{"id":9461,"date":"2016-01-30T10:25:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-30T16:25:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=9461"},"modified":"2016-01-30T10:25:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-30T16:25:17","slug":"saturdayjan30torchtoday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/30\/saturdayjan30torchtoday\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday 1\/30 Torch Today &#8211; Big Events, Cena&#8217;s recovery continues, NXT as feeder for talent &#038; coolness?, T.J. Perkins&#8217;s post-TNA move, Chikara was almost Impact Wrestling?, Social Outcast interviewed, Santana training Tough Enough&#8217;er, Godderz, Video &#8211; Mongolian Stomper remembered, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-3034458733\" 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; Saturday, January 30, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The Saturday Events Center: <strong>WWE&#8217;s main roster<\/strong> kicks off in Georgia &amp; Tennessee with injuries galore. &#8230; <strong>NXT<\/strong> wraps a road tour in Detroit\u00a0and home tour in Florida (Greg Parks will be live!). &#8230; <strong>TNA<\/strong> is in London with a Lockdown theme. &#8230;\u00a0<strong>Chikara<\/strong> has a doubleheader in Philadelphia to kick off 2016. &#8230; <strong>PWS<\/strong> and <strong>Global Force Wrestling<\/strong> have a make-up date in New Jersey with Jeff Jarrett, Colt Cabana, Magnus, and Mickie James. &#8230; <strong>NEW<\/strong> will determine a new champion in the &#8220;Rumble Royal&#8221; following Matt Taven&#8217;s injury. &#8230; <strong>Metro Pro<\/strong> is in Kansas City. &#8230; <strong>ECWA<\/strong> is in New Jersey. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/01\/30\/january2016eventscenter\/\" target=\"_blank\">Full Event Info &amp; More Shows<\/a>) (<em>TORCH READER ALERT: We&#8217;re looking for results sent to <strong>pwtorch@gmail.com<\/strong><\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Bo Dallas<\/strong> was\u00a0on the interview circuit promoting this weekend&#8217;s WWE main roster shows in SEC country. Dallas talked about training with his brother (<strong>Bray Wyatt<\/strong>) in Developmental, being part of NXT&#8217;s &#8220;pivotal moments&#8221; when he and Neville were in the top program as the brand was breaking out, the formation\u00a0of the <strong>Social Outcasts<\/strong> stable, and the influences on his character. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.al.com\/entertainment\/index.ssf\/2016\/01\/wwes_bo_dallas_talks_visiting.html\" target=\"_blank\">In-depth Q&amp;A at AL.com<\/a>) (Brief Interview at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/djournal.com\/lifestyle\/bo-knows-wrestling-wwe-superstar-will-appear-at-bancorpsouth-arena-on-sunday\/\" target=\"_blank\">DJournal.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; WWE top star <strong>John Cena<\/strong> is back in the gym rehabbing his shoulder despite not being able to grab a weight\u00a0bar to do his regular lifts.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Max squat 2015=611lbs Max squat 2016=75lbs. Still can&#39;t grab a regular bar but rebuilding every day <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/nevergiveup?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#nevergiveup<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOwWpKPg9S\">pic.twitter.com\/hOwWpKPg9S<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Cena (@JohnCena) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnCena\/status\/693413369014046720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Not only will\u00a0NXT be credited with providing the foundation of WWE&#8217;s main roster in the years to come, but it could be key to WWE becoming &#8220;cool&#8221; again. NXT&#8217;s link to music, especially through the hard rock\u00a0music festivals that <strong>Triple H<\/strong> is passionate about, has reinforced NXT as a hip, acceptable\u00a0wrestling show. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alternativenation.net\/wwes-triple-h-has-given-tool-advice-that-has-benefitted-our-business\/\" target=\"_blank\">AlternativeNation.net<\/a> documented that connection between Hunter and Tool guitarist <strong>Adam Jones<\/strong>, who recently attended an NXT TV taping. Eventually, the musical influence\u00a0that was a big part of the Attitude Era&#8217;s success will surface at the main level.