Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-shows

PWTorch assistant editor Zack Heydorn guest hosts for Wade Keller and is joined by Mike Meyers from PWTorch.com to discuss WWE Smackdown with callers and emails. Discussion points include the dud of a main event between Zayn and Drew, pointless lumberjack situation, what the Zayn feud is doing for McIntyre, the Flair and Rousey contract signing, booking the finish between both women at WrestleMania Backlash, lack of babyface depth in the women's division on the show, episode three of Lacey Evans, and more. Enjoy!

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Javier Machado from PWTorch.com with live callers and emails discussing tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite which included the big New Japan-AEW "Forbidden Door" PPV announcement, Dustin Rhodes vs. C.M. Punk, Darby vs. Andrade, Britt Baker's return promo, and much more. Callers and emails bring up the density of AEW's booking pace working against the product. Also rants about coincidences and implausibilities that AEW is including too often lately. Plus talk about Hangman Page's run as champ, whether it's time to shift to a new champ, and who really are viable candidates to be AEW World Champion.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Tom Stoup from PWTorch podcasting to review WWE Monday Night Raw with live calls and emails. They discuss Cody Rhodes taking on Seth Rollins's mystery opponent in the main event, the Ezekiel lie detector test, the double commitment ceremony in the 24/7 Division, Finn Balor vs. Austin Theory for the U.S. Title, and more with live callers and emails.

On this WWE Smackdown Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (4-18-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller and Pat McNeill talk with callers about Smackdown as soon as the show ended, including several callers from in the arena with reports on the live crowd response and in-person experience. Topics included Jinder Mahal’s surprise win, The Colons surprise win, Charlotte’s push, Kevin Owens, A.J. Styles, and the dark match with Shinsuke Nakamura vs. Dolph Ziggler. They also answer email questions about continuity post-Superstar Shake-up and other topics.

On this WWE Raw Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (4-17-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by Greg Parks to react for over an hour and a half to the post-Superstar Shake-up episode of Raw. They take a wide range of regular and first-time callers and answer email questions related to the episode including Braun Strowman-Big Show and what’s next for Braun regarding Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar, the Raw Women’s Division and their match tonight, a strong Dean Ambrose promo during Miz TV, the Hardys, some continuity issues with the Shake-up, and more.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Jake Barnett from ProWrestling.net to discuss WWE Friday Night Smackdown with live callers including on-site correspondent Nate Lindberg from PWT Talks NXT who attended in Worcester. They discuss all the segments and matches including Drew Gulak interviewing Charlotte, the tag title unification scenario, Lacey Evans' latest vignette, the lack of Roman Reigns, and more. Javier Machado joins for a Roundtable Conversation near the end.

PWTorch assistant editor Zack Heydorn guest hosts for Wade Keller and is joined by Joel Dehnel from PWTorch.com to discuss AEW Dynamite with callers, emails, and an on-site correspondent. Discussion points include the main event dream match between Samoa Joe and Minoru Suzuki, confusion with ROH integration into AEW television, balancing FTR and Jurassic Express as babyface tag teams, lack of AEW Championship promotion ahead of Rampage Friday, and more. Enjoy!

On this WWE Smackdown Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (4-11-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller talks with callers about part two of the Superstar Shake-up, assesses how each brand fared, matches up the wrestlers who switched into virtual trades, looks at various new match-ups, and evaluates who benefits the most. Also, lots of anti-JBL chants over his bullying of Mauro Ranallo according to PWTorch Livecast host Mike McMahon who called in after attending in Boston, Mass. in person, plus crowd reaction to Shinsuke Nakamura. All of that plus emails and callers talk about various aspects of the program.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Robert Vallejos from the "MMA Talk for Pro Wrestling Fans" PWTorch Dailycast to review WWE Monday Night Raw with live calls, emails, and three on-site correspondents from Detroit. They begin with a discussion about the possible unification of the Raw and Smackdown tag team titles. They move on to an email about Cody. Then three on-site correspondents in a row detailing crowd reactions and off-air happenings including a dark main event with Roman Reigns & the Usos vs. Drew McIntyre & New Day. Then more calls and emails discussing other aspects of the show including Bianca Belair, Veer, more on Cody, the ending of A.J. Styles vs. Damian Priest, and more.

