15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: New NXT concept replacing ECW on Tuesdays, Awesome Kong-Bubba, WM26 speculation, anticipating TNA vs. WWE on Mondays

Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast

Wade Keller

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3.8 • 903 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2025

⏱️ 151 minutes

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Summary

Today we jump back 15 years to two back-to-back episodes of the PWTorch Livecast from Feb. 25 and Feb. 26, 2010.

On the Feb. 25, 2010 episode, PWTorch's James Caldwell and co-host PWTorch columnist Greg Parks has phone calls, emails, and chat room questions on topics in the news including more follow-up on the NXT concept, TNA Impact on Mondays, adding a title in TNA, building stars in WWE and TNA, the Destination X PPV, Dixie Carter's Shoot interview, Money in the Bank qualifiers, and more. In the VIP Aftershow, Caldwell and Parks take a live call, talk the latest on Bubba and Awesome Kong, and talk 2010 and 2011 Hall of Fame, plus the future of the WWE HOF.

Then on the Feb. 26, 2010 episode, PWTorch's James Caldwell and co-host PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell has phone calls, emails, and chat room questions on topics in the news including more follow-up on the NXT concept, WrestleMania 26, last night's TNA Impact, the TNA Impact ratings, TNA's creative team effort, the WWE vs. TNA March 8 battle, Hulk Hogan back in the ring, Orlando Jordan being pushed, and much 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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0:10.2	It's 12 pages every week packed with my TV reports along with exclusive features such as my cover story on the top story of the week.
0:17.1	Our pay-per-view roundtable reviews from the Torch staff.
0:20.0	Exclusive feature-length columns from Greg Parks, Rich Fan, Sean Radican, Alan Coonahan, and Zach Haydorn, Torch Talk transcripts, the latest news, and more.
0:30.0	PwTorch.com slash paper copy.
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0:38.7	a pro wrestling torch newsletter paper copy edition in the year 2022. You can get a full year of home
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0:52.1	slash paper copy.
1:11.4	Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast.
1:22.9	15 years ago this week, we were anticipating the March 8th start of the new Monday night war between WM.Raw, of course, and TNA Impact.
1:28.7	And we've got a double header here of our 15 years ago livecasts discussing that date in our anticipation for it. James Caldo was guest hosting for me this week. And first up,
1:33.0	he was joined by longtime, P.W. Torch columnist and longtime host of Wrestling Night in America, Greg
1:38.2	Parks. And they took phone calls, emails, and chat room questions on a variety of topics,
1:42.7	including the new NXTXT concept.
1:44.6	This is before it's developmental when it was the mentor, protege format that replaced ECW
1:48.9	on Tuesday nights. Also, adding a title in TNA, building stars, and how to do it in WDWB
1:53.7	in TNA, the Destination X pay-per-view, Dixie Carter shoot interview, money of the bank
1:57.6	qualifiers, and more. Then in the previously VIP exclusive after
2:01.2	show, they talked about the latest on Bubba and Awesome Kong, talked about the 2010 and 2011
2:06.2	Hall of Fame and the future of the WWE Hall of Fame. Then in the second episode, James was
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