15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: Analysis of social media in pro wrestling, TNA Genesis PPV review, Cena-Punk-Nexus angle, Mick Foley, Kurt Angle, more
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast
Wade Keller
3.9 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 16 January 2026
⏱️ 192 minutes
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Summary
On the Jan. 7, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill discussed with live callers including Impact TV & ratings, ROH/WWE, HOF candidates, weekend PPVs, wide variety of nostalgia questions.
Then on the Jan. 10, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell, they discuss with live callers last night's TNA Genesis PPV, the headlines coming out of the PPV including Kurt Angle's apparent health concerns and Matt Hardy's performance, tonight's Raw and how WWE will follow-up on Cena-Punk/Nexus, the role of social media in pro wrestling & the workplace and how it relates to Bruce's comments about DGUSA and back-and-forth with Gabe Sapolsky over the weekend, a potential Mick Foley send-off match in TNA, the next chapter for Jeff Hardy, and more.
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| 1:11.3 | Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast. |
| 1:21.5 | On today's Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast, we're back with back-to-back episodes from 15 years ago this week with the live caller format. |
| 1:27.7 | First up is the January 7th, 2011 episode with James Cald-Olin Pat McNeil discussing with live callers, impact TV ratings, |
| 1:34.1 | ROH and WWE, Hall of Fame candidates, weekend pay-per-views, and a wide array of nostalgia questions for a nostalgia specialist Brian Hoops. Then we jumped to the January 10th episode where James |
| 1:39.4 | Caldell was joined by Bruce Mitchell to talk with live callers about the TNA Genesis pay-per-view |
| 1:43.3 | from the night before. |
| 1:44.9 | The headlines coming out of the event, including Kurt Engel's apparent health concern and Matt Hardy's performance. |
| 1:50.2 | Also, a look ahead to Raw, the John Cena-Ceump Nexus dynamic, the role of social media and pro wrestling and the workplace, |
| 1:57.0 | and how it related to Bruce's comments about DGUSA back and forth with Gabe Sapolsky over the weekend. |
| 2:03.0 | Also potential Mick Foley sendoff match in TNA, the next chapter for Jeff Hardy and more. |
| 2:07.3 | So let's get to it. |
| 2:08.3 | Again, these live streamed 15 years ago this week, and it is the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast flashback for Thursday, January 15th, 2026. |
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