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Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: Lesnar breaking news, SD roster changes, Punk-Owen Hart comparisons, Sheamus's push, Batista, Jericho, X Division

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

Tv & Film, Sports, Leisure

3.9903 Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 181 minutes

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Summary

Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Jan. 12 and 13, 2011.

On the Jan. 12, 2011 episode, PWTorch editor Wade Keller and cohost Pat McNeill were first joined by MMATorch's Jamie Penick to talk about Brock Lesnar coaching The Ultimate Fighter and various aspects of that story. Then they took live calls on a variety of subjects including Smackdown roster changes, TNA's new "They" storyline, and more, plus in the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow they take listener email questions.

Then on the Jan. 13, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Greg Parks discussed with live callers TNA Impact going on the road in February, the future of the X Division and a potential replacement if the X Division were scrapped, news & notes from the Impact tapings, possibility of Batista and Chris Jericho returning to WWE, future of Nexus, the Smackdown reset last Friday, lack of chemistry between Randy Orton and The Miz, and much more. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discuss the X Division and Impact on the road stories more, and break down the 2010 Year-End Awards to evaluate Torch reader picks.

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0:45.5

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

0:52.1

slash paper copy.

1:11.6

Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.

1:18.7

On today's Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast, we jump back 15 years to back to back to back episodes of our live call-in show. I hosted with Pat McNeil, the January 12th,

1:23.9

2011 episode, and we were joined by MMA Torches, Jamie Panic, to talk about

1:27.7

Brock Lesnar coaching the Ultimate Fighter in various aspects of that story.

1:31.7

Then we took live calls on a variety of subjects, including the Smackdown roster changes,

1:36.1

T&A's new they storyline, and more.

1:39.0

And in the previously VIP exclusive after show, we answered listener email questions.

1:44.2

Then on the January 13th, 2011 episode, James Caldwell hosted with Greg Parks, and they talked

1:48.9

with live callers about TNA Impact, going on the road in February, the future of the X

1:52.6

division and a potential replacement if the X division were scrapped, news and notes from the

1:58.3

impact tapings, the possibility of Batista and Chris Jericho returning to WWE, the future of Nexus, the Smackdown reset the previous Friday, the lack of chemistry between Randy Orton and the Miz, and much more.

2:10.8

And then in the previously VIP exclusive after show, they talked about the X Division and Impact and road stories and broke down the 2010 year-end awards and evaluated Torch reader picks.

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