<\/p>\n<p>One NXT standout\u00a0who has already surfaced on the main level\u00a0is <strong>Kevin Owens<\/strong>, whose &#8220;Fight Owens Fight&#8221; t-shirt has the look of something not from the WWE corporate t-shirt machine to match Owens not having the body type or look of a typical WWE star. One picture of Owens&#8217;s t-shirt being displayed\u00a0at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.altpress.com\/aptv\/video\/the_academy_is..._five_favorite_things\" target=\"_blank\">AltPress.com<\/a> captures how Owens&#8217;s\u00a0persona\u00a0represents the underground coming into more popularity, representing a counter-culture within pop culture. Eventually, another big &#8220;underground&#8221; star like <strong>Finn Balor<\/strong> will surface on the main roster. Outgoing New Japan star <strong>Shinsuke Nakamura<\/strong> has a similar vibe. Will the Balor Club come with them to re-create the sense of coolness from\u00a0the NWO\u00a020 years ago? It will be interesting to see how this plays out in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Former TNA star <strong>T.J. Perkins<\/strong> (Puma\/Manik) says he is interested\u00a0in joining WWE&#8217;s\u00a0NXT Developmental system or returning to Ring of Honor. This follows Perkins being cut from TNA via email during the current round of contract restructurings as part of TNA&#8217;s\u00a0Pop TV move. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.maineventradio.com\/audio\/MER-04-05-15.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Interview with Ryan Rider of Main Event Radio<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ahead of CHIKARA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/chikarapro.com\/events\/season-16\" target=\"_blank\">doubleheader 2016 debut<\/a> on Saturday, <strong>Mike Quackenbush<\/strong> shared the interesting story about CHIKARA almost being named\u00a0&#8220;Impact Wrestling&#8221; two years before TNA came into existence.<\/p><div id=\"pwtor-2545134109\" 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>&#8220;It&#8217;s strange to think about this now but we started talking about it in the Summer of 2000. This precedes the creation of NWA-TNA. We were talking about it and Tom (Carter a\/k\/a Reckless Youth) and I as well as Don Montoya who was one of our traveling mates,&#8221; Quackenbush said on the <a href=\"http:\/\/tmptow.podomatic.com\/entry\/2016-01-28T21_00_00-08_00\" target=\"_blank\">Two Man Power Trip of Wrestling podcast<\/a>. &#8220;We (were)\u00a0going to do it by training people in a certain kind of way, we want a more cosmopolitan style that involves all of these international things and we originally wanted to call it <strong>Impact Wrestling<\/strong> and for quite a while maybe about four or five months it was Impact Wrestling and then when the time came and we were going to put up a fairly small sum of money, I mean it was a significant in reality for guys in their 20s and well at that point Montoya bowed out. So then it became Tom and I and when Montoya bowed out we decided we are not going to keep this name because that was for the three of us so it needs to be something else.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Santana Garrett<\/strong>, who competed for the SHINE Women&#8217;s Title Friday night at <a href=\"http:\/\/wwnlive.com\/event-shine-01-29-16.html\" target=\"_blank\">SHINE 32<\/a>, is taking on the role of helping train a future TNA star. Santana has been working with former Tough Enough contestant <strong>Gabi<\/strong> (a\/k\/a <strong>Raquel<\/strong> in TNA) at the Team Vision Dojo\/I Believe in Wrestling school in Orlando. Gabi is scheduled to make her TNA TV debut soon and is training to prepare for the career move.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; TNA star <strong>Jessie Godderz&#8217;s<\/strong> mainstream attention following a recent appearance\u00a0on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_brother\/news\/sme\/341\/catch-up-with-your-favorite-big-brother-former-houseguests\/3795\/jessie-godderz-made-a-special-appearance-on-the-talk-\/\" target=\"_blank\">CBS&#8217;s &#8220;The Talk&#8221;<\/a> extended to gossip publication STAR Magazine this week.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Video of the Day: Southern States Wrestling Classics presented a video tribute to <strong>The Mongolian Stomper<\/strong> (a\/k\/a Archie Gouldie), who died last week in Tennessee. SSW&#8217;s Beau James also blogged on working with The Stomper at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kingofkingsport.com\/2016\/01\/just-call-me-archie-remembering.html\" target=\"_blank\">KingofKingSport.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"S.S.W. 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