15 YRS AGO: Bold Draft Picks, will Michael Cole last, will WWE ever back a top Japanese star, Cena's character tweaks

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Today we jump back 15 years (4-20-2011) to our PWTorch Livecast featuring PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill discussing with live callers Monday's Raw ratings drop, Vince McMahon's mentality and how it affects the company with a lack of storyline planning in-place, bold Draft picks including top stars who could switch brands on Monday, legal news on Jeff Hardy today, a look back to Kurt Angle at Lockdown, when and if WWE will end the Michael Cole Experiment and how Jim Ross could end up back on TV full-time, a possible strategy WWE is employing with John Cena to refresh his character, Spike TV's potential brand changes, whether WWE will ever get behind a Japanese wrestler as a top star, plus the Live Events Center, and more.

In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they dip into McNeill's Mailbag in the Torch VIP Forum for some interesting quotes on John Morrison, the 2001 Torch Draft with McNeill & Caldwell comparing which Torch staffers had the best picks, old WCW Saturday Night stories, and much more.

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0:39.4	our post-paper-view roundtables, the fix that I host with Todd Martin, everything with Rich
0:44.0	and Wade, and an array of other shows with different hosts and different themes, along with
0:48.0	unlocking our archives dating back nearly four decades, nearly 2,000 Pro Wrestling Torch weekly
0:53.6	newsletters. Over two decades, a podcast
0:56.0	on demand dating back to the mid-2000s, starting with pay-per-view roundtables, hundreds of
1:00.3	fascinating retro radio shows, including many that I hosted in the 1990s, and an ad-free website,
1:06.4	exclusive content on that website only for VIP members, written and audio, and a lightning fast, smooth,
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1:25.6	slash go VIP. PwTorch.com slash go VIP.
1:44.3	Now, PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.
1:52.5	On today's 15 years ago, flashback, we go back to James Bogle and Pat McNeil discussing Monday Night Raw's ratings drop.
1:54.0	Vincent McMahon's mentality and how it affects the company with a lack of storyline planning
1:58.2	in place.
1:59.2	Bold draft picks, including top stars who could switch brands on Monday,
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