{"id":9572,"date":"2016-02-01T15:19:35","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/?p=9572"},"modified":"2016-02-01T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2016-02-01T21:19:35","slug":"9572","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pwtorch.com\/site\/2016\/02\/01\/9572\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday 2\/1 Torch Today &#8211; Brock&#8217;s TV return, Cena injury update, Jim Ross teasing two big announcements, GFW to Mania Weekend, Rock announces another project, ROH adds Young Bucks Q&#038;A, Rumble DVD cover, RKO at the Pro Bowl, Memphis Heat, Nash, big NOAH vs. NJPW angle, Video &#8211; EVOLVE 53-55 highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"pwtor-2747461443\" 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; February 1, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>Brock Lesnar<\/strong> is back on Raw tonight. WWE has seemingly made Lesnar &#8220;just another guy&#8221; on the roster, put him in a mid-level feud with the Wyatts heading into WrestleMania, and he&#8217;ll be the third wheel in the #1 contender match at Fast Lane later this month. Not exactly the presentation of one of WWE&#8217;s lone difference-makers. We&#8217;ll see if <strong>Paul Heyman<\/strong> can make a difference tonight speaking on Lesnar&#8217;s behalf.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>John Cena<\/strong> updated his injury recovery progress and noted this week&#8217;s top goal in the gym.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This weeks goal, squat with a regular bar. This is very ambitious and will take some work. 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Ross also wrote about hot topics in wrestling in his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jrsbarbq.com\/blog\/49011\" target=\"_blank\">latest blog at jrsbarbq.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Global Force Wrestling announced they will have a presence in Dallas during WrestleMania Weekend. <strong>Jeff &amp; Karen Jarrett<\/strong> will represent GFW at the WrestleCon event on April 1 &amp; 2 in Dallas. The founders are slotted for 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on both days. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrestlecon.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WrestleCon Details at WrestleCon.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ring of Honor has added a Q&amp;A with the <strong>Young Bucks<\/strong> to this Saturday&#8217;s TV taping in Nashville. The session will take place before the taping at the Municipal Auditorium. ROH&#8217;s TV taping will include a big Tag Team gauntlet match for a future ROH Tag Title shot, all champions appearing, and the final rounds of the Top Prospect tournament. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rohwrestling.com\/news\/special-live-young-bucks-qa-saturday-nashville\" target=\"_blank\">Event Details<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; No surprise here, but the DVD cover for the Royal Rumble PPV will feature Rumble\/WWE Title winner <strong>Triple H<\/strong> along with <strong>Vince<\/strong> and <strong>Stephanie McMahon<\/strong>. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.wrestlingdvdnetwork.com\/cover-artwork-extras-wwe-royal-rumble-2016-dvd-blu-ray\/109372\/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+WDNcom+%28Wrestling+DVD+Network%29\" target=\"_blank\">Report at WrestlingDVDNetwork.com<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<strong> Kevin Nash<\/strong> drew a good-sized crowd for an autograph appearance in Connecticut\u00a0over the weekend. Nash was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wfsb.com\/story\/31070208\/action-movie-being-filmed-at-cromwell-bar\" target=\"_blank\">in town filming a movie<\/a> and stopped by the local First Base Sports store for the session. 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From the event description: &#8220;The anniversary and re-release of the film coincides with the release of the soundtrack to Memphis Heat on blood-spattered red vinyl as well as National Sputnik Monroe Day.&#8221; (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/1545388899109232\/\" target=\"_blank\">Event Info<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; <strong>NOAH<\/strong> ran a big angle at Sunday&#8217;s &#8220;Great Voyage&#8221; show in Yokohama continuing the NOAH vs. Suzuki-Gun (NJPW) faction warfare with Suzuki-Gun getting the upperhand. NOAH then announced event cards for the &#8220;Second Navigation&#8221; 2016 tour in February. (<a href=\"http:\/\/puroresuspirit.net\/2016\/01\/noah-results-for-january-31-2016\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sunday Results<\/a>) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo.php?fbid=10153932407171098\" target=\"_blank\">Feb. 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Rock&#8217;s &#8220;Seven Bucks&#8221; company will be partnering with AMI to produce &#8220;entertaining programming surrounding and leading up to Mr. Olympia,&#8221; which is scheduled for September in Las Vegas. &#8220;Our goal is to turn this historic weekend into the must see and must attend fitness expo of the world,&#8221; Rock said in his announcement.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BBQRxlYIh4x\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:500px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\">\n<div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/BBQRxlYIh4x\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" style=\" background:#FFFFFF; line-height:0; 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