15 YRS AGO LIVECASTS: Super Bowl and Pro Wrestling, TNA's "They" reveal, Vince McMahon's role on Raw, CZW-Chikara viral video, more
Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast
Wade Keller
3.9 • 903 Ratings
🗓️ 13 February 2026
⏱️ 159 minutes
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Summary
On the Feb. 4, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch Nostalgia columnist Brian Hoops discussed with live callers TNA's "they" revelation on Impact, how the angle played out and how it could play out in future episodes, crowd reactions in the Impact Zone, an exclusive health update on Sir Oliver Humperdink from Brian, potential booking at Elimination Chamber leading to WrestleMania, how Mistico will fit in WWE, whether Alberto Del Rio's post-Rumble decision was announced too early, historically bad marquee matches at WrestleMania, role of managers in 2011, Lex Luger's ill-fated match to Summerslam '93, and other Nostalgia questions. In the previously VIP-exclusive Aftershow, they discuss two 20-years ago Torch Newsletters from the Flashback Series looking at WWF & WCW's business during war-time, WCW switching the World Title from Sting to Ric Flair, ol' Herb Abrams, Jeff Jarrett, and more.
Then on the Feb. 7, 2011 episode, PWTorch assistant editor James Caldwell and PWTorch columnist Bruce Mitchell discussed with live callers Raw, Vince McMahon's potential short-term & long-term role, the CZW-Chikara viral video, Super Bowl and pro wrestling, Tough Enough, the direction of announcing, Michael Cole, Booker T on Smackdown commentary, Ric Flair, 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. |
| 0:06.8 | Details at pwtorch.com slash paper copy. |
| 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 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 megas 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. |
| 1:11.6 | Now PWTorch and Spreaker bring you the Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast. |
| 1:20.0 | On today's Wade Keller Pro Wrestling podcast, it's our 15 years ago double-letter flashback. |
| 1:25.2 | First up, we jumped back to the February 4th, 2011 episode. James Caldwell and Brian Hoops talked about the reveal of they on TNA Impact and how it could |
| 1:29.7 | play out on future episodes. Also, crowd reactions in the Impact Zone in general, health update on |
| 1:34.4 | Sir Oliver Humperdink, potential booking at the elimination chamber leading to WrestleMania, |
| 1:39.3 | how mystical could fit in in WWE, whether Alberta Del Rio's post-Rumble decision was announced too early, |
| 1:45.8 | historically bad marquee matches at WrestleMania, the role of managers in 2011, Lex Lugar's |
| 1:51.0 | ill-fated SummerSlam 93 match. I was in person for that one, and more, including in the previously |
| 1:58.1 | VIP exclusive after show, a discussion of the 20 years ago. |
| 2:01.7 | Pro Wrestling Torch newsletter from the Flashback series looking at WWF and WSW business during wartime back in 1991, |
| 2:09.1 | WSW switching the world title from Sting to Rick Flair, Herb Abrams, Jeff Jarrett, and more. |
| 2:14.2 | Then the February 7th, 2011 episode features James Caldwell with Bruce Mitchell, |
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