry<\/strong>, a Texas Longhorns football fan and native of Silsbee, Tex., recently <a href=\"http:\/\/texas.247sports.com\/Bolt\/This-might-be-the-most-interesting-Texas-Longhorns-photo-ever-43010945\" target=\"_blank\">met\u00a0up with current and former members of the Longhorns football team for a steak dinner<\/a>. Henry was also trying to recruit a high school football player from Silsbee on his official visit to Texas last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>&#8220;The Rock&#8221; Dwayne Johnson&#8217;s<\/strong> &#8220;Baywatch&#8221; movie project has been <a href=\"http:\/\/www.boxofficemojo.com\/schedule\/?view=changes&amp;p=.htm\" target=\"_blank\">slotted for theatrical release on May 19, 2017<\/a>. The movie is scheduled to begin filming in February in Georgia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Scott Hall<\/strong> and <strong>Diamond Dallas Page<\/strong> recently recorded a video interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC8LCBMNPbE34d6FLW1iMTTQ\" target=\"_blank\">satellite radio host Sam Roberts<\/a>. 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