Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Post-shows

PWTorch editor Wade Keller spent nearly two hours with callers discussing the post-Payback edition of Monday Night Raw including Seth Rollins and Alexa Bliss shining on the mic, Dean Ambrose amusing throughout the show, the state of Cruiserweights, more Roman Reigns diagnosing, and other topics with an engaged mix of callers and strong emails.

PWTorch Dailycast hosts Alex McDonald and Patrick Moynahan fill in for Wade Keller and discuss tonight's episode of WWE Smackdown. They cover the McIntyre vs. Zayn cage match, RK-Bro and Usos contract signing, Raquel Rodriguez debut, Backlash Six Man Tag, Happy Talk, Rousey and Charlotte Beat the Clock Challenge, Gunther, Butch, and more.

In this special Impact Post-show from five years ago this week, Mike McMahon and Andrew Soucek talk about Thursday’s Impact Wrestling with callers. They break down a number of topics, including LAX retaining the Impact Tag Titles, Matt Sydal’s return, GFW merging with Impact, and more. Later in the show, Mike and Andrew talk some bigger-picture topics, including what the future could hold for Impact’s U.S. distribution and how Anthem has dealt with talent losses.Then in a bonus flashback episode, PWTorch columnist Rich Fann hosts the Friday live call-in show with Bruce Mitchell during which they chat about the CWF Mid-Atlantic match between Chip Day and Trevor Lee that Bruce gave Five Stars live, the aftermath of the Mauro Ranallo statement, where to start the Vince McMahon biopic focus-wise, and how long is too long for Roman Reigns’s push. Jason from Australia and Dan from Kansas are among the "celebrity callers."

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by PWTorch Dailycast host Mike McMahon with live callers and emails discussing tonight's episode of AEW Dynamite which included Cash vs. Dax, Sammy Guevara defending the TNT Title against Scorpio Sky, C.M. Punk hyping his match against "Hangman" Page, the latest Wardlow challenge from MJF against Lance Archer, and more.

On this WWE Smackdown Post-show Flashback episode from five years ago (4-25-2017), PWTorch editor Wade Keller talks with callers about Smackdown as soon as the show ended, including a lot of conversation about the pros and cons of Jinder Mahal’s push, reviews of the Dolph Ziggler-Shinsuke Nakamura segment, Natalya & Co. attacking Charlotte and what it means for the Smackdown Women’s Division, the state of the Superstar Shake-up, and more.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller is joined by Pro Wrestling Torch columnist Rich Fann to review WWE Monday Night Raw with live calls and emails. Topics include Becky Lynch returning after weeks away, Asuka and Mustafa Ali returning after long absences, Cody in an eight-man tag team main event, a celebration of Randy Orton's career, Finn Balor vs. Damian Priest, Sonya Deville's Raw Title match against Bianca Belair, Bobby Lashley-Omos arm wrestling challenge, and more. They talked with live callers and read emails about the show, plus talked with an on-site correspondent who provided off-air details and crowd reaction insights.

PWTorch editor Wade Keller was joined by PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill to analyze for over an hour and a half with callers the latest episode of Raw including thoughts on the Dean Ambrose-Chris Jericho-Miz dynamic, the Braun Strowman vs. Kalisto match and finish, the state of the Cruiserweight Division and what it needs most, the closing angle with Bray Wyatt, Seth Rollins’ new finisher, Alexa Bliss’s strong promo, what’s wrong with Bayley, the Roman Reigns push, and more, plus a caller from on-site in Kansas City with the in-person perspective.

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.