{"id":9383,"date":"2016-01-29T12:54:52","date_gmt":"2016-01-29T18:54:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=9383"},"modified":"2016-01-30T01:12:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T07:12:27","slug":"fridayjan29torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/29\/fridayjan29torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday 1\/29 Torch Today &#8211; Big Schedule of Events, new wrestling movie &#8220;Nine Legends&#8221; out for $5, Wale2 announced, Flair part of Nat&#8217;l Signing Day, Angle&#8217;s Duck Dynasty airdate, update on Ross&#8217;s autobiography, WWE joins Binge On, Punk&#8217;s UFC rating, Sharp Shooter Funding"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-1160982956\" 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; Friday, January 29, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Schedule: <strong>TNA<\/strong> kicks off their annual U.K. tour with <strong>Kurt Angle&#8217;s<\/strong> Farewell Tour. &#8230; <strong>NXT<\/strong> is on the road in Pittsburgh and at a home in Florida &#8230; <strong>WWE&#8217;s<\/strong> main roster does not have a show tonight after canceling in Georgia &#8230; <strong>Tanahashi<\/strong> is on New Japan\/AXS TV tonight &#8230; SHINE 32 is on <a href=\"http:\/\/wwnlive.com\/event-shine-01-29-16.html\" target=\"_blank\">Internet PPV<\/a>\u00a0at 9:00 p.m. EST &#8230; Bruce Mitchell and Travis Bryant wrap up the week in wrestling on the <strong>PWTorch Livecast<\/strong> at 7:00 p.m. EST at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blogtalkradio.com\/pro-wrestling-torch\/2016\/01\/30\/pwtorch-livecast--bruce-mitchell-travis-bryant-weekly-wrap-up\" target=\"_blank\">PWTorchLivecast.com<\/a>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/eventscenter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Events Center &#8211; Packed Line-ups<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/tvlistings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Friday&#8217;s TV Listings<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;\u00a0A new wrestling movie titled &#8220;Nine Legends&#8221; has been released for digital download at $5. The movie includes interviews with\u00a0B<strong>ill Goldberg, Bret Hart, Mike Tyson, Chris Jericho, Dynamite Kid, Amy Dumas, Rob Van Dam, Ted DiBiase,\u00a0<\/strong>and<strong> Randy Couture.\u00a0<\/strong>The movie is set in 2050 where a young wrestling fan encounters the interviews with the wrestling legends.<\/p>\n<p>From the description: &#8220;Nine Legends profiles one of the greatest ensembles of wrestling talent ever put together. Through their own words, relive the defining moments of the heroes you grew up with.&#8221; (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ninelegendsfilm.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Movie Info &amp; Ordering at NineLegendsFilm.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The MLW podcast announced that rapper <strong>Wale<\/strong> will present the second annual &#8220;WaleMania&#8221; event on Thursday, March 31 during WrestleMania Weekend in Dallas. The event will take place at Winston&#8217;s Supperclub in Dallas. Guests will be announced over time. Tickets go on-sale this Monday (February 1). (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlw.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Event Details at MLW.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former WWE announcer\u00a0<strong>Jim Ross<\/strong> updated the progress of his autobiography.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Just spent almost 3 hours going over first 6 chapters of my autobiography w\/ the acclaimed author @tweetpaulobrien. <\/p>\n<p>No release date yet.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jim Ross (@JRsBBQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JRsBBQ\/status\/693125502844817408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA star <strong>Kurt Angle<\/strong> said his episode of &#8220;Duck Dynasty&#8221; will air February 10 on A&amp;E.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#39;s official! I will be a guest on the feb10 episode of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuckDynastyAE?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DuckDynastyAE<\/a> &#8211; extremely funny and\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6ByXpq6Go5\">https:\/\/t.co\/6ByXpq6Go5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Kurt Angle (@RealKurtAngle) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealKurtAngle\/status\/693011858769498113?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 29, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>WWE<\/strong> is one of the companies to join T-Mobile&#8217;s new &#8220;Binge On&#8221; video streaming service. Binge On allows customers to stream video content from content providers, which now includes WWE Network,\u00a0without counting against data-usage plans. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.multichannel.com\/news\/content\/amazon-fox-news-univision-wwe-network-join-binge-crew\/396911\" target=\"_blank\">Details at Multichannel News<\/a>)<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2506648002\" 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; There might be a few decades between <strong>Ric Flair<\/strong> and high school football players looking to join the college ranks. But, Flair will be an integral part of the Michigan Wolverines&#8217;s National Signing Day next Wednesday. Flair will be a personal guest of Michigan\u00a0head coach <strong>Jim Harbaugh.<\/strong> The announcement drew\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mlive.com\/wolverines\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/pro_wrestling_legend_ric_flair.html\" target=\"_blank\">local news attention\u00a0in Michigan<\/a> and national coverage from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/college-football\/story\/wwe-ric-flair-michigan-wolverines-jim-harbaugh-recruiting-national-signing-day-012816\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Sports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/ufc\/story\/cm-punk-will-be-the-lowest-rated-fighter-on-ea-sports-ufc-2-012816\" target=\"_blank\">Fox Sports<\/a> also covered the UFC video game creators announcing that <strong>C.M. Punk<\/strong> will likely have the lowest ranking in the new video game due out in March since he has not had a professional fight yet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m pretty sure C.M. 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