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Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: Keller & Parks & McNeill talk Ziggler's upside, Royal Rumble, Linda McMahon's campaign, new Wade Barrett faction, more

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2026

⏱️ 177 minutes

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Summary

Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Jan. 26 and 27, 2011.

On the Jan. 26, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Pat McNeill talked with ten callers on a wide range of subjects including the new Wade Barrett faction on Smackdown, a potential feud for C.M. Punk, ROH's TV future, Tough Enough battling the PG rating and Ultimate Fighter with Brock Lesnar, Awesome Kong, Mark Henry's push, Ted DiBiase's burial, Eric Bischoff-Torch exchanges, Dolph Ziggler vs. Randy Orton, Linda McMahon's campaign, WWE dropping the HD price, and more. Plus in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow they run down various Royal Rumble, Elimination Chamber, and WrestleMania scenarios including potential Rumble surprises.

Then on the Jan. 27, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks discussed the Royal Rumble with callers for much of the show including various potential scenarios for the 40-man Rumble and title matches. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, the discussed Smackdown in-depth including the Teddy Long angle, Dolph Ziggler's upside, The Corre, Smackdown's Rumble PPV hype, 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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Exclusive feature-length columns from Greg Parks, Rich Fan, Sean Radican, Alan Coonahan, and Zach Haydorne, Torch Talk transcripts, the latest news, and more.

0:30.0

PwTorch.com slash paper copy.

0:33.0

Take a break from screen time and settle in every week with a meagos of wrestling news and analysis with

0:38.7

a pro wrestling torch newsletter paper copy edition in the year 2022. You can get a full year of home

0:45.5

delivery for just $99. Or try us for an eight-week trial subscription. Pwtorch.com

0:52.1

slash paper copy.

1:16.4

Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast. Today's Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast for Thursday, February 5th, 2026. We jumped back 15 years to back-to-back

1:21.7

episodes of our live call-in show. First up, I hosted the January 26th, 2011 episode with Pat McNeil, and then the January

1:28.1

27th episode with Greg Parks. Topics included Wade Barrett's new faction on Smackdown,

1:34.1

a potential new feud for CM Punk, ROH's TV Future, Toughen Up, battling the PG rating,

1:40.0

and the Ultimate Fighter with Brock Lesnar, latest with Awesome Kong, Mark Henry's push, Teddy Biasi's burial,

1:45.2

the Eric Bischoff Torch Exchanges,

1:47.7

Dolf Ziegler against Randy Orton,

1:49.2

Linda McMahon's campaign,

1:50.9

WWB dropping the HD Price tier,

1:54.1

plus in the previously VIP exclusive after show,

1:56.9

ran down various Royal Rumble scenarios,

1:59.3

the Elimination Chamber,

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