On this WWE Raw Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (4-10-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill to react for nearly two hours to the Superstar Shake-up on Raw. They analyzed the roster changes, the big Roman Reigns-Braun Strowman angle and the fan chants that went along with it, and answered caller and email questions throughout. They also predicted who is headed to Smackdown.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch.com's Alex McDonald to discuss WWE Friday Night Smackdown with live callers including an on-site correspondent who attended in Milwaukee. They discuss all the news coming out of the show including Roman Reigns saying what's next, an angle with The Bloodline and Shinsuke Nakamura, the in-ring Smackdown debut of Butch, the return of Lacey Evans, the Smackdown debut of Gunther, the state of Sasha Banks, and a discussion of how the unified title situation with Reigns will play out. Live callers and mailbag topics are sprinkled throughout. And Javier is back for a late-show Roundtable discussion!

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by former Pro Wrestling Torch Newsletter columnist Eric Krol with live callers, emails, and two on-site correspondents discussing tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite which included FTR vs. The Young Bucks in the main event, Christian Cage vs. Adam Cole in the opener, Samoa Joe's debut, Wardlow trespasses again, Hardys vs. Butcher & Blade, and more. Discussion points include babyface champions and referees rewarding bad behavior, the prudence of ROH content in the AEW universe, and much more.

On this WWE Smackdown Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (4-4-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller talked with callers about Smackdown including the debuts of Shinsuke Nakamura and Tye Dillinger, plus they speculate on possible Superstars Shakeup roster moves, review the matches on the show, and look at the job SD did on following up on WrestleMania 33.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Cameron Hawkins from the PWTorch East Coast Cast to review WWE Monday Night Raw with live calls and emails. Cam shares details with Wade about the immersive media experience he had in Dallas over the weekend. They are joined by an on-site correspondent who attended Raw and talked about the reactions Cody, Veer, and others received. They are also joined by a correspondent who attended WrestleMania in person. They took calls and reacted to emails about various Raw-related topics including various opinions on Cody's promo.

On this WWE Raw Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (4-3-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller talked live with callers for two hours, reacting to the Raw After Mania including a remarkable start to the show with the chants for Taker and against Roman Reigns, Goldberg’s post-Raw farewell speech, what constitutes a heel or a babyface in 2017, are the fans part of the problem or is listening to them a real part of the solution, what did Vince McMahon mean when he said “if that’s how you feel” when he was yelled at by fans about Roman, and so much more coming out of this Raw After Mania. Callers and emails throughout add an array of perspectives.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch.com's Mike Meyers to discuss WWE Friday Night Smackdown with live callers including an on-site correspondent. The primary angles focused on Austin Theory vs. Pat McAfee and Drew McIntyre vs. Happy Corbin, along with fresh promos from Charlotte and Ronda Rousey. Those topics are covered along with what it was like at Smackdown in person with so many video packages. Some watchalong observations regarding the Hall of Fame broadcast on Peacock and late reaction to the newest big name to sign with AEW who showed up on the ROH PPV.

On this special WrestleMania 28 Post-show Flashback episode from ten years ago (4-1-2012), PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks discussed the WWE WrestleMania 28 PPV analyzing the event from top to bottom and taking phone calls on the event which included a John Cena vs. Rock main event, Undertaker vs. Triple H, Daniel Bryan vs. Sheamus, Cody vs. Big Show, C.M. Punk vs. Chris Jericho, and more.

PWTorch assistant editor Zack Heydorn guest hosts for Wade Keller and is joined by Javier Machado from PWTorch.com to discuss AEW Dynamite with callers and emails. Discussion points include the pros and cons of C.M. Punk as a world title challenger, Adam Page's momentum as champion, Adam Cole's role in the title picture, Toni Storm's debut and potential in AEW, the pace and formatting of Dynamite, evolution of The Chris Jericho Appreciation Society, and more. Enjoy!

On this WWE Smackdown Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (3-28-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill live right after Smackdown discussing the big segments on the show including John Cena getting pretty heavy-handed in tearing down Miz and Maryse, Shane McMahon telling A.J. Styles to bring his A-game, Bray Wyatt regaining control over Luke Harper but Randy Orton sending a final ominous message, Naomi’s return, and more.

PWTorch assistant editor Zack Heydorn guest hosts for Wade Keller and is joined by Brandon LeClair from PWTorch.com to discuss WWE Raw with callers and emails. Discussion points include grading final Raw hype for WrestleMania, analyzing promo work of Roman Reigns and Brock Lesnar, questionable tag team main event booking, Cody as the Rollins mystery opponent at WrestleMania, the pros and cons of the Rollins WrestleMania story, and more. Enjoy!