15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: CM Punk's fan altercation, Cena vs. Punk, Rumble expanding to 40, 2011 Hall of Fame, Linda McMahon's politics, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2026

⏱️ 164 minutes

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Summary

Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Jan. 17 and 18, 2011.

On the Jan. 17, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell discussed with live callers, WWE Raw, C.M. Punk's fan altercation on Sunday, Punk vs. Cena on Raw, the Royal Rumble expanding to 40 wrestlers, Tough Enough in a PG environment?, Lucha Libre USA, health issues in pro wrestling vs. MMA, 2011 WWE Hall of Fame undercarders, MVP in Japan, Jeff Hardy's legal case on January 20, and more.

Then on the Jan. 18, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and Jason Powell of ProWrestling.net, they took calls for an hour on the Royal Rumble taking shape, WrestleMania matches, happenings on Raw, the Eric Bischoff-Torch war of words, Triple H, and much more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they talked about Santino's Cobra, John Morrison's push, Linda McMahon's political developments, and more.

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0:00.0	Give yourself a reason to look forward to going to the mailbox each week with a PWTorch newsletter paper copy subscription.
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0:52.1	slash paper copy.
1:11.2	Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast.
1:24.3	On today's Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast, we're jumping back to two episodes of our live call-in show from 15 years ago, beginning with the January 17th, 2011 episode.
1:28.7	We're James Caldwell and Bruce Mitchell discussed with live callers that night's episode of RAW. See on Punk's altercation with a fan on Sunday, CUM Punk against John
1:33.8	Sina on raw, the Royal Rumble expanding to 40 wrestlers, tough enough in a PG environment,
1:39.7	Lucha Libre, USA, health issues in pro wrestling compared to MMA, the 2011 WWB Hall of Fame under Carter's,
1:46.0	MVP in Japan, Jeff Hardy's legal case on January 20th and more. And then on the January 18th,
1:51.6	2011 episode, Jason Powell joined me for our flagship and we took calls for an hour on the
1:57.0	world rumble taking shape, WrestleMania matches, the Eric Bischoff Torch, War of Words, Triple H, and much more. And then in the previously VIP exclusive aftershow portion, we talked about Santino's Cobra, John Morrison's push, Linda McMahon's political developments, and more. So let's get to it. This originally live streamed on January 17th and 18th, 2011, And it is today's Wade Keller Proversing podcast 15 years ago,
2:20.2	flashback for Friday, January 23rd, 2026.
2:28.1	You're listening to the PW Torch livecast.
2:31.0	This is PW Torch assistant editor, James Caldwell,
2:33.9	hosting today on Monday, January 17, 2011.
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